Archirodon Group

Builds ports and energy infrastructure

Civil Estimator - EPC Tenders

Construction ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeDubai - United Arab EmiratesNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering is mandatory.
Five to seven years of estimating experience in EPC oil and gas, refinery, or petrochemical projects, preferably including at least three years in the GCC.
Hands-on experience pricing the civil scope of national oil company tenders, such as ADNOC, Saudi Aramco, Qatar Energy, PDO, and KOC.
High attention to detail and numerical accuracy.
Ability to work to tight deadlines and manage several bids at once.
Analytical ability with sound commercial and risk judgment.
Ability to communicate assumptions and qualifications clearly to engineering, management, and clients.
Ability to coordinate across disciplines and handle pricing data with integrity and confidentiality.

Responsibilities

Prepare accurate, competitive, and well-qualified cost estimates for civil, structural, and building scopes of EPC/EPCC tenders for oil and gas, refinery, petrochemical, and gas-processing projects across the Middle East and North Africa.
Perform and verify quantity take-offs from plot plans, civil and structural general arrangement drawings, foundation layouts, steel structure drawings, and architectural drawings; where front-end engineering and design is limited, develop quantities from benchmarks, ratios, and historical data.
Identify scope gaps, ambiguities, and risks, and prepare technical queries and clarifications for the client.
Develop detailed estimates for the entire scope of civil and structural works.
Build unit rates from first principles, including labor, plant, materials, and subcontracting, using productivity norms adjusted for Middle East conditions such as summer working-hour restrictions, remote desert sites, and logistics.
Prepare manpower histograms, construction equipment requirements, and durations, and provide inputs to planning, site indirects, and temporary works.
Manage tight tender timelines, often with several bids running in parallel.
Price lump-sum work with limited front-end engineering and design or preliminary engineering, accounting for the risk of quantity growth.
Account for volatile commodity prices, including steel, rebar, and cement, and wide regional variation in rates across the GCC and North Africa.
Account for geotechnical uncertainty, remote site logistics, and heat-related productivity loss.
Apply differing client standards, methods of measurement, and commercial conditions from country to country.

Job Description

The Civil Estimator prepares accurate, competitive and well-qualified cost estimates for the civil, structural and building scopes of EPC / EPCC tenders for oil & gas, refinery, petrochemical and gas-processing projects across the Middle East and North Africa.

Perform and verify quantity take-offs from plot plans, civil / structural GA drawings, foundation layouts, steel structure and architectural drawings; where FEED is limited, develop quantities from benchmarks, ratios and historical data.
Identify scope gaps, ambiguities and risks, and prepare technical queries and clarifications for the client.
Develop detailed estimates for the entire scope of the Civil & Structural works.
Build unit rates from first principles (labour, plant, materials, subcontract) using productivity norms adjusted for Middle East conditions – summer working-hour restrictions, remote desert sites and logistics.
Prepare manpower histograms, construction equipment requirements and durations, and provide inputs to planning, site indirects and temporary works.

Tight tender timelines, often with several bids running in parallel.
Pricing lump-sum work with limited FEED or preliminary engineering, with the risk of quantity growth.
Volatile commodity prices (steel, rebar, cement) and wide regional variation in rates across the GCC and North Africa.
Geotechnical uncertainty, remote site logistics and heat-related productivity loss
Different client standards, methods of measurement and commercial conditions from country to country.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering (mandatory).
5–7 years of estimating experience in EPC Oil & Gas / Refinery / Petrochemical projects, preferably with at least 3 years in the GCC.
Hands-on pricing of the civil scope of NOC tenders (e.g. ADNOC, Saudi Aramco, Qatar Energy, PDO, KOC).
High attention to detail and numerical accuracy.
Able to work to tight deadlines and manage several bids at once.
Analytical, with sound commercial and risk judgement.
Communicates assumptions and qualifications clearly to engineering, management and clients.
Team player who coordinates well across disciplines; handles pricing data with integrity and confidentiality

Additional Information

Depending on the nature of the position and its associated compliance risk level, a background check on your profile may be carried out.

About the Company

Archirodon Group

Builds ports and energy infrastructure

Archirodon Group builds ports, bridges, oil and gas facilities, and other large infrastructure, mostly in the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. Its past projects include Jebel Ali Terminal 2 in Dubai and Khalifa Port in Abu Dhabi, and its work spans marine construction, energy projects, government infrastructure, dredging and pipe laying. National oil companies in Abu Dhabi and Kuwait are among the clients that pay it to run whole projects, from engineering the design and buying materials and equipment to construction, commissioning and operation. Two Greek firms founded Archirodon in 1959, and the group is headquartered in Dordrecht, Netherlands, with a major presence in Athens.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Not listed
Founded: 1959

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