Interface Manager

Job Description

Wood is currently recruiting for an Interface Manager to join our team in Sharjah, UAE. This is a full time onsite position with business trips

Responsibilities

Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world.

Wood is currently recruiting for an Interface Manager to join our team in Sharjah, UAE. This is a full time onsite position with business trips

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The role

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Interface Manager to join our UAE Business Unit.

Our Clients and Projects

Designing the future. Transforming the world.

Wood is an integral part of operations in Iraq, and we are continuing to grow our footprint across the country. With a 90-year heritage, 10 major contracts and over 850 employees, we have the skills, expertise and asset knowledge to support clients to deliver energy security and decarbonisation ambitions.

Wood excels in supporting our clients to deliver complex upstream and midstream oil and gas projects in Iraq delivering maintenance, modifications and engineering solutions. We are committed to decarbonising existing assets, producing cleaner energy and developing a sustainable national workforce, ensuring the long-term growth of the region

What We Can Offer

• Meaningful and interesting projects Delivered to high profile clients and complex projects in Iraq
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice
• Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
• 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
• 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
• 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
  
  

Key Objectives

• The safe and effective delivery of a portfolio of brownfield critical projects on multiple onshore facilities; including large production complexes within an EPCM / EPS / EP / E contracting model on either reimbursable or lump sum basis.
• Identification and management of all interfaces both internally within Wood and externally with client organization, construction contractor and other projects.
• Produce and manage Interface Management Plan covering all interfaces for the portfolio of projects throughout all phases of the project(s) lifecycle, including Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management, Completions and Commissioning.
• Provide certainty and confidence to the client and Wood project sponsor that the contract is being delivered safely with a strong focus on optimization, cost control, risk management, schedule adherence and stakeholder management.
  
  

Key Accountabilities And Responsibilities

Project Deliverables

• Develop comprehensive Interface Management Plan which addresses contract management level interfaces, project portfolio level interfaces and individual project interfaces.
• Interface Management Plan(s) shall cover all internal Wood interfaces covering Design, Procurement, Construction Planning, Construction Execution (management of construction contractor), Mechanical Completions, Pre-commissioning, Commissioning and Handover to Operations as well as interfaces with other projects outside of the contract scope.
• Establish strong working relationships with all Stakeholders to understand their issues / concerns and requirements, incorporate into the Project Execution Plan and Interface Management Plan.
• Participate in key project sessions, including Kick-off Meetings, Design Review, HAZOPS’s, Constructability Review, HSEIA Studies, Constructability Reviews, Construction Method Statements, SIMOP’s, Commissioning Preparation, Handover Planning to ensure all interfaces are identified and managed efficiently.
• Engagement with Client Operations team to identify shutdown windows which can be used to effect system tie-ins to reduce production down time.
• Participate in development of project master program, including establishment of milestones and phasing to ensure all interfaces are identified, captured and interface actions implemented.
• Conducts Regular Interface Management Meeting with all Key Stakeholders and provides feedback to Project Director, Project Manager(s) and Client.
• Support delivery of engineering excellence through coordinating and delivering the engineering for projects in line with schedule and in accordance with applicable procedures, specifications, and standards.
• Ensures accurate and timely delivery of work and resolves minor delays and changes to the satisfaction of both internal and external stakeholders.
• Challenge preferential requirements during the design and execution phase and work with Project Manager(s) to resolve conflict.
• Identify Key Risk areas early within the project and facilitate meetings with required stakeholders to ensure alignment and plans are put in place to drive resolution to avoid conflict and delays during execution.
• Provide leadership and management to ensure safe, cost effective and timely resolution of all interfaces.
• Enforces the use of Change Management process to identify and approve modifications to scope, cost, schedule, and quality.
• Drives ongoing focus on risk identification and mitigation during project execution.
• Participates in the set-up of information management systems / applications as applicable to suit various life phases of projects and manage information management within the project team.
  
  

Leadership

• Guides and supports project team including external specialists and construction contractors, working in multiple offices and sites.
• Is an advocate and role model for ethical behaviour and compliance with applicable laws and policies.
  
