Area Manager Smart Metering in London

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.

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 Demand management and network infrastructure team. We look after 60 million meters and our teams provide advanced metering solutions to help manage demand for essential suppliers.

As our Team Manager, you'll be part of our Operations Team working on the Smart Metering Contract who are responsible for the installation of Yorkshire Water’s 1.4 million smart metering programme and is critical to the region’s future supply needs. You'll be responsible for overseeing daily operations across multiple areas, ensuring compliance with SHEQ standards. You'll coordinate teams; operatives, manage resources and maintain high productivity levels while fostering a positive and safety-conscious work culture.

• Engagement with operational teams daily to ensure work progresses according to programme schedules.
• Produce, maintain, and brief SHEQ documentation in a timely and accurate manner.
• Coordinate resources, materials, and equipment to meet daily productivity targets.
• Support SHEQ initiatives including toolbox talks, quality assurance, and liaison with the clients.
• Conduct regular van and onsite audits for all teams to ensure compliance and standards are met.
• Supervise teams to prevent Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) and Section 74 fines.
• Ensure all operatives are trained, competent, and have up-to-date qualifications.
• Deliver inductions and team meetings (stand-downs) to maintain communication and safety awareness.
• Support the management and planning teams with operational insights and updates.
• Maintain accurate productivity trackers and site performance statistics.
• Coordinate procurement activities with the supply chain to ensure timely delivery of materials and services.
• Promote a positive and respectful approach when dealing with customers and members of the public.

Proven management experience or similar supervisory role within utilities. Excellent leadership, communication, and organisational skills. Full UK driving licence.

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include:

• Contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme
• Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!

In addition, this role offers:

• Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
• My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
• Private health care – single cover
• Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Discretionary bonus scheme

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

• We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet.
• We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations.
• We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
• We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life.

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development. It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered. For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.