Night Repair & Maintenance Supervisor

Job title Night Repair & Maintenance Supervisor  Division Asset Operations & Capital Delivery Location Datchet - SL4 6HW
, Hybrid - Highworth Depot, Hybrid - Kidlington - OX5 1QT
Contract type Permanent Full/Part-time Full-time Hours 45 hours per week Salary Offering a salary up to £60,000 per annum depending on skills and experience Job grade B Closing date 03/03/2026

As a Repair and Maintenance (R&M) Night Supervisor, your role is to provide technical, problem-solving expert support both on-site and remotely to ensure quality repairs are undertaken on the water network.

Your role will work with and coach repair and maintenance teams to deliver for customers in a right-first-time, effective way of working, always keeping a priority focus on health and safety.

We will be recruiting Repair & Maintenance Night Supervisor across the Thames Valley

• You will support the on-site delivery of repair and maintenance activities within SLA to achieve business and customer outcomes in the most timely, safe and cost-effective way.
• Oversee more complex repairs on-site, for example, deep excavations and provide on-site validation of permits to break ground.
• Provide technical support and expertise to help teams comply with health and safety through all aspects of the repair.
• Mentor and coach less experienced team members to develop their technical skills and ability to operate in a compliant, safe and effective manner.
• Engage with our customers and councils to get work delivered in a timely manner with minimal disruption.
• Work to reduce leakage and the number and length of service interruptions in your area and support our ability to ensure we are always ready to respond.
• Undertake competency assessments of the R&M teams to ensure H&S compliance, and quality of work and to support ongoing skills development.

• Manage operational frontline teams for repair and maintenance activities, with a strong focus on health & safety and quality standards.
• Have a good understanding of water networks.
• Utilise analytical and problem-solving skills in high-pressure environments.
• Engage with customers, councils and wider stakeholder relationships to help work get delivered in a timely manner with minimal disruption.
• Champion change through a passion for continuous improvement, promoting best practice ways of working and sharing local knowledge.
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills to coach and optimise the performance of your frontline teams.
• Effectively manage operational risk through engagement with internal and external stakeholders.
• Be IT literate as all repair and maintenance work is managed electronically.
• Due to the nature of the role a full UK driving licence is essential.

• Street works qualification. (NRSWA)/SMSTS
• Service Avoidance L2.
• Asbestos and COSHH awareness.
• Abrasive wheels and manual handling training, as well as Confined Space awareness, are desirable.

• Offering a salary up to £60,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience.
• A company van is provided.
• 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service. (Plus bank holidays)
• Benefits on Tap, access to discounts, cashback and instant vouchers.
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
• Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets.
• Generous Paternity Leave, including 4 weeks paid and an optional 2 weeks unpaid.
• Enhanced Maternity Leave,26 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay!
• Ongoing performance development reviews to help you be your best and identify growth opportunities.

Find out more about our benefits and perks (Please note different T&Cs apply if on secondment)

We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps…