Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.
Where will you be working?
We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We’re problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.
This role will be based out of our Greenwich depot, and it will see you travel in a field-based set-up across London and the Thames Valley catchment area, as part of our Water and wastewater capital project delivery team. Our teams deliver large-scale capital programmes aimed at keeping water infrastructure resilient for the long-term while protecting the environment.
Want to be a part of it?
What will you be doing?
As the Team Lead, you will take lead of a site-based team delivering excavation, repair and reinstatement activities safely and efficiently. You’ll coordinate daily works, brief the team, ensure the correct plant, materials and equipment are available, and maintain high standards of health, safety and workmanship. You’ll oversee safe digging practices, support water network repairs and maintenance, manage site set-up and housekeeping, and ensure works are completed to the required specification. You’ll work closely with supervisors and operational teams, communicate progress and issues, complete relevant site documentation, and help deliver jobs right first time with minimal disruption.
What you’ll bring
You’ll have experience working within utilities, construction or highways, ideally within water network operations. You’ll be confident leading a site team and have a strong understanding of safe excavation, reinstatement and site safety. You’ll bring good communication and problem-solving skills, a proactive attitude and the ability to work safely under pressure. you will have relevant industry qualifications, including NRSWA Street Works, EUSR/Water Hygiene and plant competencies. Full UK driving license required.
What’s in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;
- Matched or contributory pension scheme
- Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
- Employee assistance programme
- My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
- Life assurance
- Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
- Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
- Reward and recognition scheme
In addition, this role offers;
- Company van/vehicle and fuel card for business use
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!
- Personal accident cover
- Overtime opportunities
- 21 days plus bank holiday, rising to 25 days with service
About us
We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We are one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.
Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.
- We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
- We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
- We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
- We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life
Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development. It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.
Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.
For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.
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