OCU
Technical Assurance Advisor - NERS
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Department: Large Energy Programmes
Location: East London
Description
An exciting opportunity to join OCU Group in a national Technical Assurance role, supporting the ongoing compliance and governance of our National Electricity Registration Scheme (NERS) accreditation across the business.
This is a highly influential position responsible for ensuring our operational delivery continues to meet Lloyd's Register (LRQA), DNO and industry standards. Working across multiple UK projects and operational teams, you'll provide technical assurance, governance and compliance support while helping maintain OCU's reputation for delivering safe, compliant and high-quality utility infrastructure.
This is not a design or operational engineering role. Instead, we're looking for someone with a strong understanding of NERS, technical governance, quality systems and utility standards who can work collaboratively with operational teams while confidently challenging where required.
What You'll Do
- Lead the ongoing maintenance and development of OCU's NERS accreditation.
- Ensure operational procedures, RAMS and Quality Management Systems remain compliant with NERS, LRQA and DNO requirements.
- Plan, coordinate and support external NERS assessments and surveillance audits.
- Carry out technical assurance reviews and internal audits across operational projects.
- Monitor technical compliance, identify risks and implement corrective and preventative actions.
- Manage non-conformances, root cause investigations and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Provide technical guidance and assurance to operational teams across the UK.
- Deliver technical briefings and training relating to NERS requirements, engineering standards and industry updates.
- Work closely with Quality, SHEQ, Engineering and Operational teams to ensure projects remain audit-ready.
- Support the continual improvement of technical governance, competence management and operational compliance.
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What you'll bring
- Proven experience within the utilities, power or electrical infrastructure sector.
- Strong knowledge of the National Electricity Registration Scheme (NERS).
- Experience working with Lloyd's Register (LRQA) requirements and DNO standards.
- Experience within Technical Assurance, Technical Compliance, Quality Assurance or Operational Governance.
- Strong understanding of ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems.
- Experience supporting internal and external audits.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to interpret technical standards and translate them into practical operational guidance.
- Full UK Driving Licence and willingness to travel nationally.
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Desirable
- Internal Auditor qualification or equivalent auditing experience.
- Engineering or utility-related qualification.
- IOSH or equivalent Health & Safety qualification.
- Experience within an ICP, DNO, IDNO or NERS-accredited contractor.
- Knowledge of ENA Engineering Recommendations and G81 standards.
- Understanding of Electrical Safety Rules and operational governance.
- Experience supporting competence management systems.
- Experience developing technical procedures and engineering standards.
- Knowledge of engineering change management, lessons learned and incident investigations.
To ensure that everyone has a fair opportunity to join our team, please inform us if you require any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment and interview process is, by emailing recruitment@ocugroup.com.
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