Graduate Team Leader
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Job summary
Rentokil Initial invites graduates to join the Operations and Management Graduate Programme at the Brentford branch. Start as a Service Team Leader, overseeing a team of service technicians and reporting to the Service Centre Manager.
The role focuses on delivering KPIs, Health & Safety, and productivity while offering clear career progression. You will plan routes, de-brief daily, and develop skills across various areas of the business, with structured development days and advancement
Qualifications
- Minimum 2.2 degree in BSc/BA (any subject) is preferred but not necessary.
- Full UK manual driving licence is required.
- Target-driven, ambitious and self-motivated.
- Comfortable working out in the field dealing with customers face to face.
- Desire to work hard and have fun; provide excellent customer service.
- Willingness to develop through graduate programme and progression opportunities.
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of service technicians and report to the Service Centre Manager.
- Plan weekly routes to maximise customer-facing time and minimise driving time.
- Conduct daily debriefings with direct reports to ensure planned works are completed.
- Provide support to service centre management with customer service data and ensure clear communication of objectives to technicians.
- Coordinate technician resources and manage performance to meet company standards.
Skills
Education
Job description
Are you a graduate looking for a hands‑on, dynamic role where you can shape your career, be rewarded for your efforts, and make a real impact in a global company? Join Initial Medical at the Brentford branch, and embark on an exciting journey towards a successful career in a FTSE100 company.
- Competitive Salary Package: Start with a basic salary of £29,825 per annum
- Expected OTE: £31,825 per annum, with bonus and commission schemes available
- Benefits: Career progression, mobile phone, laptop and company discount scheme
- Work-Life Balance: Full-time, permanent role, Monday to Friday (40 hr week)
- Industry‑Leading Training: Receive top notch training to allow you to become an industry expert and gain exposure to various areas in our business to aid your future development
You will start your career with us as a Service Team Leader, where you will be responsible for managing a team of service technicians, reporting directly to the Service Centre Manager. You will ensure the delivery of Key KPIs, including - Health and Safety, State of Service, Vehicle Maintenance, & Productivity.
The position entails weekly planning of the routes to ensure maximum customer facing time and minimise driving time. Daily debriefing of direct reports to ensure they have completed the planned works and re‑plan as necessary to maximise customer satisfaction.
- Provide clarity on the business expectations of customer service for drivers, ensuring these standards are achieved
- Assist various members of the service management team, whilst coordinating customer service requests and other related information to ensure customer service expectations are achieved
- Work alongside the Service Centre Manager, Service Manager and Other Service Team Leaders to deliver the required company objectives for the branch
- Manage performance to ensure the technician is working their contracted hours, fulfilling their daily calls and holding to account any performance issues
- Contribute to route solutions for new customer service requirements
- Able to identify sub‑standard customer service, route deficiencies or technician performance to line management
- Provide support to service centre management team providing customer service data from the technician
- Support and communicates business requirements to the technicians, ensuring all technicians are clear on objectives and tasks
- Plan time to ensure that the service operation runs efficiently to support customer expectations
- Ensures that all technicians operate in an efficient and effective manner
- Able to support and coordinate technician resources whilst developing and managing technicians based at the Service Centre to ensure that the required Company standards are achieved
- Pro‑actively review technician and vehicle requirements to ensure effective and efficient use of resources
- Adhere to Company Health and Safety and environmental policies and obligations
In addition to your role as a Service Team Leader you will be included in Graduate Development Days, working alongside other graduates on project work and gaining exposure to other parts of the business. You will also be able to take part in the Aspiring Development Programme.
Now that you've gained a broad understanding of the operational side of the business, you will decide which position you would like to potentially move into next.
You may have the chance to move into:
- Field Account Manager – you will be responsible for sales in a certain patch area
- Indoor Sales/Customer Relations Team Leader – leading a team of indoor sales colleagues
- Regional Account Manager – supporting our Key Account Customers
- You can also remain as Service Team Leader
After two years, you will be ready to take on more senior positions such as:
- Service Centre Manager – you will be responsible for running your own branch
- Sales Team Leader – you will manage a lead a sales team
- Key Account Manager – you will be responsible for managing our bigger key account customers
- Central Technical – You Will lead in the training of new technicians
With structured career progression, we ensure you are fully prepared to take your next career steps within the company.
- A minimum 2.2 degree in BSc/BA in any subject (business‑related, transport, logistics, supply chain or management disciplines preferred but not necessary)
- A full UK manual driving licence
- Target‑driven, ambitious and self‑motivated
- Comfortable working out in the field dealing with customers face to face
- Want to work with people and provide excellent customer service
- A desire to work hard and have fun
- Additional opportunities to earn more with regular bonus and commission schemes
- Salary grading system – linked to performance for those keen to develop their career within our business
- Opportunity to contribute to a Private Healthcare scheme
- Enrolment in our company pension scheme
- Exciting discounts and cashback offers from over 3,000 retailers with RI Rewards
- Overtime opportunities – potential to earn extra in overtime to meet the needs of our customers
- Leads Commission scheme available – we appreciate and reward you for passing on sales leads
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – free to access and available 24/7 to you, your family, and friends
- Long service recognition – includes an extra five days of annual leave entitlement after five years of service
- Refer a Friend – earn up to £1,000 for referring someone to work for Rentokil Initial
At Rentokil Initial, we value innovation, but we want to see the real you! While AI can help with structure and grammar, make sure your application shows your true passion and understanding of the role. A personal touch will help you stand out.
Rentokil Initial (FTSE100) is one of the largest business services companies in the world, operating in over 90 countries and providing services that protect people and enhance lives. Rentokil is the world's leading commercial pest control and hygiene provider, Initial is the world's leading commercial hygiene services provider, and Ambius is the world's leading provider of plants and scenting.
As a business, we focus on the Right People, doing the Right Things, and in the Right Way. We invest a lot of time and money in training and developing all our colleagues to be the best they can be, and we are always looking for talented and driven people to join our Rentokil Initial Family.
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