Vacancy Overview

Lead of Interface (Onshore)

Airswift is seeking for Lead of Interface (Onshore) to work in Qatar with a major Oil & Gas Company. 

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

• 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.
• Assist in providing company’s Commercial group with all information related to the interface agreement needed to develop commercial agreement and Access & Indemnity Agreement.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Ensures Contractor implement effective IA Management Plan, IA/IQ/ critical interface Registers and updates/maintains the registers as required in areas of work scope.
• Facilitates submission, tracking and expediting review/approval of IAs/IQs to Major Projects and third parties.
• Facilitates discussions/ agreements between Contractor and PMT/ other stakeholders where interface problems have arisen, works with PMT functional leads to resolve interface issues/comments.
• Facilitates review to ensure completeness/ readiness of technical submissions for approval of Interface/Crossing Agreements and close out packages of Interface/Crossing Agreements.
• Ensures that all IA’s managed by Contractor are agreed and closed with the demonstration that Contractor’s final documentation reflects the received data and inputs from agreed IAs.
• Schedule/ attends regular meetings, issues minutes of meetings, with interfacing organizations to ensure timely communications of issues and minimizes interfacing disconnects and ensures cross-functional follow-up on action items developed during the interface meetings.
• Lead and coordinate complex external interfaces including the potential for simultaneous operations (SIMOPS).
• Support and monitor status of Contractor Interface Agreement and Interface queries issuance by using TEMPO [Technical Environment for Major Projects Organization] and procedures governing MP projects and communicating changes to head of Interface to manage with other external parties if needed

• Minimum 10 years of experience in a major/ capital projects environment, with broad experience of multi-discipline engineering/execution, preferably in the oil and gas industry with 3 years in a supervisory position.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of the Interface Agreement Management System & procedures.
• Previous experience on similar projects with extensive interaction with RLIC, Major/ capital projects & third parties. Additional focus on the capability to manage nearshore activities including but not limited to Shore Pull Setup, ShorePull for Pipeline & Cables, Trenching & Backfilling works.
• Previous experience and knowledge of procedures, rules & regulation of RLIC
• Proven project management and execution experience including brownfield execution and crossing agreements.
• Familiar with Permit to Work requirements on RLIC and nearshore area.