EPC Procurement Lead

Decima International

Dubai, UAE

Full Time

Senior

Onsite

2 days ago

EPC ProcurementTender ManagementBid EvaluationContractor Pre qualificationCommercial AnalysisContract Negotiation

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About the Role

Decima International seeks an EPC Procurement Lead for large-scale construction projects in Dubai. The role involves leading pre-qualification, tendering, and bid evaluation for EPC contractors.

Key Skills for This Role

EPC ProcurementTender ManagementBid EvaluationContractor Pre qualificationCommercial AnalysisContract Negotiation

Responsibilities

Lead EPC procurement activities, including contractor pre qualification, tender planning, bid evaluation, clarification management, and award recommendation support.
Develop and manage pre qualification strategies, evaluation criteria, bidder questionnaires, scoring matrices, and contractor assessment documentation.
Coordinate the evaluation of EPC contractors based on technical capability, financial strength, project experience, HSE performance, quality systems, delivery capacity, and commercial competitiveness.
Lead or support tendering activities for large scale EPC packages, including tender documentation, bidder communications, clarification logs, addenda, and tender submission tracking.
Coordinate with project management, engineering, commercial, contracts, cost, planning, legal, and client stakeholders to ensure procurement requirements are clearly defined and properly evaluated.
Manage technical and commercial bid evaluation processes, ensuring alignment between evaluation teams and consistency across scoring, comments, clarifications, and recommendations.
Review EPC contractor submissions, including qualifications, assumptions, exclusions, pricing, schedules, delivery plans, procurement strategies, staffing plans, and risk registers.
Prepare bid comparison sheets, evaluation reports, recommendations for award documents, procurement trackers, and executive summaries for client and leadership review.
Lead clarification meetings, bidder interviews, commercial alignment discussions, and negotiation support sessions.
Identify procurement, commercial, technical, schedule, contractual, and delivery risks within pre qualification and bid submissions.
Support risk mitigation strategies by working with contracts, legal, cost, and technical teams to address commercial exposure, scope gaps, pricing inconsistencies, and contractual deviations.
Ensure procurement activities are conducted in a fair, transparent, compliant, and properly documented manner.

Requirements

12+ years of experience in EPC procurement, tender management, procurement management, commercial management, quantity surveying, contracts, or construction procurement within large scale construction, infrastructure, industrial, or mission critical projects
Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Procurement, Supply Chain, Construction Management, or a related field
Proven experience leading EPC pre qualification and bid evaluation processes
Experience leading EPC procurement activities for at least 2 data centers or comparable large scale projects with CapEx exceeding USD 50M per site
Strong understanding of EPC procurement models, contractor pre qualification, tendering procedures, bid evaluation, commercial analysis, and procurement governance
Experience developing pre qualification criteria, bidder evaluation matrices, scoring systems, bid comparison sheets, and recommendations for award documentation
Strong ability to review technical and commercial submissions, pricing schedules, exclusions, assumptions, deviations, delivery plans, and contractor qualifications
Experience coordinating with multidisciplinary stakeholders, including project management, engineering, cost, planning, legal, contracts, procurement, commercial, and client representatives
Strong understanding of construction procurement, EPC contracting, contract risk allocation, scope definition, pricing structures, payment terms, variations, claims, and performance obligations
Ability to identify procurement risks, bidder limitations, commercial gaps, scope omissions, pricing inconsistencies, and contractual exposure
Strong communication, negotiation, leadership, and stakeholder management skills
Excellent written and verbal English fluency

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About the Role

We are seeking an experienced and commercially focused EPC Procurement Lead to lead EPC pre qualification, tendering, bid evaluation, and procurement support activities for large scale construction and mission critical projects in Dubai, UAE.
This client facing role requires strong technical, commercial, procurement, and stakeholder management capabilities, with a focus on ensuring that EPC procurement activities are structured, competitive, compliant, and aligned with project objectives.
The ideal candidate will have a background in Quantity Surveying, Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management, or a related discipline, with proven experience leading EPC pre qualification and bid evaluation for large scale data center or comparable projects with significant capital expenditur

Responsibilities

Lead EPC procurement activities, including contractor pre qualification, tender planning, bid evaluation, clarification management, and award recommendation support.
Develop and manage pre qualification strategies, evaluation criteria, bidder questionnaires, scoring matrices, and contractor assessment documentation.
Coordinate the evaluation of EPC contractors based on technical capability, financial strength, project experience, HSE performance, quality systems, delivery capacity, and commercial competitiveness.
Lead or support tendering activities for large scale EPC packages, including tender documentation, bidder communications, clarification logs, addenda, and tender submission tracking.
Coordinate with project management, engineering, commercial, contracts, cost, planning, legal, and client stakeholders to ensure procurement requirements are clearly defined and properly evaluated.
Manage technical and commercial bid evaluation processes, ensuring alignment between evaluation teams and consistency across scoring, comments, clarifications, and recommendations.
Review EPC contractor submissions, including qualifications, assumptions, exclusions, pricing, schedules, delivery plans, procurement strategies, staffing plans, and risk registers.
Prepare bid comparison sheets, evaluation reports, recommendations for award documents, procurement trackers, and executive summaries for client and leadership review.
Lead clarification meetings, bidder interviews, commercial alignment discussions, and negotiation support sessions.
Identify procurement, commercial, technical, schedule, contractual, and delivery risks within pre qualification and bid submissions.
Support risk mitigation strategies by working with contracts, legal, cost, and technical teams to address commercial exposure, scope gaps, pricing inconsistencies, and contractual deviations.
Ensure procurement activities are conducted in a fair, transparent, compliant, and properly documented manner.

Qualifications

12+ years of experience in EPC procurement, tender management, procurement management, commercial management, quantity surveying, contracts, or construction procurement within large scale construction, infrastructure, industrial, or mission critical projects.
Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Procurement, Supply Chain, Construction Management, or a related field.
Proven experience leading EPC pre qualification and bid evaluation processes.
Experience leading EPC procurement activities for at least 2 data centers or comparable large scale projects with CapEx exceeding USD 50M per site.
Strong understanding of EPC procurement models, contractor pre qualification, tendering procedures, bid evaluation, commercial analysis, and procurement governance.
Experience developing pre qualification criteria, bidder evaluation matrices, scoring systems, bid comparison sheets, and recommendations for award documentation.
Strong ability to review technical and commercial submissions, pricing schedules, exclusions, assumptions, deviations, delivery plans, and contractor qualifications.
Experience coordinating with multidisciplinary stakeholders, including project management, engineering, cost, planning, legal, contracts, procurement, commercial, and client representatives.
Strong understanding of construction procurement, EPC contracting, contract risk allocation, scope definition, pricing structures, payment terms, variations, claims, and performance obligations.
Ability to identify procurement risks, bidder limitations, commercial gaps, scope omissions, pricing inconsistencies, and contractual exposure.
Strong communication, negotiation, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
Excellent written and verbal English fluency.

Position Details

Location (On site): Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Position: EPC Procurement Lead
Position Classification: Salary based full time hours

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