  

Working Relationships

Internal

• Provides the interface and maintains effective relationships with other contributors to the project.
• Interfaces with global execution centres and supports delivery of scopes from across all offices involved.
• Interface and coordinate with Operational and/or Contract Management to ensure delivery of operational goals.
  
  

External

• Establishes and maintains a positive and effective customer relationship with client Project, Offshore Operations, Marine Logistics and Asset Planning, and Asset Integrity teams.
• Establishes and maintains a positive and effective relationship with construction contractors and vendors to remove conflict and ensure schedule adherence
  
  

Level of Influence and Decision Making Authority

• Work is performed under general direction and is reviewed for conformance with policies and general efficiency
• Engages with Project Managers for their assigned projects and escalates key interfaces and risks to the Project Director.
• Solves problems requiring an understanding of financial and commercial implications.
  
  

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

Qualifications:

• B.S. or equivalent degree in Engineering from an accredited university
• Project Management Professional (PMP), Associate in Project Management (APM) or equivalent certification is preferred.
• Minimum of fifteen (15) years relevant experience in major Brownfield oil & gas projects, including at least five (5) years in similar position.
  
  

Knowledge, Skills And Experience

• Demonstrable ability to manage EPC and / or EPCM contracts for onshore Brownfield Oil & Gas projects for major Oil & Gas companies.
• Specific experience managing lump sum Oil and Gas projects across their lifecycle in the GCC region, preferred.
• Personality, ability, and experience to drive, manage, direct and guide the team to achieve project objectives.
• Thorough understanding of project management techniques and practices
• Experience of developing and implementing measures of success and benefits on several projects.
• High level of professional competence and management skills to motivate the team to achieve high quality performance during the execution of the portfolio of projects.
• Demonstrable experience in stakeholder management, including implementation of Interface Management Plans and the effective management to achieve project success.
• Thorough knowledge of project success and benefits management.
• Demonstrable ability to drive cash flow management as well as projection/forecast of cost at completion.
• Demonstrable experience of commercial and technical risk management.
• Good knowledge of contracting models, conditions, types and their suitability in different situations.
• Demonstrable ability to deliver effective project initiation on multi-phase projects and produce project execution plans.
• Experienced in using common estimating techniques to derive estimates and costs on standard projects.
• Demonstrable ability to deliver effective project initiation on multi-phase projects and produce project execution plans
• Good knowledge of industry and risk management processes. Well versed in qualitative assessment methods and some knowledge of quantitative assessment techniques.
• Experience of implementing successful project performance improvement activities and techniques for recovering poor performance.
• Understands the needs of information management requirements in the project phases (operation), internal (contractual, statutory) and asset (customer) documentation.
• Well versed in international quality assurance standards
• Knowledge of commercial and contract conditions applicable to the procurement of various types of goods and services.
• Robust knowledge of all handover and close-out activities required for customer, company and suppliers.
  
  

Personal Attributes

• Safety focused with an uncompromising approach to risk management. Places the welfare of both internal and customer employees at the top of the agenda.
• Passionately pursues and supports, demonstrates and embeds company values.
• Pragmatic in approach with ability to balance commerciality with operational excellence.
• A motivated self-starter, who can self-direct when required, able to use own initiative and have autonomy to make appropriate decisions but also know when escalation is required.
• Strong team builder capable of identifying and adopting best practices, engendering a spirit of cooperation and energizing people towards optimum performance enabling cross functional best practice.
• Able to motivate, engage and influence a diverse group of people, many without a direct reporting relationship.
• Customer focused – develops sincere and open relationships with customers, current and potential; constantly striving to exceed expectations and add value. Able to develop and maintain strong customer relationships, including ability to influence.
• Ability to effectively manage resources (personnel, equipment, materials etc)
• Flexible to respond and adapt to changing internal and external context
• Decisive, with ability to make decisions and follow through, ensuring learnings are captured
• Strong negotiation skills and ability to handle sensitive communications.
• Critical thinker with problem solving abilities.
• Excellent verbal, written and presentational communication skills.
  
  

About Us

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.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.