Estimation Manager

Role overview

Tender preparation and evaluation

• Code BOQs in CCS, perform quantity take-offs, prepare BOQs, and prepare RFQ packages containing specifications, drawings, BOQs, and contract information.
• Coordinate with the contracts department on back-to-back terms and fixed-price lump-sum or escalation mechanisms.
• Prepare technical and commercial comparison tables and verify subcontractor methods, sequencing, programme, scope, specifications, and contract compliance.
• Check pricing and coordination of plant, equipment, laydown, and work-yard requirements.

Tender leadership and delivery

• Own and coordinate technical, contractual, legal, and commercial performance to meet company standards and tender schedules.
• Manage tender-team efficiency and retention, and develop and execute a bid-winning strategy.
• Present weekly tender reports to the board of directors and lead final tender committee reviews.
• Achieve cost-per-square-metre and unit-rate KPIs and maximize winning margins.
• Compile tender top-sheet notes and direct, indirect, risk, overhead, profit, escalation, finance, and tax information.
• Package and submit tenders online and in person to clients.

Qualifications

• Requires a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from a US- or UK-accredited university.
• Requires extensive international prime-contractor experience on complex projects worth at least USD 200 million and a strong track record managing large-scale, high-value projects.
• Required sector expertise spans airports, railways, bridges, data centres, luxury hotels and residences, high-rise commercial towers, ports, and military assets.
• Preferred experience includes weekly board tender reporting, tender committee reviews, meeting unit-rate and cost-per-square-metre KPIs, and maximizing winning margins.

Compensation

• The posting describes the pay range as very competitive with benefits; no compensation cadence or amount is stated.