Dig Team Leader

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

Job summary

A leading utilities provider in Sawbridgeworth seeks a Metering Dig Team Leader to oversee excavation and reinstatement works for water meter installations. The ideal candidate will have team leadership experience in the utilities sector, a clean UK driving licence, and NRSWA qualification. This position offers competitive pay, productivity bonuses, and employee benefits including healthcare and holiday allowance.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension

Healthcare

22 days holiday allowance

Employee benefits programme

Qualifications

• Experience as a Team Leader in the water industry.
• Hands-on experience with smart metering and utilities.
• Strong awareness of health and safety practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team in daily excavation and reinstatement works.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety standards.
• Communicate effectively with supervisors and customers.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Safety Compliance

Excavation

Education

NRSWA qualification

Full, clean UK driving licence

Tools

CAT and Genny

Job description

£17.00 per hour plus productivity bonuses

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.

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

• 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.

We would love to hear from you if…

You have previous experience as a Team Leader, with a good all‑round knowledge and understanding of smart metering and the water industry. You’ll already have hands‑on experience working within utilities, ideally in water or metering, and be confident managing excavation activities and small teams.

You’ll 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’re 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!

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.