Senior Rail Interface Manager – Multi-Contract Programs

Luster-National; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited flexible time off

Paid holidays

Paid parental leave

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Long-term disability insurance

Short-term disability insurance

Life insurance and accidental death &

Job summary

Luster in the San Francisco Bay Area is seeking an experienced Interface Manager to support a large rail infrastructure program. You will establish and manage the Interface Management Plan, track interfaces across engineering, procurement, and construction, and coordinate with design contracts and disciplines.

This long-term, full-time hybrid role requires 10+ years in interface management, familiarity with underground/tunneled projects, and fluency with Primavera P6, MS Project, Unifier, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or systems engineering, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 10+ years' experience with interface management roles in large, complex rail infrastructure programs.
• Experience developing and implementing an interface management plan, interface register, or equivalent structured process on a program with concurrent contracts.
• Experience performing interdisciplinary design review across civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical scopes, including spatial coordination, clearance, access, and maintainability.
• Experience with underground and tunneled construction, including the interfaces between tunnel and station structures and the mechanical, electrical, and ventilation systems they house.
• Experience coordinating concurrent design and construction contracts, including interface-driven change, schedule, and risk impacts.
• Working knowledge of how civil and structural work interfaces with supporting systems on transit, rail, or other complex infrastructure, including ventilation, power, trackwork, fire life safety, and communications.
• Experience with industry standard project / construction management software (e.g., Primavera P6, MS Project, Unifier, Kahua, etc.).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite/Office 365 (e.g., Outlook, Teams, Word, PowerPoint, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and implement the project interface management plan, including the interface register, interface control documents, and the process for identifying, assigning, and closing interface points.
• Identify technical and organizational interfaces across engineering, procurement, and construction activities, and coordinate resolution across design contracts, construction packages, and disciplines.
• Chair interface coordination meetings, track open interface items to closure, and elevate unresolved items with a recommended path forward.
• Review design submittals and deliverables for interface conformance, including spatial coordination, structural envelope, equipment clearance, access, and maintainability, and verify that the design supports long-term operations and maintenance rather than the minimum equipment footprint.
• Coordinate interfaces between civil and structural work and the systems it houses, including tunnel and station ventilation, mechanical and electrical rooms, traction power, trackwork, fire life safety, and communications.
• Evaluate change proposals, design change notices, and requests for information for interface impact, and document the cost, schedule, and scope consequences across affected contracts.
• Coordinate with third parties, utility owners, adjacent contracts, and permitting and operating stakeholders on interfaces that cross the contract boundary.
• Support the program risk process by translating unresolved interfaces into identified risks with assigned owners, mitigation actions, and closure dates.
• Maintain interface traceability from design criteria through construction verification, and confirm that interface requirements are carried into testing, commissioning, and turnover.
• Support schedule coordination by identifying interface-driven dependencies between concurrent design and construction contracts and confirm they are reflected in the program schedule.
• Prepare interface status reporting and briefings for program leadership, and support decisions with analysis, documentation, and recommendations.

Skills

Interface management

Project coordination

Stakeholder management

Communication

Risk analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in civil/mechanical/electrical or systems engineering

Equivalent combination of education and experience

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Unifier

Kahua

Microsoft Office 365

Job description

Luster in the San Francisco Bay Area is seeking an experienced Interface Manager to support a large rail infrastructure program. You will establish and manage the Interface Management Plan, track interfaces across engineering, procurement, and construction, and coordinate with design contracts and disciplines.

This long-term, full-time hybrid role requires 10+ years in interface management, familiarity with underground/tunneled projects, and fluency with Primavera P6, MS Project, Unifier, and