Water Mains Team Leader

The Clancy Group; Honiton; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading utilities firm is seeking a Water Mains Team Leader to oversee a team in delivering high-quality water network works. This hands-on role requires experience in the water or construction industry, strong leadership abilities, and adherence to health and safety standards. Benefits include competitive salary, pension, healthcare, and a robust employee rewards program.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Healthcare

Pension

Employee discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Experience as a Team Leader or Supervisor in the water or construction industry.
• Confident in leading teams and managing operations efficiently.
• Experience with techniques such as Open Cut, Pipe Bursting and Directional Drilling.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to ensure high-quality water network works delivery.
• Locate and repair mains water defects.
• Conduct risk assessments and maintain safety practices.

Skills

Team leadership

Underground service detection

Health and safety awareness

Mentoring

Education

Full clean driving licence

NRSWA qualification

Tools

CAT and Genny

Excavators

Job description

Water Mains Team Leader

£18 - £20 per hour

Homeworking

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.

Clancy is looking to recruit a permanent Water Network Team Leader. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys a hands‑on, physical role outdoors and can perform effectively in all weather conditions.

The Role

As a Water Network Team Leader, you will take responsibility for leading a team and ensuring high‑quality delivery of water network works, while maintaining health, safety, and environmental standards at all times.

Here are some of the daily activities you’ll be involved with:

• Locating and repairing mains water defects
• Checking equipment and systems to ensure they are fit for use, maintained, and fully operational
• Carrying out risk assessments and maintaining safe working practices
• Ensuring strict adherence to all Clancy Group health, safety, and environmental regulations
• Acting as a mentor and coach to less experienced colleagues

We would love to hear from you if you can demonstrate:

You have previous experience as a Team Leader or Supervisor, with a strong all‑round knowledge and understanding of the construction and water industry. You will be confident leading a team, managing day‑to‑day operations, and mentoring colleagues.

A full, clean driving licence is essential, and an NRSWA qualification is highly desirable. You should have experience in underground service detection using tools such as CAT and Genny, alongside a strong awareness of health and safety practices.

Experience with main laying and knowledge of techniques such as Open Cut, Pipe Bursting, Slip Lining, or Directional Drilling would be highly advantageous. While a CSCS card or equivalent is desirable, experience operating machinery such as diggers or excavators is also valuable.

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.