Senior Bid Manager – EPC/Infrastructure (Beirut, Lebanon)

About the role

ICC Contractors, a leading EPC and infrastructure contractor in the Middle East, is looking for 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 for complex civil and power infrastructure contracts.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the full tender cycle from pre‑qualification, analysis and bid/no‑bid recommendation to submission and post‑tender negotiations.
• Direct estimation teams on quantity take‑offs, unit‑rate development and pricing of civil, electromechanical and EPC scopes, including direct costs, indirects, preliminaries, risk and margin.
• Solicit, evaluate and negotiate subcontractor and supplier quotations; build procurement‑backed pricing models.
• Develop construction methodology, execution programmes and resource/equipment plans as part of the technical offer.
• Review FIDIC and bespoke contract conditions, flag commercial risks and prepare qualifications and deviations.
• Coordinate with operations, procurement, finance and plant teams to validate cost assumptions against site performance data.
• Manage bid bonds, guarantees, insurances and tender submission logistics.
• Maintain a rates database from executed projects and support JV/consortium bid structures where required.

Required profile

• 20+ years of tendering/estimation experience on EPC or civil contractor projects.
• 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.
• Degree in Civil or Electrical Engineering; MBA or 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

• Cost estimation and pricing
• Tender management
• FIDIC contract knowledge
• Subcontractor negotiation
• Construction methodology development

What we offer

• Opportunities for professional growth within a collaborative, performance‑driven culture.
• Exposure to high‑profile infrastructure projects across the region.