Estimation Engineer – Dubai | KTC International

Company Overview:

KTC International is a premier, highly successful civil contracting conglomerate, elite infrastructure engineering contractor, and leading regional innovator in high-performance heavy construction logistics expanding its commercial tendering pipelines in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Built upon world-class cost controls, rigid structural guidelines, and progressive procurement mechanisms, the enterprise governs extensive multi-million dollar asset portfolios, coordinates large-scale transport network projects, and ensures absolute organizational alignment with municipal transportation guidelines, federal utility regulations, and advanced corporate risk compliance metrics.

Job Description:

We are executing a strategic professional appointment within our core commercial bidding wing and are seeking an experienced, operationally authoritative Estimation Engineer to govern multi-million dollar infrastructure tenders and direct project procurement pathways across our engineering jobs networks in Dubai. Configured for systematic financial-technical solutions builders who possess an advanced operational command of heavy industry costing software and excel at structuring competitive tenders within fast-moving civil engineering constraints, this full-time track focuses on accelerating bidding velocity, auditing subcontractor quote portfolios, and maximizing corporate bid-win ratios under our unified corporate management framework.

🔹 Key Responsibilities:

• Lead comprehensive end-to-end cost estimation, quantitative analysis, and tendering activities for highways, roads, and utility network projects.
• Prepare highly accurate commercial cost models, Bills of Quantities (BOQs), meticulous structural quantity take-offs, and final tender submissions.
• Manage large-scale procurement inquiries and perform technical and commercial evaluations on complex subcontractor and vendor quotations.
• Coordinate closely with internal Engineering, Procurement, and Operations teams to establish realistic resource pricing baselines.
• Review complex project drawings and technical documents to identify structural risks, material cost-saving opportunities, and value engineering solutions.
• Ensure all cost estimates comply strictly with client specifications, governmental contract standards, and internal corporate guidelines.
• Participate in post-tender clarifications, technical presentation preparation, and contract rate negotiation loops with clients and consultants.
• Maintain a highly organized digital repository of historical material prices, equipment rates, and sub-contractor pricing libraries.

🔹 Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited higher education institution, backed by an advanced understanding of infrastructure logistics and commercial contract frameworks.
• A minimum of 5 or more years of verified, high-performance professional history operating an estimation desk, running quantitative analyses, or leading major infrastructure and utility bids within the UAE construction market, proving technical competence on major civil works valued anywhere between AED 20 Million to 150 Million.
• Advanced technical workspace data literacy with sharp capabilities generating complex costing tables, formatting resource distribution graphs, and managing intricate pricing lines inside specialized databases.
• Deep, comprehensive operational knowledge across the following primary functional dimensions:
  • CCS Candy estimation architectures, AutoCAD layout tracking, detailed BOQ preparation models, and advanced quantity take-offs.
  • Procurement pipelines, full-cycle tendering processes, subcontractor agreement setups, and precise commercial vendor evaluation.
  • Regulatory authority frameworks including RTA, Dubai Municipality, DEWA, and related UAE public works clearance requirements.
  • Value engineering diagnostic tools, structural risk assessment variables, contingency scaling models, and pricing strategies.
  • Project specification documentation rules, material lifecycle cost formulas, inflation metrics, and corporate bidding protocols.
• Outstanding corporate communication and stakeholder bargaining talents, sharp problem-solving habits under demanding tender submission deadlines, absolute mathematical attention to detail, and a highly analytical, commercial attitude.

What We Offer:

• Competitive baseline fixed monthly salary package structured from AED 5,000 to 6,000, determined entirely by past infrastructure portfolio defense, live software calculation simulations, and commercial negotiation tests during panel interviews.
• An elite opportunity to capture total operational custody over high-value bidding frameworks and multi-million dirham public tenders within a market-leading construction firm.
• Stable career development paths backed by major corporate growth and clear internal channels for senior estimation managers, commercial directors, regional procurement supervisors, or specialists moving toward high-level business development and corporate hr jobs networks.