Water & Wastewater EPC Bid Lead

BESIX; Dubai; On-site; AED 500,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Six Construct, a BESIX Group subsidiary, is seeking an accomplished Bid Manager to lead end-to-end EPC bids for water and wastewater infrastructure in the Middle East. You will coordinate engineering, estimation, procurement, and commercial teams to deliver technically robust and compliant proposals.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in bid management within water/wastewater, EPC or Design-Build projects, and deep understanding of regional tendering practices in the GCC.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of bid management, tendering, proposal management, or project engineering within the water and wastewater sector.
• Proven experience in EPC, Design-Build, or turnkey infrastructure projects.
• Strong understanding of water and wastewater treatment processes and associated civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and process systems.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams and external technology partners.
• Strong knowledge of EPC contracting, commercial evaluation, risk management, and tendering processes.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, technical writing, and presentation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple opportunities simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in the GCC or Middle East market and familiarity with regional tendering practices is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end bid management for water and wastewater EPC opportunities.
• Develop bid strategies, submission plans, and schedules.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across Engineering, Estimation, Procurement, Operations, HSE, Quality, Legal, and Finance.
• Manage technical integration of civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and process engineering.
• Act as interface with technology providers, process partners, consultants, and subcontractors.
• Ensure alignment of design packages, equipment specs, and commercial inputs.
• Review tender docs, identify risks, and coordinate mitigations.
• Support cost estimation, value engineering, and proposal optimization.
• Lead preparation of technical submissions, commercial proposals, and compliance matrices.

Skills

Bid management

Tendering

Coordination

Technical writing

Leadership

GCC market knowledge

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Civil/Environmental/Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Six Construct, a BESIX Group subsidiary, is seeking an accomplished Bid Manager to lead end-to-end EPC bids for water and wastewater infrastructure in the Middle East. You will coordinate engineering, estimation, procurement, and commercial teams to deliver technically robust and compliant proposals.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in bid management within water/wastewater, EPC or Design-Build projects, and deep understanding of regional tendering practices in the GCC.