Deputy Estimation Manager

Job description / Role

Deputy Estimation Manager is required by a leading EPC contractor currently executing brownfield refinery maintenance, upgrades and shut downs in Qatar for major clients within Oil & Gas facilities as well as Greenfield construction projects to existing plants.
To be based in Doha, Qatar

Main responsibilities would be to lead a team of estimation engineers.

The ideal industry experience may include estimations or/and proposals management or quantity surveying for mechanical engineering equipment or services for Oil and gas operators of subcontractors. Oil & Gas facilities maintenance estimation/contract experience would be ideal: LNG; GTL and CPF refineries, facilities and production units.

Responsibilities:
- Prepares or supervises the preparation of cost studies utilizing historical data, statistical analysis, and cost and quantity comparisons.
- Prepares and analyses comparisons of scope, quantities, and cost data against budgets.
- Coordinates with other Project Control disciplines for scheduling, quantity reporting and alignment of budgets, staffing and quantity reporting.
- Develop cost estimates and coordinate proposals for assigned estimating projects.
- Provide area specific forecasts and report projects status.
- Revise estimates and implement required changes.
- Maintain client relations by being lead contact of proposal for client.
- Monitor and ensure bid format meet clients standards.
- Evaluate Customer Request for Tender/Bid/Quotation documents.
- Identify and learn customer requirements for bid purposes.
- Coordinate bid inputs from all organizational departments.
- Coordinate with subcontractors to receive input on pricing on labor, materials and other costs.
- Management of unit priced elements of construction contracts, valuations and
- variations through to final accounts.
- Identifying changes and implementing change control process.
- Identify shortfalls in existing policies and procedures and formulate recommended corrective actions.

Requirements

- Mechanical Engineering background
- Minimum of 8+ years overall experience in Cost Engineering and Oil and Gas Process Engineering background.
- Essential qualifications or professional qualification.
- Experience working for main contractors/ MEP subcontractors preferred.

About the Company

Over 30 years of local industry experience.

New name, proven expertise In 2009, recruitment leaders Beresford Blake Thomas (BBT), Hill McGlynn and Ma Foi integrated under the Randstad brand to form Randstad Middle East.

Experience and local knowledge are essential commodities within the Middle East region, so it made perfect sense to combine 30 years recruitment experience in the Gulf, providing a larger, more streamlined service to our clients and candidates.

As well as having the largest geographical footprint of any recruiter, Randstad is the worlds largest specialist recruitment provider, employing over 28,000 members of staff and helping over 2.5 million people find work every year. With an enviable reputation worldwide, we have an established and respected presence in the Middle East, and are the preferred choice for specialist staffing solutions in more customary and emerging markets across the entire region.

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