About Dolphin Dolphin Oilfield Equipment Services is an Abu Dhabi (Mussafah) industrial services company serving ADNOC group companies, EGA, Borouge and other oil & gas, power and industrial clients across the UAE. We manufacture, service and retube heat exchangers, execute EPC-stage site works — structural, piping, equipment installation — and deliver shutdown and turnaround maintenance campaigns onshore and offshore.
The Role We are hiring a Senior Estimation Engineer / Project Estimator to own EPC project estimation: structural, piping, mechanical and equipment installation, civil interfaces and site services for ADNOC group and industrial clients. You will build estimates on the company's man-hour norms, historical contracts and tender library — and sharpen them with actuals from every executed job. This is an estimator-first role. You will support tender-stage schedules and S-curves with our planning engineer, but your desk is costing and winning work — not operating planning software.
What You Will Do• Prepare detailed cost estimates for EPC tenders: material take-offs (MTO), BOQs, man-hour build-ups, plant & equipment, and subcontract vs in-house splits.• Review RFQs, engineering drawings, specifications and scopes of work; define material, manpower and equipment requirements.• Coordinate with procurement for material pricing, subcontractor quotations and lead times.• Develop cost breakdowns and commercial proposals aligned with pricing strategy and margin targets.• Ground estimates in site reality — productivity factors, access, permits, shift patterns — including pre-bid site surveys.• Maintain and extend the estimation norms library; mine historical tenders and contracts for cost benchmarks.• Reconcile estimated vs actual hours and costs on executed jobs; feed the results back into future bids.• Support bid clarifications, technical queries and client negotiations with defensible numbers.
What We Are Looking For• Diploma or B. Eng. in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, with a strong estimating track record.• Minimum 6 years (senior profile, 6–10 years) estimating EPC, site-works or fabrication packages in Gulf oil & gas.• Genuine site execution exposure — you have run or supervised site work, not only priced it from an office.• Advanced Excel — non-negotiable: estimate models, norms databases, quantity take-off sheets.• Able to perform quantity take-offs from drawings (structural, piping, mechanical).• Strong written and spoken English for tender documentation and client discussions. Preferred / a plus:• Experience with ADNOC projects or major EPC contractors (NPCC, Petrofac, Technip, etc.).• Shutdown/turnaround estimation or execution exposure — a strong plus.• Multi-discipline take-off capability (civil, E&I, HVAC); ERP or job-costing systems; familiarity with scheduling concepts (WBS, S-curves).
What We Offer• Build and own the EPC estimation function — a new desk with direct General Manager and leadership exposure, not a seat in a row of estimators.• A norms- and data-driven estimation system to work with and extend — historical contracts, tender library, actuals feedback.• Growth path into shutdown/turnaround estimation alongside the leadership team.• Competitive salary and benefits per UAE labour law; immediate start available.
Working Pattern — Read Before Applying Office-based in Mussafah, Abu Dhabi, with regular site visits (pre-bid surveys, actuals reviews) and presence during key shutdown mobilisations. Expect evening peaks around major tender submissions — quiet weeks exist, submission weeks are full-throttle. Not a remote role.How to Apply Apply through this platform with an updated CV, or send your CV to [Click to show email] with the subject "Senior Estimation Engineer – EPC". Candidates available in the UAE with transferable visas will be prioritised; immediate joiners preferred.