Site Manager (MEP)

BOUYGUES UK; Exeter; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days leave

Pension

Life insurance

Private medical insurance

BY Extra

Volunteering opportunities

Job summary

Bouygues UK is seeking a mechanically biased Site Manager (MEP) for a major student accommodation project in Exeter. You will lead MEP packages, drive the programme, manage subcontractors, and coordinate with commercial and design teams to deliver on time and to high standards.

Ideal candidates will have strong leadership, excellent communication, and a proven track record delivering complex on-site packages with emphasis on health & safety and quality controls.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills.
• Proven people-management experience on site.
• Strong self-organisation and planning abilities.
• Ability to drive the site programme and coordinate multiple trades.
• High standards of quality and health & safety awareness.

Responsibilities

• Lead MEP packages on the Exeter project and coordinate with design and commercial teams.
• Support procurement and package commercial activities as part of the project team.
• Manage subcontractors, direct labour, and schedule progress with the planner.
• Ensure site checks and quality controls are performed with the Site Engineer.
• Chair weekly progress meetings and manage risk, variations, and budgets.
• Oversee health and safety, QA, and snagging/defect resolution.

Skills

Communication

People management

Self-organisation

Programme driving

H&S focus

Multitasking

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 Site Manager (MEP) to work on an exciting project in Exeter. We are looking for a mechanically biased candidate, either at Site Manager or Senior Site Manager level.

The project is a large scale (~£270M) 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

Mechnanically biased Site Manager responsible for the MEP packages on the project. Oversees project timeframes and budgets, ensuring successful delivery of the project, highlighting any risks, challenges and mitigations.

To ensure effective and efficient production within the project programme, with a key focus around commercial awareness, robust quality controls with Health and Safety paramount to the project's success.

Accountabilities And Key Tasks

• To be responsible for MEP packages on the project, 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 relevant packages.
• Lead the delivery of these packages whilst coordinating the works with surrounding trades.
• 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 ground works 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 phase of projects.
• Excellent people management skills.
• Excellent self-organisation skills and ability to organise others.
• Priority management.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to drive program.
• High levels of quality standards.
• Attention to H&S matters.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.

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 – Respect, Commitment, Pioneering, Sharing. We offer competitive basic salaries coupled with generous company benefits including:

Benefits

• 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!

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. You will also have an opportunity to join our employee led diversity & inclusion communities such as WeLink (women network), Encompass (LGBTQ+), Kaleidoscope (BAME), Disability and Wellness peer support network, Parents and Carers network.

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.