Task Team Operative

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 within 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?

You'll be part of our repair & maintenance team responsible for maintaining Yorkshire Water's clean water distribution system. You'll be working on our WSP Yorkshire Water contract in Sheffield.

You'll need to be dedicated to safety procedures and highly skilled in managing a team, setting up live sites compliant with legislation, and engaging with customers effectively.

We'll need you to carry out national roads and street works signing, lighting and guarding.

Do you have a Water SHEA and EUSR national water hygiene accreditation?

Do you hold a EUSR CAT 1 & CAT 2 for safe digging & locate utilities?

What you’ll bring

• Proven knowledge of street works, red book and experience working within the water industry on R&M contracts
• Good understanding of how to read safe dig plans and experience of excavating within the highway along with IT skills
• Valid UK driving license with B + E
• Able to work unsociable hours and undertake standby duties

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, 24/7 access
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal with retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance, give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme

In addition, this role offers:

• Company van/vehicle and fuel card for business use
• Health Care Cash Plan
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Standby / Overtime / Call out
• 21 days plus bank holidays, rising to 25 days with service
• Personal Accident Cover

About us

We aim to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE networks foster inclusion and belonging.

Our values shape our culture and working relationships. We recruit with these values in mind, to align your aspirations with ours:

• Responsible: We go further for our people, clients, communities, and the planet
• Open: We seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
• Together: We work as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of parts
• Ambitious: We embrace opportunity to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice, graduate, or progressing in your career, we provide industry-recognized programmes, training, and development.

It’s an exceptional time to be part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might close early. Apply promptly to be considered.

Successful candidates may be subject to third-party background checks, and some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of onboarding.