Site Manager (Externals) 1

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.

We have an exciting opportunity available here at Bouygues UK for a Site Manager (Internals) to work on a large-scale education project. The project is Cardiff & the Vale College, a £119M scheme comprising of 2 campuses based in Barry.

Job Purpose & Scope:

Site Manager responsible for the internals 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 set timescales, including quality and safety management.

Accountabilities & Key Tasks:

• Assist the Project Lead in the delivery of the Project


• To manage the daily activities of the appointed ground works contractor, in respect of Health and Safety, Quality and programme


• To manage the costs associated with the works, and any variations should they arise in liaison with the Site Quantity Surveyors


• Lead weekly progress meetings and producing the required timeline of works / action points


• Subcontractor management to ensure projects are delivered on time and compliant


• Assist with procurement of subcontractors for post completion works


• 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’


• Assist with the preparation of O&M’s


• Lead daily Start Up meetings


• Run Black Hat meetings


• Manage the snagging/defects process

About You:

• Excellent communication skills


• 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 at once


• Stress management

Why Bouygues

Our teams deploy technically innovative solutions for a diverse range of challenging projects throughout the UK, Europe, North America, Asia and Australia.  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 our values reflect how we operate with Respect, Commitment, Pioneering, Sharing. 

We offer competitive basic salaries coupled with generous company benefits including:

• 26 days annual leave, increasing to 30 days


• 2 paid volunteering days a year


• Pension scheme


• Life insurance


• Private medical insurance


• Generous share scheme


• BY Extra – opt into lifestyle benefits

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 €56,900 billon (December 2025) and operates in 80 countries, the financial strength of our group is a key differentiator in these challenging economic times.

Be Yourself!

Here at Bouygues Group we value the creativity and innovation that our diverse workforce brings, encouraging people from all backgrounds, particularly those from under represented 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.