Procurement Engineer

Role overview

Procurement responsibilities

• Review drawings, BOQs, specifications, and schedules to identify procurement requirements.
• Source and negotiate with suppliers, manufacturers, and subcontractors; prepare RFQs, bid evaluations, comparison statements, and purchase orders.
• Coordinate with project and QA/QC teams; assess quotations for technical and commercial compliance.
• Track deliveries, supplier performance, material receipt, storage, inventory, and procurement costs.
• Support subcontractor selection and contract administration; resolve supply issues and prepare procurement reports.
• Ensure compliance with project specifications, contractual requirements, authority standards, company policies, quality standards, and HSE requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 4–7 years of procurement experience in civil construction, roadworks, infrastructure, or utility projects; 6 years of procurement management experience is specified as required.
• Knowledge of construction materials, utility products, infrastructure procurement, and materials for roads, drainage, sewerage, water networks, telecom, street lighting, and utility diversion.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, technical specifications, and BOQs; commercial awareness and contract management knowledge.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, and ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, or similar.
• Negotiation, analytical, vendor management, communication, and stakeholder management skills; ability to manage multiple packages under pressure.
• UAE construction market knowledge is highly preferred. A UAE driving license is an advantage. Arabic is listed as preferred and also as required under Language.

Preferred industry experience

• Road construction, infrastructure, water, sewer, and stormwater utilities, telecom, utility diversion, municipality and government infrastructure contracts, and the UAE civil construction sector.

Work location

• Work location is in person.