Senior Engineer, Fire Safety & BD – Oil & Gas

JENSEN HUGHES, Inc.; Eastern Province; On-site; SAR 420,000 - 780,000; Full time

Job summary

Jensen Hughes, Inc. is seeking a Senior Engineer - Business Development to lead technical and commercial efforts from our Al Khobar office, engaging with client engineers and decision makers across Saudi Arabia.

The role emphasizes fire protection, process safety, risk studies and emergency response within oil, gas, and built-environment sectors. You will define scopes, prepare proposals, manage bid processes and help grow the client base with strategic relationships, while traveling up to 50%

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering is mandatory.
• Minimum 10 years of professional experience in engineering consultancy or contracting, incl. 5 years in business development, proposals or client account management.
• Saudi Council of Engineers registration or eligibility to register.
• Proven ability to win new work, define client requirements and manage proposal development, including cost estimates, work plans and review of terms and conditions.
• Strong technical writing in English with the ability to produce clear client-ready proposals, and good Excel skills for fee build-up.

Responsibilities

• Establish and proactively maintain relationships with key decision makers and influencers within assigned accounts.
• Meet clients face to face across KSA to build relationships and uncover new work.
• Act as the technical point of contact for clients during pursuits, leading technical and clarification meetings.
• Review client technical documents to understand facility hazards and required studies or design work.
• Define engineering scope, methodology, deliverables, schedule, assumptions and exclusions for each proposal.
• Prepare technical and commercial proposals for RFPs and RFQs, coordinating with unit leads and discipline engineers.

Skills

BD strategy

Client management

Proposal development

Technical writing

English & Arabic fluency

Travel 50%

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Master’s degree (advantage)

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Jensen Hughes, Inc. is seeking a Senior Engineer - Business Development to lead technical and commercial efforts from our Al Khobar office, engaging with client engineers and decision makers across Saudi Arabia.

The role emphasizes fire protection, process safety, risk studies and emergency response within oil, gas, and built-environment sectors. You will define scopes, prepare proposals, manage bid processes and help grow the client base with strategic relationships, while traveling up to 50%