Senior Procurement Officer

Currie & Brown

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Ref: MP689-78

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

We are currently looking to recruit a Senior Procurement Officer in our Abu Dhabi office.

The successful candidate will assist in the development of Tenders and RFPs to include the following:
- Preparing Bidders Lists
- Assisting Infrastructure and Operations Staff in the development of Statements of Work, and Specifications
- Conducting Market Research
- Assisting in the development of internal estimates
- Preparing pre-qualification reports
- Identifying Deliverables list
- Assisting in development of Evaluation Factors/Evaluation Standards

Assist the Director in implementing the Tender Phase of each contractual endeavor to include the following:
- Preparing Requests for Proposals (Tender) packages
- Preparing Expression of Interest notices
- Coordinating Page Turn Review Meeting
- Advertising procurements in papers of general circulation
- Chairing and Leading Pre-Bidder/Proposal Conference
- Preparing amendments to Tenders
- Chairing Bid Openings
- Safeguarding Bids/Proposals

Assist in the Award Phase of each contract assigned to them to include the following:
- Reviewing bids/proposals to ensure that bidders/offerors have not conditioned their bids/offers
- Ensuring that bids are responsive
- Conducting Orientation for Panel members reviewing proposals.
- Providing technical assistance to panel during evaluation
- Reviewing panels submission and recommendation to ensure the evaluation process was performed in accordance with the requirements of the Request for Proposal.
- Preparing Bid Evaluation Reports
- Preparing Recommendations for Award
- Chairing Discussion meetings
- Making determination with respect to financial responsibility
- Coordinating General Counsel and Finance review of pertinent documentation.
- Conducting price and cost analysis
- Preparing Contract Packages for Board Approval
- Dealing with bidders protests, if any
- Performing compliance checks for front end award formalities
- Preparing contracts

Requirements

- Graduate Degree in Engineering
- MBA Degree preferred
- Certifications in Procurement Management/ Project Management / Rail Management
- Approx.5+ years contracting/ procurement experience in major infrastructure projects or oil & gas, or rail/airline/logistics operations
- Some knowledge of railway construction and operation, preferably heavy freight railway

About the Company

Currie & Brown is one of the world's leading physical assets management and construction consultancies, dedicated to advising clients in respect of the procurement, construction, management and utilisation of their physical assets.

From airports to corporate headquarters, power stations to health and education, leisure and hotel facilities to transportation infrastructure - the sheer range of projects we are involved in gives us a vast breadth and depth of experience. Projects of this kind cannot be tackled with an 'off-the-peg, one-size-fits-all' solution. Instead, we apply flexible working and innovative thinking to provide a value-for-money, tailored solution.

We operate throughout the world and have offices in the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, India and the Middle East.

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AED 20,000

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