Interface Manager

EHIF; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 600,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Group Life and Personal Accident Ins.

End of Service Gratuity

Employee Share Plan

Long Service Award

Professional development opportunities

Global connections

Job summary

Wood in Abu Dhabi seeks an experienced Interface Manager to lead and coordinate engineering teams across multiple centers, ensuring seamless integration of project activities with ADNOC, PMC and EPC contractors.

The role focuses on mitigating interface risks, aligning schedules with project requirements, and delivering safe, on-time results while supporting Wood’s energy transition initiatives. Strong leadership and coordination skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineering multidiscipline teams across large projects.
• Strong understanding of interfaces between contractors, suppliers and clients.
• Proven ability to manage scope, schedules and technical requirements.

Responsibilities

• Oversees a team which manages and coordinates engineering multidiscipline inputs and deliverables across multiple execution centers.
• Appraises the Project Engineering team of the key execution principles and the contractual basis of the project.
• Prepares and checks Manpower Plans and multidiscipline contract scopes.
• Interfaces with discipline managers for resources.
• Creates and implements work plans for discipline and inter-discipline interfaces.

Skills

Team leadership

Interface management

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Job description

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Interface Manager with a proven track record in leading and coordinating engineering teams to ensure the successful planning, execution, and completion of technical projects for a high-profile client.

Our Clients and Projects

Designing the future. Transforming the world.

Wood's Oil, Gas & New Energies business is built on a strong legacy of delivering large and complex projects for national and international energy companies across the globe.We have experienced teams, a proven delivery model and a strong reputation.

We are the market-leading provider of integrated and innovative solutions that challenge the status-quo in the oil and gas upstream and midstream, onshore and offshore, gas to liquids and decarbonization and electrification markets. We pride ourselves in steady and predictable delivery, setting our sights on an exciting growth trajectory.

Energy security, transition and supply have never been more important. You, our enabling teams, are at the very forefront of transformative projects that are providing sustainable power to generations to come. We are the ones to bring low-carbon concepts to reality.

What we can offer

• Meaningful and interesting projects:Delivered to high profile clients across the Energy Sector
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:We are an organization actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business
• Competitive remuneration package:With regular reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
• Medical Insurance: Ensures inpatient, and outpatient medical care is available should you require treatment
• Group Life and Personal Accident Insurance: The company provides Life Assurance cover
• End of Service Gratuity:In line with UAE Labor Law, all employees are eligible for an End of Service benefit
• The Employee Share Plan: Gives you the opportunity to purchase Wood shares and receive a match from the company
• Long Service Award:Wood values the commitment and loyalty of our people. Celebrating Long Service provides an opportunity for the business to demonstrate their appreciation of the hard work, dedication and many years’ services of our employees at 5 - year service milestones
• Commitment to continued professional development:Development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests
• Global connections: Join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession
• Energy Transition Academy:Join a community of experts sharing your knowledge and gaining more exposure to a variety of existing and emerging energy systems – delivered by experts in their field

Job Objective

The Interface Manager is responsible for managing, coordinating, and controlling all technical, contractual, and operational interfaces between ADNOC, the PMC, EPC contractors, engineering teams, vendors, and other project stakeholders to ensure seamless integration and execution of project activities. The role focuses on identifying and resolving interface issues, facilitating effective communication and collaboration, monitoring interface deliverables, and ensuring alignment of project scope, schedules, and technical requirements across all disciplines and contractors. The Interface Manager shall proactively mitigate interface risks, prevent scope gaps and conflicts, and ensure that all interfaces are managed in accordance with ADNOC standards, project specifications, contractual obligations, and approved project schedules to support the safe, efficient, and timely delivery of the project.

Wood is a global leader in consulting, engineering and operations for the energy and materials sectors. With 33,000 people in around 50 countries, Wood supports clients across the full asset lifecycle, delivering safe, predictable outcomes while enabling resilient operations and a lower carbon future. Wood forms the Energy & Materials pillar of Sidara - a global partnership uniting leading multidisciplinary engineering, design, and project management companies. www.woodgroup.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.

Responsibilities:

Project Deliverables

• Oversees a team which manages and coordinates engineering multidiscipline inputs and deliverables across multiple execution centers including workshare / high value engineering centers
• Appraises the Project Engineering team of the key execution principles and the contractual basis of the project
• Prepares Discipline Design Instruction; prepares and checks Project Engineering Manpower Plans, prepares multidiscipline contract requisition scopes
• Prepares and checks Project Engineering Manpower Plans
• Interfaces with discipline managers for resources
• Prepares multidiscipline contract requisition scopes
• Creates and implements work plan for discipline and inter-discipline interfaces; identifies key dates, milestones and deliverables, drives for completion; manages forecasts
• Creates work share plan

HSE, Quality and Assurance

• Checks compliance with Project Quality System; able to audit projects; proactively drives team
• Ensures Health, Safety, Environment and Security (HSES) reviews are planned and implemented; supports initiatives
• Manages the development of project specific procedures

Responsible for assuring quality of engineering deliverables before issue to customer

• Development and management of schedule
• Creates and implements work plan for discipline and inter-discipline interfaces; identifies key dates, milestones and deliverables, drives for completion; manages forecasts
• Resolves escalated delays and changes, ensures recovery plans are implemented and reviewed
• Creates work share plan

Design Verification

• Drives and participates in Design Verification; drives others to complete; Understands risk and mitigation requirements change management
• Uses knowledge of conditions of contract to support decisions on schedules, key milestones and change management
• Understands customer needs and able to deliver customer satisfaction; actively monitors and supports initiatives
• Quantifies effects of change project wide; develops mitigation plans against change and drives change management

People Management

• Supervises work of technical professionals in the delivery of engineering deliverables including checking work
• Coordinates and manages inputs from large interdisciplinary team (typically 50+)
• Provides communication to project team; good at public speaking; strong in leading people to participate and contribute

Qualifications:

Skills And Qualifications

What makes you remarkable?

At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.

Expected

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Typically requires 20 years in a project delivery environment
• Experience in mega ADNOC project is required
• Deep understanding of technical work scopes and commercial aspects of projects
• Able to use conditions of contract to support decisions on schedules, key milestones and change management
• Has good working and application knowledge of specifications and standards
• Extensive experience in delivering to internal customers, including other Engineering disciplines
• Familiar with change management practices and able to robustly manage change
• Has an expert knowledge of standards, procedures and work practices; follows project execution flow chart; developing skills in project and technical execution
• Expert ability in application of the procedures and work practices which define and govern Engineering Management and Project Engineering deliverables
• Able to lead Project Engineering team; able to manage between Engineering Discipline Groups
• Good communicator in leading work effort; motivates team; strong positive and active in solutions and proactive attitude
• Competent at managing technical matters and interfaces with Third Parties
• Able to manage and enhance performance and build effective team