Project Interface Manager Job Abu Dhabi UAE/Dubai,Engineering

Job Purpose

Interface Manager is the role accountable for the overall Interface activities in the detail engineering phase at home office as well as Execution of the Project Interface activities at site which combines both technical and coordination aspects. The role holder acts as a principal point of contact who liaises with all internal and external stakeholders for various technical inputs and ensuring coordination among multiple parties / project packages that is required during the Project design and execution phase.

The Interface Manager shall lead and oversee all interface management activities, ensuring effective coordination, communication, monitoring, reporting, and control of interfaces among project stakeholders, while providing leadership and supervision to the Interface team.

Key Accountabilities External and Internal Interfaces

Interface Manager, Project Interfaces, is responsible for engineering coordination and Execution of assigned Interface requirements through close interaction with Internal and External parties / Stakeholders / End Users / EPC Contractors and will also identify, develop, coordinate, expedite and steward till closure of all Project Interfaces.
Coordinates and establishes the regular interface meetings between EPC Contractor and Company.
Leads the discussions and frequent coordination Operations, Material Handling Operations and Turn around Team for the execution of the interface activities.
Provides regular coordination on Project Interfaces to Process/Commissioning Manager and accountable to provides monthly and weekly reports for progress and proactively identifying Interface issues.
Coordinates and participates in various project related interface meetings and activities & ensure the timely completion of the battery limit tie-ins, tie-ins related to scopes.

Technical Integration

Focal point and responsible to identify, define and execute the technical / physical internal and external interfaces through EPC phase by establishing Interface Point registers.
Well monitoring and control of the IP Databases, managed for IP's and IQ's initiation/ correspondence / agreements to align with agreed Interdependency Schedule between EPC contractor and various Stakeholders.
Actively participates in reviewing the Project Scope of work, various implementing strategies, execution plan, Constructing Strategies, etc.

Design Alignment

Overall Responsibility for Interface Deliverables including but not limited to establishing and executing the interconnections with existing Borouge facilities and participating in Interface HAZOP for interface points in addition to other interface drawings and layouts as specified.
Ensures that the HAZOP of battery limit (interface point) is carried out as per the requirements of the Project.
Organize Interface Meetings with internal and external parties for establishing and finalizing of the interface point register for multiple disciplines in a timely manner.

Site Coordination

Closely working with FEED/EPC Contractor Interface team & other stakeholders.
Follow up of the required Interface related documentation and feedback FEED/EPC contractor and other stakeholders and sharing with Process/Commissioning Manager. Highlights the shortfalls and sought for support needed from the Process/Commissioning Manager on time in order to avoid the schedule delay.
Focal point for identifying with Operations, Maintenance and Integrity Team, the key Interfaces between Project and Existing Facilities (Brownfield works) with particular focus to Interface/ tie-ins during shutdown period activities.
Focal point for maintaining the data base and reviewing all the pre-commissioning and commissioning procedures of the various systems.

Performance

Ensures the Pre-commissioning & Commissioning procedures are prepared on time and the reviews are done by the company on time.
Productivity:
Maintain the interface engineering documents review plan.
Performance assessment:
The three above parameters in addition to a set of individual KPI's will be assessed on regular frequency (mid-term & final review) by the Process/Commissioning Manager and the outcome shall be fed back to the…