Interface Manager

Dragados UK & Ireland; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Dragados UK & Ireland seeks an experienced Interface Manager for the Euston Station project. You will establish and maintain interfaces between the Integrated Project Team and Technical Partners, supporting design, construction and handover while minimising disruption to day-to-day operations.

Lead stakeholder engagement, manage interface processes, chair interface meetings, and coordinate across engineering, construction and operations to enable safe and efficient delivery in a live railway

Qualifications

• Experience leading stakeholder, interface and programme coordination across major infrastructure, rail and transportation.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams and managing complex external stakeholder environments.
• Excellence: promoting innovation, development and continuous improvement to achieve the highest quality of project delivery.
• Integrity: acting ethically and transparently, demanding the best standards from its employees and partners.

Responsibilities

• Be the main point of contact with the Technical Partner and establish strong stakeholder relationships.
• Provide subject matter expert advice and direction related to the Technical Partner to the IPT.
• Ensure project processes and procedures with the Technical Partner align to Works Information requirements.
• Coordinate interfaces and operational needs in project implementation planning.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Cross-disciplinary coordination

Problem solving

Job description

The Interface Management function is responsible for establishing and growing effective and collaborative relationships and interfaces between the Integrated Project Team (IPT) and Technical Partners through production and implementation of the IPT Interface Management Plan.

The Interface Manager for our Euston Station project will be responsible for managing the relationship and technical processes with their respective Technical Partner by supporting the design, construction and handover, all whilst ensuring that impact on day to day operations is minimised.

Key Responsibilities

• To be the main point of contact with the respective Technical Partner and to establish strong working relationships with main stakeholders and set up formal and informal communications channels.
• Provide subject matter expert advice, guidance and direction in relation to the Technical Partner to the wider IPT.
• Ensure that all project processes and procedures for delivering works with the Technical Partner are fully aligned to the requirements within the Works Information and are kept up to date.
• Ensure the interfaces and any operational or business needs of the Technical Partner are considered in all aspects of the implementation planning of the project.
• Manage the interface in accordance with the project Interface Management Plan. This includes being responsible for the Interface Control Document, associated Interface Register and chairing and recording interface meetings.
• Chair planning and co-ordination meetings between the Technical Partner and the project construction team and ensure that all needs are fully considered in the detailed planning and methodology.
• Manage any possessions required as part of the construction project.
• Identify and manage all activities that require asset or infrastructure protection and monitoring.

Project Specific

• Major station programmes require operational expertise to be embedded throughout programme development, ensuring engineering, design and delivery decisions are informed by the realities of operating a live railway station environment. The Programme Interface Manager is responsible for enabling the successful delivery of major infrastructure programmes by establishing and maintaining effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders, infrastructure owners, regulatory bodies and delivery partners.
• Reporting to the Head of Stakeholder Programme Delivery, the Programme Delivery Interface Manager provides strategic leadership across programme interfaces, ensuring stakeholder requirements, statutory approvals, operational constraints, governance and programme dependencies are identified, coordinated and integrated into project delivery.
• Working across multidisciplinary teams, the Programme Delivery Interface Manager leads collaboration between engineering, construction, operations and third parties to secure approvals, manage programme risk and minimise impacts on live operationalenvironments. The role develops trusted relationships with Local Authorities, transportauthorities, infrastructure owners, emergency services, utility providers, and other influential stakeholders across the Euston area to enable safe and efficient delivery.

Technical skills and Competencies

• Excellent project management and coordination skills able to manage and influence teams of people in a multi-disciplinary environment.
• Able to collaborate effectively with others, and think creatively to resolve issues, presenting facts clearly and simply.
• Knowledge and experience of working within large infrastructure companies.
• Knowledge and experience of infrastructure processes and procedures
• Commitment to continuous improvement.
• Woks well within a team and demonstrates cooperation and collaboration.
• Builds trust.

Qualifications, Certifications and Experience

• Experience leading stakeholder, interface and programme coordination across major infrastructure, rail and transportation
• Previous experience in a similar role with aligned responsibilities & accountabilities.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams and managing complex external stakeholder environments.Excellence: Promoting innovation, development, training and continuous improvement to achieve the highest quality of project delivery.
• Integrity: Acting ethically and transparently. Demanding the best standards of integrity from its employees, suppliers and other stakeholders.
• Trust: Nurturing positive relationships at all levels of the organisation, with our clients and supply chain by developing strong and long term relationships based on mutual trust.
• Sustainability: Commitment to sustainable development to make an efficient and ethically responsible contribution to society and the environment.
• Profitability: Ensuring our profitability as well as contributing value to the communities in which we operate as part of our sustainability agenda.

Dragados is committed to act based on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion principles. Equal opportunities, non-discrimination and respect for human rights are basic principles contained in the Dragados Code of Conduct that apply to all Dragados employees.