E&I Estimator – EPC Tenders

Archirodon · Tendering (TND)

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Company Description

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.

Job Description

• Perform and verify quantity take-offs from single-line diagrams, cable schedules, instrument index, I/O lists, hook-up drawings, cable routing, earthing and lighting layouts; where FEED is limited, develop quantities from benchmarks, ratios and historical data.
• Identify scope gaps, ambiguities and risks – including vendor-package, free-issue and contractor scope splits – and prepare technical queries and clarifications for the client.
  • Develop detailed estimates for the entire scope Electrical & instrument 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, tools and test equipment requirements and durations, and provide inputs to planning and site indirects.
• Tight tender timelines, often with several bids running in parallel.
• Pricing lump-sum work with limited FEED, where cable and instrument quantities are often only indicative, with the risk of quantity growth.
• Volatile copper prices and long lead times for major electrical equipment and packaged control systems.
• Complex scope splits between vendor packages, client free-issue items and contractor scope.
• Different client standards, methods of measurement and commercial conditions from country to country.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Electronics or Instrumentation 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 E&I scope of NOC tenders (e.g. ADNOC, Saudi Aramco, QatarEnergy, PDO, KOC).

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.

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