Multi-Utility Supervisor

Job Introduction

Multi-Utility Supervisor – Wakefield/Leeds

Join a leading utilities company that champions innovation and service excellence. At Last Mile, we take pride in delivering high-quality solutions across the multi-utility sector. Our Operations team is growing, and we're excited to welcome a talented Multi-Utility Supervisor to join us.

As a Multi Utility Supervisor, you will lead and motivate multidisciplinary operational teams and subcontractors, ensuring all planned work follows approved designs and meets the highest standards of health, safety and quality.

You will play a key role in keeping work on track by making sure plans are achievable, sites are ready for construction, and materials and plant are ordered to the correct specification and available when needed.

What’s in it for you as a Multi-Utility Supervisor?

Here at Last Mile, we pride ourselves in providing a great range of benefits including a fantastic amount of annual leave, including a Christmas shut down.

• 25 days holiday, increasing after 2 years by 1 day each year up to 30 days, plus 9 public holidays
• Holiday buy scheme
• Discretionary bonus
• EV and ULEV salary sacrifice scheme (subject to minimum length of service)
• Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme
• Up to 7% employer pension contribution
• Volunteering Day
• Life assurance (x4 annual basic salary)
• Retail, travel and leisure discounts via our MilesMore benefits platform
• Refer a friend incentive
• Stream – Financial wellbeing platform
• Employee assistance programme
• Car allowance
• Flexible start and finish times for eligible roles*
• Private medical insurance*
• Company sick pay*

*Some of our benefits are only applicable when you have successfully completed your probation period*

Your responsibilities as a Multi-Utility Supervisor:

• Lead, motivate and develop operational teams and subcontractors, driving productivity, quality workmanship and a positive customer focus through clear objectives, regular reviews and annual appraisals.
• Oversee construction delivery in line with contract requirements, approved work packs and safety standards. Manage Section 74 notices and permits, conduct operational audits, investigate incidents and ensure corrective actions are completed promptly.
• Coordinate programmes, resources and specialist utility activities with scheduling and project teams. Plan gas perimetry for approval within the SLA, electrical jointing, water testing and inline connections, keeping colleagues informed of availability and potential resource gaps.
• Maintain accurate project records, including simPRO work packs, completed paperwork and as laid drawings, ensuring operational teams have the information needed to work safely and any rejected submissions are corrected promptly.
• Build strong customer relationships, attend meetings before work starts and throughout delivery, and resolve enquiries and complaints. Work with project and commercial colleagues to protect margins, cash flow and reputation, and resolve variations, contra charges and disputes.

Experience / Knowledge:

• Relevant utilities industry experience, site safety training and experience managing projects in line with CDM Regulations, supported by a working knowledge of industrial hazards and health and safety.
• Excellent organisation, planning and time management skills, combined with commercial awareness, project, financial and contract management experience, and good IT skills.

Qualifications

• Craft qualification, apprenticeship or equivalent, alongside an NRSWA Supervisor qualification, Site Managers Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) and NVQ Level 3 in supervision.

Have you got the drive to go to the Last Mile as a Multi-Utility Supervisor? Apply now!

We aim to keep candidates informed throughout the process and encourage you to apply promptly as we may close the vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.

About us:

Last Mile is one of the largest last-mile multi-utility businesses in the UK.  

We understand construction and we know utilities. We design, build, own, and manage the ‘last mile’ of essential utilities infrastructure.

With a proven history of delivering multi-utility connections across Great Britain, we provide a full suite of utility infrastructure, including clean heat networks, electricity, gas, water, wastewater and fibre.

With a strong track record, deep industry knowledge and solid investor backing, we take a forward-thinking approach to the complex economic, social and environmental challenges of today, to innovate for a better tomorrow. 

Through Last Mile and our asset adoption business Last Mile Asset Management, we provide a ‘one-stop shop’ for new utility connections.

We’re proud to be both a Great Place to Work® certified business and a Living Wage Employer, reflecting our commitment to supporting and valuing our people.

For further enquiries, contact recruitment@lastmile.co.uk or visit our website at www.lastmile.co.uk 

At Last Mile, we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We consider all applications solely on the basis of skills and experience and actively encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.