Lead of Interface (Offshore)

We have a current opportunity for a Lead of Interface (Offshore) COMP8a/9 on a contract basis. The position will be based in Doha. For further information about this position please apply.
Purpose
Facilitate all internal and external interactions and relationships with Stakeholders, Contractors, Regulatory Bodies, Partners, and Third Parties ensuring seamless communication, compliance, and collaboration across project life cycle. Provide support to Interface Department in interface and alignment of engineering, procurement, fabrication, execution, Installation, quality, integration, and planning activities across multiple Project Management Teams (PMT).
 
Key Accountabilities

1. Manage, monitor, and coordinate all external and internal technical interface agreements (IA)/Interface Queries (IQs) and ensure that a comprehensive, multi-functional review of all IAs/ IQs/ critical interfaces, responses, to and from the interface parties, meets requirements ahead of schedule.
2. Assist in providing Commercial group with all information related to the interface agreement needed to develop commercial agreement and Access &Indemnity Agreement.
3. Maintain the technical interface database and report on the status of the IQs, IA/Crossing actions items, critical interfaces, providing progress updates on IA/ IQ process and communicate these to management as per COMPANY protocol. Ensure that correspondence with internal and external parties in relation to schedule is coordinated and followed-up.
4. Early identification and establishment of interdependent/multi-discipline interfaces and controls between various concurrent and future projects to ensure that the overall integrity and completion schedule of the facilities/ projects is maintained such that the interfacing parties fully understand their accountabilities and responsibilities and perform to achieve the desired goals and objectives.
5. Develop and maintain strong relationships with external stakeholders and EPC Contractor. Act as the primary point of contact for all internal/ external communications and interface activities ensuring timely and effective communication with all internal parties/ external parties/ EPC Contractor.
6. Assist with developing guidelines, processes, and procedures necessary to support and control the Interface Agreement process and projects. Prepare information on overall IA/ IQ/ critical interface process performance and suggest and implement improvements and ensures that interface agreement process is appropriate, well established and maintained.
7. Ensures Contractor implement effective IA Management Plan, IA/IQ/ critical interface Registers and updates/maintains the registers as required in areas of work scope.

 
Requirement
Bachelor’s degree in engineering.

• Minimum 10 years of experience in a major/ capital projects environment, with broad experience of multi-discipline engineering/execution, in the oil and gas industry with 3 years in a supervisory position.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of the Interface Agreement Management System & procedures.
• In depth understanding of the engineering and execution related interdependence's between the interfacing subsea and offshore projects.
• Previous experience on similar offshore, subsea and onshore projects which includes extensive interaction with other Capital projects & third parties.
• Proven project management and offshore brownfield execution experience.

 

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