Job: Project Interface Engineer
Reports Directly to: Project Interface Lead / BL Execution Manager
Objectives :
• To have all Project Interfaces identified and registered
• To have interfaces defined in contracts with client and all suppliers (and SIA/consortium interfaces)
• Top have clear interfaces between packages and balance of plant construction
To control :
• schedule interfaces related to Free Issued Items to Package Vendors
• interfaces between workshop fabrication and site fabrication (piping/structural)
• interfaces with 3d party site activities
• scope of tie-ins (physical, schedule, scope) at OPF scope boundaries
Activities
Sale/Tender phase :
Define critical interfaces in Client Proposal and Supplier’s RFQ.
Construction Interface
• Identify/register schedule and scope interfaces / interfacing risks
• Define matrix of responsibilities in TR to suppliers
• Building and Packages interfaces
Equipment Interface
• Identify/register schedule and scope interfaces / interfacing risks
• Define matrix of responsibilities in TR to suppliers, to formally define scope boundaries
Execution phase (For Large Project dedicated interface Engg. may be required for Const and Equipment Eng.) :
Construction/Equipment Interface
• Define matrix of responsibilities in TR to suppliers, to formally define construction/Equipment scope boundaries
• Prepare and maintain construction/Equipment interface register
• Liaise w/ planning to identify critical activities/deliverables construction/Equipment interfaces (including links in Primavera WBS)
• Responsible for providing inputs to support the Management of Change (MOC* related to Interface impact
assessment).
Equipment Interface
• Free Issued Items interfaces with Package Fabricator Vendors.
Construction Interface
• Interfaces between ISO IFC issuance/Bulk Piping material delivery / Site construction work fronts
Sale/Tender Phase :
• Interface Register
• Interface definition in Client Contract, Vendors RFQ
• Interface Risk (cost / schedule) Register
Processes
Project Execution Phase :
• Project Schedule
• Interface requirements captured in construction supplier(s)
and equipment vendor(s)
• Interface Register
• Interface mark-ups in drawings (P&IDs, SLDs)
• Construction/Fabrication Scope and Schedule interfaces
• PF-P-01-08-005 Interface Mgt Procedure
Key Indicators
• On time and On Schedule delivery of the Project
• Project KPIs
• Cost of Interfaces Non-Conformances (reworks, logistics, …)
Interfaces
This list is not exhaustive:
Tender phase :
• Tender Manager
• Planners
• Risk Management team
• OPF SMEs
• OPF Execution Mgr
• OPF Construction Supplier
• Contract (client / supplier)
• Project Equipment vendors
• Consortium (e.g. SIA integrated projects)
Execution :
• Project Manager
• Planners
• Project Engineering Team / Engg. Sub-
Supplier
• Project P&S Mgr, MWM
• (Eqpt) Project Construction Manager
• (Construct.) OPF Construction Supplier
(site and workshop)
• Project Equipment vendors
• Project Logistics
• 3d party Construction Suppliers (in case of
construction SIMOPs)
• Client
• Local Authorities
• Consortium (e.g. SIA integrated projects)
Prior Experience/Expertise Required
Experience :
• 10 years experience in Production Facilities Project
• 5 years Experience in Project Interface Management (ideally in Production Facility Project)
• Experience in Project Planning
Expertise :
• Understanding P&ID, SLD, Instrument Loops
• Able to read GA drawings
• 3D Models navigation
• Primavera
• Baselining and S-curve reporting.
• Sourcing Management
• Planning Management
• Package Management
• logistics
• construction management
• Surveyor/Inspector
