Senior Project Manager - TOC Assurance; Heavy Civils

Job Title:

Senior Project Manager (SPM) - TOC Assurance, Heavy Civils Pay:
Dependant on Experience

Location:

Suffolk/London/Hybrid working Job  Job Purpose / Overview

The Senior Project Manager (SPM) - TOC Assurance will lead assurance, governance, and commercial oversight activities across major heavy civil infrastructure packages at Sizewell

C.

This role focuses on ensuring that Target Outturn Cost (TOC) development, procurement strategies, and pre-construction planning are robust, auditable, and aligned with programme objectives and value-for-money principles.

The candidate should have working knowledge or estimating and construction programmes, along with QSRA and QCRA Monte Carlo.

The SPM will bring extensive experience from a contractor or consultancy environment, with deep expertise in procurement, quantity surveying, and pre-construction delivery.

• Lead independent assurance of TOC submissions across heavy civils scope (earthworks, marine, tunnelling)
• Working knowledge of bottom up cost estimating, risk allowances, and pricing strategies
• The ability to challenge contractor assumptions, methodologies, and commercial and risk positions
• Ensure compliance with programme governance and assurance frameworks
• PAA Contractual knowledge is preferable
• Provide strategic knowledge into procurement strategies and packaging approaches
• Oversee TOC development including evaluation, clarification, and negotiation
• Review scope definition and contract documentation
• Ensure alignment between TOC strategy and TOC development

• Act as a key interface between client, contractors, and internal teams
• Lead assurance reviews, workshops, and governance forums
• Provide regular reporting and recommendations to senior stakeholders

• Working knowledge of the Capital Programme budget forecasting along with transition of programme elements back to influence of the costs and budgets

• Working knowledge of the capital projects and related risk identification, quantification and analysis
• Working knowledge of Quantitative Risk Analysis including Monte Carlo simulation for QSRA and QCRA

• Deep understanding of pre-construction development, cost planning and estimating methodologies
• Ability to interrogate complex cost submissions
• Strong commercial judgement and analytical capability
• Ability to challenge senior stakeholders constructively
• Excellent communication and reporting skills
• Structured, detail-oriented, delivery-focused approach

• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management
• Minimum 15+ years of experience in heavy civils or major infrastructure
• Strong background in procurement, quantity surveying / commercial management
• Experience with in a Tier 1 contractor or major projects delivery organisation
• Proven track record in TOC, target cost, or cost assurance roles