R&M Supervisor

The Clancy Group; Tonbridge; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Healthcare

Holiday allowance 24-26 days

Clancy Xtras

Cycle to work

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

The Clancy Group is looking for an R&M Supervisor to lead repair and maintenance teams across the Tonbridge area. You will ensure safe, efficient work and support team development while keeping customers and stakeholders updated.

Experience in water/utilities operations, a full UK licence and essential qualifications (NRSWA, SMSTS, Water Hygiene) are required. The role offers a competitive salary and benefits within a permanent, on-site position.

Qualifications

• Experience managing operational teams within the water/utilities sector.
• Full UK driving licence and an EUSR Water Hygiene card.
• Relevant qualifications such as NRSWA Street Works (Supervisor), SMSTS, Service Avoidance Level 2 (Cat & Genny), First Aid and Asbestos/COSHH awareness.

Responsibilities

• Oversee repair and maintenance activities across teams, ensuring safety, efficiency and timeliness.
• Lead, coach and develop teams, identify training needs and build skills.
• Monitor performance and identify opportunities to improve productivity.
• Resolve operational issues using knowledge of water networks.
• Manage operational risks and relationships with customers and stakeholders.
• Share knowledge and promote best practice across teams.
• Ensure all work complies with health, safety and environmental requirements.

Skills

People management

Education

NRSWA Street Works (Supervisor)

SMSTS

Service Avoidance Level 2 (Cat & Genny)

First Aid

Asbestos and COSHH awareness

Abrasive Wheels

Manual Handling

Job description

That’s why we need people like you to help us deliver on our promises. People who enjoy getting things done!

We have an opportunity for an R&M Supervisor (Repair & Maintenance) to join our team at Clancy, overseeing teams responsible for maintaining and repairing the water network. You'll play an important role in making sure work is delivered safely, efficiently and to a high standard, while supporting the development and training of your teams so they can perform at their best.

It's a varied operational role where you'll need to manage competing priorities, make sound decisions and build effective working relationships with customers and other stakeholders, keeping health, safety and quality at the heart of everything you do.

Here are some of the activities you will be involved in...

• Overseeing repair and maintenance activities across your teams, ensuring work is completed safely, efficiently and within agreed timescales.
• Leading, coaching and developing your teams, identifying training needs and helping individuals build their skills and confidence.
• Monitoring operational performance and identifying opportunities to improve productivity and ways of working.
• Using your knowledge of water networks to resolve operational issues and find practical solutions.
• Managing operational risks and maintaining effective relationships with customers, local authorities and other stakeholders to keep work moving and minimise disruption.
• Sharing knowledge and promoting best practice and continuous improvement across the teams.
• Ensuring all work is carried out in line with Clancy's health, safety and environmental requirements.

We would love to hear from you if…

You have experience managing operational teams within the water or utilities sector, ideally with a good understanding of water network repair and maintenance. You're confident leading and developing people, have strong problem-solving skills and can manage competing priorities in a busy operational environment. You'll also be comfortable dealing with customers and stakeholders, making decisions and using IT systems to monitor and manage work.

You’ll hold a full UK driving licence and an EUSR Water Hygiene card, together with relevant qualifications such as NRSWA Street Works (Supervisor), SMSTS, Service Avoidance Level 2 (Cat & Genny), First Aid and Asbestos and COSHH awareness. Additional training in Abrasive Wheels and Manual Handling would be an advantage.

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.

Benefits

In addition to helping you reach your career goals, a competitive salary, pension, healthcare and holiday allowance starting at

24-26 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.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Job Details

• Job Title: R&M Supervisor
• Company: The Clancy Group
• Salary: Not specified
• Salary: £38,000 - £42,000 DOE
• Hours: Full-time
• Location: Tonbridge, TN9 1RA
• Location: Tonbridge - Morley
• Job type: Permanent
• Posting date: 9 Nov 2026
• Closing date: 9 Dec 2026