Construction Procurement Manager

About the role

Utopia is seeking a Construction Procurement Manager to own the full tendering process for its luxury hospitality construction projects. You will work closely with Project Managers, designers, and estimators to ensure competitive, well‑documented bids and select the right contractors.

Key responsibilities

• Assemble complete tender packages (drawings, BOQs, contracts, RFPs) in collaboration with project and design teams.
• Build and maintain contractor databases, conduct market research and networking.
• Issue RFPs/ITTs, manage queries, and keep an audit trail of all tender correspondence.
• Coordinate site visits, collect quotations, and ensure on‑time, comparable submissions.
• Negotiate commercial terms, pricing and key contract conditions with shortlisted contractors.
• Prepare bid comparison tables with estimators and present recommendations for contractor selection.
• Support handover from tender award to contract execution and maintain organized tender registers and trackers.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Architecture or related field.
• 5–10 years of experience in tendering, procurement or contracts within construction, fit‑out or general contracting.
• Strong ability to read and interpret construction drawings, specifications and Bills of Quantities.
• Proven track record negotiating price and commercial terms with contractors or suppliers.
• Fluent English, written and spoken; additional languages a plus.
• Comfortable working remotely and independently across multiple concurrent projects.

Required skills

• Advanced Excel for bid comparison, leveling tables and trackers.

What we offer

• Full ownership of the tendering process from package assembly to contract award.
• Exposure to a portfolio of construction and fit‑out projects with direct interaction with project managers, designers and estimators.
• Fully remote role with flexibility on location.
• Company investment in building a proper procurement/tendering function.