Project Interface Supervisor

Objectives:

To have all project interfaces identified and registered.
To have interfaces defined in contracts with client and all suppliers (and SIA/consortium interfaces).
To 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 3rd party site activities.
Scope of tie-ins (physical, schedule, scope) at OPF scope boundaries.

Key Indicators:

On time and on schedule delivery of the project.
Project KPIs.
Cost of interfaces non-conformances (reworks, logistics, etc.).

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 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 engineering may be required for construction and equipment engineering):

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 with 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, and site construction work fronts.

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.

About the Company

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the oil & gas, power & renewables, chemicals, construction & infrastructure, life sciences, mining, and manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.