Senior Site Manager (Refurb)

Bouygues UK; Exeter; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company in the UK is seeking a Senior Site Manager for a large-scale student accommodation project in Exeter. This role involves managing internal trades worth around £17M, overseeing project budgets and timeframes, and ensuring delivery excellence. Ideal candidates will have strong people management skills, attention to detail, and experience in project delivery. Competitive salaries and benefits, including 26 days annual leave, are offered as part of the company culture that values teamwork and innovation.

Benefits

26 days annual leave, increasing to 30 days

pension scheme

life insurance

private medical insurance

Volunteering opportunities

Qualifications

• Strong organizational skills to manage a team effectively.
• Ability to maintain high H&S and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage internal trades for a large construction project.
• Oversee project budgets and timelines, highlighting risks as necessary.
• Coordinate with the commercial team on procurement and fit-out packages.
• Conduct weekly progress meetings and manage subcontractors.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Experience in project delivery

Experience of internal trades

Excellent people management skills

Attention to detail

Job description

Bouygues UK is a leading construction and property development company in the United Kingdom. It is part of Bouygues Construction which employs 35,600 people around the world, all driven by the greatest and most exciting responsibility of all –building for life.

Bouygues UK has a fantastic opportunity available for a Senior Site Manager to work on an exciting project in Exeter.

The project is a large scale (~£185M) and long term (3‑year duration) student accommodation scheme, comprising of 6 new‑build blocks and a refurbishment of an existing block.

Job Purpose and Scope:

• To be the Internal Trades Lead for the project, managing a package value of around £17M.
• Oversees project timeframes and budgets, ensuring successful delivery of the project, highlighting any risks, challenges and mitigations.

Accountabilities and key tasks:

• To be the lead for the internal trades, in coordination with a wider team for a successful overall project delivery.
• Support the commercial team in the package procurement with the commercial and design team for the internal fit‑out packages.
• Work closely with the Site Engineer to ensure correct works checks are completed.
• Support the project planner and sub‑contractor to ensure a robust package programme is both established and executed.
• Manage the daily activities of the appointed sub‑contractor, in respect of Health and Safety, quality controls and programme management.
• Manage the costs associated with the works, supporting the commercial team with monthly valuations and analysing any variations should they arise.
• Lead weekly progress meetings and produce the required timeline of works / action points.
• Subcontractor management to ensure projects are delivered on time and compliant.
• Control of subcontractors and directly employed labour.
• Liaison with the Client and their agents.
• Review of ongoing works with a view to highlight potential defects.
• Advising production teams on ‘lessons learnt’.
• Attend daily ‘Start Up Safety Meetings’ with the sub‑contractors.
• Attend / lead daily Black Hat / Coordination meetings.
• Manage the snagging/defects process to ensure a defect free end product.

About You:

• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience in the successful delivery of projects.
• Experience of internal trades.
• Excellent people management skills.
• Excellent self‑organisation skills and ability to organise others.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to drive program.
• High levels of H&S and quality standards.

Why Bouygues UK

Day in day out our teams deliver some of the most technically innovative and challenging projects across the UK and the world. With a strong corporate culture, we look for people who demonstrate our key values –Teamwork, Trust, Simplicity & Pioneering Spirit. We offer competitive basic salaries coupled with generous company benefits including:

• 26 days annual leave, increasing to 30 days
• pension scheme
• life insurance
• private medical insurance
• BY Extra – opt into lifestyle benefits
• Volunteering opportunities

Bouygues Construction UK was awarded the Top Employers United Kingdom and Top Employers Europe certification!

Together with our partners and clients, Bouygues UK delivers award‑winning construction, development and regeneration projects to the most exacting standards across public and commercial private sectors.

Bouygues UK is part of the Bouygues Group, a diverse global business which operates in the construction, engineering, energy, media and telecommunications markets.

With annual sales of over €32 billion and operations in over 100 countries, the financial strength of our group is a key differentiator in these challenging economic times.

Be Yourself!

Here at Bouygues we value the creativity and innovation that our diverse workforce brings, encouraging people from all backgrounds, particularly those from underrepresented communities to apply. By joining us, you will be inspired to bring your full self to the workplace, speak up and share your unique ideas.

We are an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of gender, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

We value your privacy and we are committed to protecting your personal details. If you choose to apply for this role, please do not include any sensitive data on your CV which reveals (directly or indirectly); your race or ethnic origins, your political, philosophical or religious opinions, or your membership of a trade union, your social security number, or information which relates to your health or sexual orientation or to any criminal convictions.