E&I Estimator – EPC Tenders

- 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.

- 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).

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