Chief Estimator (Civil & Structural)

Responsibilities

• Lead, allocate and review the work of the civil & structural estimating team across several tenders running at the same time; set priorities and internal deadlines.

Oversee estimates for

Site preparation, earthworks, grading, dewatering and soil improvement Piling and foundations for equipment, pipe racks, tanks and buildings Reinforced concrete – cast-in-situ and precast Structural steel – pipe racks, shelters, platforms and pipe supports Buildings – substations, control rooms, warehouses and workshops Underground works, roads, paving, fencing and pipeline civil works Marine and jetty structures, where in scope Own the civil & structural cost database, productivity norms and benchmarks; set estimating standards and templates for the team. Validate estimates against benchmarks, ratios and awarded-project data; challenge quantity and rate assumptions. Lead the civil & structural input to risk & opportunity, contingency, escalation and value-engineering alternatives. Present and defend estimates at tender review and management approval meetings; support negotiations and post-bid client clarifications. Develop strategic relationships with piling, precast, steel fabrication and building subcontractors across the GCC. Mentor and train estimators, assess performance and support recruitment; capture lessons learned from awarded projects. Delivering several large tenders at once with a limited team, without losing quality. Balancing competitiveness against risk when FEED is limited and quantities are uncertain. Volatile steel, rebar and cement prices and wide regional variation in rates. Geotechnical uncertainty and remote-site logistics. Keeping estimating standards consistent across estimators, clients and countries.

Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Structural Engineering (mandatory). 10–15 years of estimating experience in EPC Oil & Gas / Refinery / Petrochemical projects, with at least 5 years in the GCC. Proven track record of leading and signing off the civil & structural pricing of major NOC tenders (e.g. ADNOC, Saudi Aramco, QatarEnergy, PDO, KOC), including large lump-sum EPC bids.

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

Archirodon, having earned its reputation as a reliable and respected international contractor for more than a half century in the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) market, continues to create value to its stakeholders by executing complex EPC projects worldwide, in recognition of its superior standards of performance. The E&I Estimator prepares accurate, competitive and well-qualified cost estimates for the electrical, instrumentation, control and telecom scopes of EPC / EPCC tenders for oil & gas, refinery, petrochemical and gas-processing projects across the Middle East and North Africa.