Vacancy Overview

Lead of Interface (Onshore)

Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process, and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to our clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with the unique needs of our clients. With over 800 employees and 6,000 contractors operating in over 50 countries, our geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry.

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

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• 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

EXPERIENCE:

• 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.