Metering Dig Team Leader

The Clancy Group; Sawbridgeworth; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading utilities company in Sawbridgeworth is seeking a Metering Dig Team Leader to oversee water meter installations and maintain high standards of safety and quality. You will lead a team, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations. The ideal candidate has a strong background in utilities, particularly water metering, along with excellent leadership and communication skills. Competitive pay, bonuses, and extensive benefits are offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension

Healthcare

Holiday allowance starting at 22 days

Employee benefits programme with discounts

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Team Leader in utilities.
• Hands-on experience specifically in water or metering.
• Full, clean UK driving license.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to install and maintain water meters.
• Ensure safety compliance and quality reinstatement.
• Communicate progress with supervisors and customers.

Skills

Experience in safe excavation

Good communication skills

Leadership abilities

Organizational skills

Team mentoring

Education

NRSWA qualification (units 1-6 as a minimum)

Tools

Underground service detection tools (CAT and Genny)

Job description

Overview

Metering Dig Team Leader – £17.00 per hour plus productivity bonuses

Sawbridgeworth

About the role

We Do What We Say and We Care That\'s why we need people like you to help us deliver on our promises. People who enjoy getting things done and want to develop their experience in the world of utilities.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Metering Dig Team Leader to join Clancy, supporting our client Affinity Water. This is a great role for someone with experience in safe excavation, good communication skills, and a hands-on approach to leading and supporting a team on the ground.

As part of our Metering Dig Teams, you\'ll play a key role in ensuring that excavation, installation, and reinstatement works are carried out safely, efficiently, and to the highest standard across both public and private properties.

The Role

You\'ll be responsible for leading a team, coordinating daily activities to support water meter installations, maintenance, and replacement works. From planning and supervising digs to ensuring safety compliance and quality reinstatement, you\'ll take ownership of getting the job done right - first time, every time.

Responsibilities

• Plan and oversee daily excavation and reinstatement works to access and install water meters.
• Lead by example on site safety, ensuring all works comply with Clancy and Affinity Water\'s health, safety, and environmental standards.
• Carry out safe excavations in both public highways and private properties.
• Ensure reinstatement is completed to specification, maintaining high standards of workmanship.
• Liaise with supervisors, planners, and customers to communicate progress and resolve any on-site challenges.
• Complete required documentation accurately and on time, including site records.
• Support, train, and mentor team members to develop skills and maintain positive team performance.

Requirements

You should have previous experience as a Team Leader, with good knowledge of smart metering and the water industry. Hands-on experience in utilities, ideally water or metering, and be confident managing excavation activities and small teams.

You must hold a full, clean UK driving licence and have an NRSWA qualification (units 1-6 as a minimum). Experience and qualification in underground service detection using tools such as CAT and Genny is essential, along with a strong awareness of health and safety practices.

We are looking for someone who takes pride in their work, has excellent organisational and communication skills, and can remain calm and professional when managing multiple priorities. Your ability to lead by example and maintain high safety and quality standards will be key to your success in this role.

Our Company

Every day we work smarter, greener and use our imaginations.

Our purpose at Clancy is simple - we make life better for everyone\'s growing families. We play a vital role in providing fresh drinking water and power to millions of homes and businesses and so much more.

We are one of the biggest family owned construction businesses in the UK and we care about our people, our clients and the environment.

What Next

You apply, and we respond within two weeks (we know how annoying it is not to hear anything back)! If you don\'t receive feedback within that timescale, please don\'t be afraid to chase us - one of our values is to do what we say we will do!

Benefits

In addition to helping you reach your career goals, a competitive salary, pension, healthcare and holiday allowance starting at 22 days per annum, we also offer perks including Clancy Xtras, our employee benefits programme with discounts for numerous well-known retailers such as Tesco, Sainsbury\'s, Currys PC World and Vue Cinemas, cycle to work scheme as well as an Employee Assistance Programme.

Clancy is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made for you to attend an interview, please do let us know and we will be happy to accommodate.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and Disability Confident Committed.