About the Role
The Interface Manager is responsible for establishing, managing, coordinating, and controlling all project interfaces throughout the execution of a major offshore oil and gas development project. This role ensures effective communication, coordination, and integration among the company, PMC teams, EPC Contractors, Vendors, Operations Personnel, and external stakeholders to achieve project objectives while minimizing delays, risks, and disruptions. The Interface Manager acts as the custodian of the project interface management process, ensuring all technical, organizational, operational, commercial, and stakeholder interfaces are identified, tracked, resolved, and formally closed.
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Key Responsibilities
Interface Leadership & Governance
- Establish and maintain project interface management systems.
- Develop Interface Management Plans and procedures.
- Ensure implementation of interface management requirements.
- Promote proactive interface identification and resolution.
- Provide interface management leadership to project teams.
- Facilitate collaboration among project stakeholders.
Interface Management
- Identify and manage all project interfaces.
- Establish and maintain the project Interface Register.
- Categorize interfaces according to project requirements.
- Assign ownership and accountability for each interface.
- Track interface actions through closure.
- Monitor interface performance metrics.
- Ensure effective communication between stakeholders.
Technical Interface Coordination
- Coordinate interfaces between engineering disciplines.
- Support integration of engineering deliverables.
- Facilitate resolution of technical conflicts.
- Monitor progress of interface deliverables.
- Ensure consistency across engineering packages.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary reviews.
Construction & Execution Interfaces
- Coordinate interfaces between construction, commissioning, and operations teams.
- Ensure alignment between execution contractors.
- Monitor handover requirements between project phases.
- Support workfront planning activities.
- Facilitate resolution of field interface issues.
- Ensure construction activities are properly integrated.
Operational & Brownfield Interfaces
- Coordinate interfaces involving operating facilities.
- Support planning of brownfield modifications.
- Ensure operational constraints are communicated and managed.
- Facilitate SIMOPS coordination activities.
- Participate in operational readiness reviews.
- Support tie-in and shutdown planning activities.
Contractor & Vendor Interface Management
- Monitor contractor interface performance.
- Coordinate activities between multiple contractors.
- Support vendor integration with project teams.
- Facilitate interface workshops and coordination meetings.
- Resolve cross-contract interface issues.
- Ensure timely exchange of information among contractors.
Stakeholder Coordination
- Interface with the company representatives.
- Coordinate activities involving regulatory authorities.
- Facilitate communication among internal and external stakeholders.
- Support project governance and reporting requirements.
- Manage stakeholder expectations relating to project interfaces.
Risk Management
- Identify interface-related risks.
- Develop mitigation strategies.
- Monitor critical interface activities.
- Escalate high-risk issues appropriately.
- Support project risk management processes.
- Maintain visibility of interface risks throughout execution.
HSE & Quality Responsibilities
- Ensure interface activities support project HSE objectives.
- Promote safe work planning and execution.
- Verify interface deliverables meet project quality requirements.
- Support audits and assurance reviews when necessary.
Reporting & Performance Management
- Maintain interface dashboards and reports.
- Report interface performance to Project Management.
- Monitor status of open interface actions.
- Identify trends affecting project performance.
- Prepare management summaries and presentations.
- Ensure timely closure of interface commitments.
Stakeholder Management
- Coordinate with the company, PMC teams, EPC Contractors, Vendors, Operations Personnel, and External Authorities.
- Build collaborative working relationships across project stakeholders.
- Facilitate workshops, reviews, and leadership meetings.
- Support achievement of project execution objectives through effective stakeholder engagement.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering.
- Minimum 25 years Oil & Gas industry experience.
- Minimum 8 years Interface Management experience on major capital projects.
- Minimum 5 years PMC experience.
- Strong understanding of engineering, construction, commissioning, and operations interfaces.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong knowledge of project execution processes and organizational structures.
Preferred Certifications
- PMP
- PMI-SP
- APM Project Management Certification
- Certified Risk Management Professional
- HAZID / HAZOP Awareness
- NEBOSH International General Certificate
- Stakeholder Management Training
- Interface Management System Training
