Senior Tender Manager - EPC & Data Center Projects (Dubai)

Decima International; Dubai; On-site; AED 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Decima International seeks an accomplished Tender Manager to lead tendering and procurement for large-scale EPC packages in Dubai. The role focuses on strategy, bid documentation, contractor engagement, commercial evaluation, and award recommendations, aligned with FIDIC principles and project objectives.

The ideal candidate brings 15+ years in tender/procurement, engineering or quantity surveying background, and strong English communication, negotiation, and leadership skills to manage multiple

Qualifications

• 15+ years of tender management, procurement management, contracts management, or EPC procurement experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Civil/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, or related field.
• Proven experience leading at least 3 large-format EPC procurements for data center or similar projects.
• Strong knowledge of FIDIC contracts, tendering procedures, procurement governance, and EPC procurement requirements.
• Experience coordinating with multidisciplinary teams including engineering, cost control, planning, legal, contracts, procurement, and client representatives.
• Excellent written and verbal English fluency.

Responsibilities

• Lead the full tender lifecycle for large-scale EPC procurement packages.
• Develop and manage tender strategies, procurement plans, schedules, bidder lists, and evaluation criteria.
• Coordinate with project management, engineering, commercial, contracts, cost, procurement, planning, and client teams.
• Prepare, review, and manage tender documentation including instructions, scope, pricing schedules, and terms.
• Lead pre-tender meetings, tender briefings, clarification processes, site visits, bidder communications, and addenda.
• Ensure tender processes are fair, transparent, compliant, and well documented.
• Manage technical and commercial tender evaluations with discipline leads, cost teams, legal, procurement, and client stakeholders.
• Review contractor proposals, commercial submissions, exclusions, assumptions, qualifications, pricing structures, and contract deviations.
• Lead tender clarification meetings, commercial negotiations, and alignment sessions with bidders.
• Prepare tender evaluation reports, bid comparison sheets, and procurement award summaries.
• Ensure compliance with FIDIC-based contract principles and procurement governance.
• Support development, review, and negotiation of EPC contracts including terms, risk allocation, payments, variations, warranties, bonds, insurances, and performance obligations.
• Identify risks within tender submissions and propose mitigation strategies.
• Coordinate with cost management teams to validate pricing and support budget alignment.

Skills

English fluency

Leadership

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Communication

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management

Master's degree

Tools

Aconex

Procore

Oracle Primavera Cloud

SAP

MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Job description

Decima International seeks an accomplished Tender Manager to lead tendering and procurement for large-scale EPC packages in Dubai. The role focuses on strategy, bid documentation, contractor engagement, commercial evaluation, and award recommendations, aligned with FIDIC principles and project objectives.

The ideal candidate brings 15+ years in tender/procurement, engineering or quantity surveying background, and strong English communication, negotiation, and leadership skills to manage multiple