Technical Director: Lead Design, Risk & Delivery

Bouygues Construction; Bagstone; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days annual leave

Volunteer days (2) per year

Pension scheme

Life insurance

Private medical insurance

Generous share scheme

BY Extra lifestyle benefits

Job summary

Bouygues UK invites applications for a Technical Director to provide technical and strategic leadership across bid, PCSA and execution phases. You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams, manage project risks and costs, and ensure design and product quality remain central to delivery.

Based from Bristol or Cardiff, you will work with site teams and regional stakeholders, translating complex designs into practical delivery while upholding high standards and collaborative culture.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading technical teams in construction/engineering.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams in bid and pre-construction phases.
• Strong ability to translate design intent into executable delivery plans.

Responsibilities

• Provide clear technical leadership and show the value of direction to project outcomes.
• Coordinate Methods, Estimating, Planning/Programming, Sustainability and Design Management teams during bid and PCSA.
• Work with construction/site teams to ensure proposals are practical, buildable and cost‑effective.
• Support cost control by challenging design solutions and aligning with budgets.
• Ensure continuity between pre-construction and execution and transfer design intents and risks.
• Capture and share lessons learned to inform future bids and projects.
• Promote high standards of design and product quality to meet client requirements.
• Embed a robust risk-management approach across technical, design and delivery aspects.
• Bring disciplines together to develop coordinated solutions and enable informed decisions.
• Collaborate with teams in London and across BYUK and the wider business.

Skills

Technical leadership

Multidisciplinary coordination

Risk management

Cost control

Stakeholder management

Job description

Bouygues UK invites applications for a Technical Director to provide technical and strategic leadership across bid, PCSA and execution phases. You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams, manage project risks and costs, and ensure design and product quality remain central to delivery.

Based from Bristol or Cardiff, you will work with site teams and regional stakeholders, translating complex designs into practical delivery while upholding high standards and collaborative culture.