Certification & Handover Lead

Salary: £61,000 - 101,000 per year

Requirements:

• Subject matter expert in progressive assurance, lifetime quality records, document control, traceability and certification for nuclear or highly regulated environments.
• Highly competent user of Field View and digital progressive assurance tools, including workflows, digital inspections, record linking, reporting dashboards and data interrogation.
• Strong quality leadership skills with the ability to build effective relationships across delivery teams, project managers, supply chain partners and stakeholders to promote compliance and a Right First Time culture.
• Able to prepare and deliver high-quality reports, dashboards and executive-level presentations to directors, senior leaders and regulatory stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of ITP structures, verifying records, handover workflows and certification packages.
• Able to clearly communicate and interpret quality, certification and records requirements, and identify and implement improvements to systems and processes.
• Excellent understanding of progressive assurance principles, document control, traceability systems and documentation required to demonstrate compliance in safety-critical environments.
• Excellent analytical and organisational skills with the ability to manage large volumes of complex information, identify gaps and drive resolution.
• Prior experience on nuclear, highly regulated or safety-classified projects within major infrastructure programmes.
• Proven track record leading certification, records management, progressive assurance and/or handover functions in large-scale, complex, regulated infrastructure environments.
• Strong working knowledge of Quality Management Systems focused on documentation, traceability, verification and compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrable experience with Inspection & Test Plans, quality plans and supplier documentation packages, including verification, approval and non-conformance management.
• Proven ability to lead and mentor teams responsible for record-keeping, document control, certification and quality assurance, including supplier-facing coordination.
• Experience coordinating and supporting audits, surveillance and readiness reviews related to documentation integrity and certification readiness.
• Proficient in digital quality and document-management platforms that enable progressive assurance and handover.
• Desirable: ISO 9001 Lead Auditor training or equivalent quality auditing experience.
• Desirable: Chartered Quality Professional status and Member of the Chartered Quality Institute.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the strategy, implementation and continuous improvement of the CWA Certification & Handover Process, ensuring alignment with Sizewell C requirements, the Project Alliance Agreement and regulatory expectations.
• Oversee the planning, production, assurance and submission of all certification deliverables, including LTQRs, Construction Sub-Packages, End of Construction Status Reports and Handover Certificates.
• Drive consistent and effective use of Field View as the alliances digital progressive assurance system, ensuring high-quality data capture, workflow compliance and reliable reporting across delivery streams.
• Provide senior leadership, direction and coaching to team members, ensuring high performance, competency development and strong integration with delivery teams.
• Engage with CWA Delivery Directors, Sizewell C client representatives, Supply Chain Partners and regulators, presenting progress, risks and readiness clearly and compellingly.
• Ensure ITPs, verifying records, traceability data, non-conformance information and assurance evidence are complete, controlled and compliant with contractual and technical requirements.
• Lead and support quality investigations, corrective actions and improvement activities relating to certification, documentation quality and progressive assurance.
• Promote a strong Right First Time culture across the alliance by embedding robust documentation discipline, traceability expectations and assurance behaviours within all delivery streams.
• Coordinate internal readiness reviews, audits and document quality checks to validate maturity before Sizewell C submission and ensure consistency across CWA deliverables.
• Act as the focal point for certification-related governance interfaces, ensuring alignment with CWA QMS procedures, templates and Sizewell C requirements.
• Influence and support Supply Chain Partners in achieving compliant, timely and high-quality record submission, ensuring progressive documentation aligns with programme milestones.
• Support regulatory and client assurance engagements such as audits and interventions, demonstrating compliance through complete, traceable and well-evidenced certification packages.
• Develop KPIs and monitor certification and handover performance using structured reporting and dashboards, identifying risks early and leading recovery actions as required.
• Drive continuous improvement of digital tools, certification templates, workflows, partitioning strategies, reporting and dashboards to increase efficiency, clarity and visibility across the programme.

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We are the Civil Works Alliance supporting Sizewell C, a 3.2-gigawatt power station that will generate low-carbon electricity for around 6 million homes and play a key role in the UKs energy future for at least 60 years. The CWA is a single delivery organisation made up of Sizewell C and three parent companies: Balfour Beatty, Bouygues and Laing ORourke. We offer industry-leading packages including market-leading salaries, generous annual leave, a pension scheme and other flexible benefits. We value diversity, welcome applications from under-represented communities, and are guided by our core values of Humility, Positivity, Respect, Solidarity and Clarity.

last updated 33 week of 2026