Senior Bid Manager – EPC/Infrastructure (Lebanon)

About the role

ICC Contractors, a leading EPC and infrastructure contractor in the Middle East, is seeking a senior Bid Manager to own the end‑to‑end tendering process for local and regional projects. You will drive bid strategy, pricing, and technical proposals from pre‑qualification through submission and post‑tender negotiations.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the full tender cycle: pre‑qualification, analysis, bid/no‑bid recommendation, clarifications, submission, and negotiations.
• Direct estimation teams on quantity take‑offs, unit‑rate build‑up, and pricing of civil, electromechanical and EPC scopes.
• Solicit, evaluate and negotiate subcontractor and supplier quotations; develop procurement‑backed pricing.
• Develop construction methodology, execution programmes, and resource/equipment planning.
• Review contract conditions (FIDIC and bespoke), flag commercial risks and prepare qualifications and deviations.
• Coordinate with operations, procurement, finance and plant/equipment teams to validate cost assumptions.
• Manage bid bonds, guarantees, insurances and tender logistics.
• Maintain a rates database from executed projects and handle JV/consortium bid structures.

Required profile

• 20+ years of tendering/estimation experience with EPC or civil contractors.
• Proven record of pricing and winning bids in roads, bridges, underground works, PV plants, substations, power plants or transmission lines.
• Deep knowledge of contractor cost structures, crew productivity, equipment costs and site overheads.
• Strong command of FIDIC contract forms from the contractor’s perspective.
• Experience managing subcontractor/supplier pricing and negotiations.
• Bachelor’s in Civil or Electrical Engineering; MBA or contract/QS certification a plus.
• Fluent in English and Arabic; French a plus.
• Based in or willing to relocate to Lebanon and available for regional travel.

Required skills

• Tender analysis
• Cost estimation
• Pricing and margin calculation
• Contract negotiation
• FIDIC contract knowledge
• Civil engineering principles
• Electrical engineering principles