Lead Interface Engineer (Onshore)
Location: Qatar (Onshore / Offshore rotation during execution approx. 20%)
Start Date: ASAP
Contract Length: 36 months (potential for extension)
Work Schedule: 10 hours/day, 6 days/week, 26 days/month
About the Opportunity
Are you an experienced engineering professional with a knack for managing complex project interfaces across multiple stakeholders and environments? A large-scale energy programme is seeking a skilled Lead Interface Engineer to drive interface coordination across a major onshore and offshore development.
This is a high-impact role within one of the world's largest natural gas projects, offering the opportunity to operate at the centre of multi-disciplinary teams and international contractors. If you thrive in high-stakes, multicultural project settings and enjoy problem-solving in complex, interconnected systems-this one's for you.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide strategic direction for interface activities between multiple projects and stakeholders.
- Establish and implement interface management procedures, registers, and protocols.
- Act as a central point of contact between internal and external project teams, third-party contractors, and authorities.
- Ensure alignment and integration of deliverables across onshore and offshore engineering scopes.
- Mitigate risks, resolve conflicts, and manage simultaneous operations (SIMOPS) safely and effectively.
- Track interface milestones and ensure smooth handover processes across different contractors.
- Liaise with regulatory bodies to secure necessary approvals and maintain compliance.
- Coordinate technical reviews and interface meetings; report status updates to senior management.
- Build strong working relationships across all levels and disciplines, ensuring clear and timely communication.
- Maintain high-quality documentation on interface activities throughout the project lifecycle.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related discipline.
- Minimum 8 years' experience in large-scale oil & gas interface management, with at least 1 year in a supervisory or oversight capacity.
- Proven success in coordinating multiple stakeholders across large EPC projects.
- Knowledge of SIMOPS, brownfield integration, shutdown coordination, and permitting requirements.
- Experience handling interfaces with governmental authorities and joint venture partners.
- Familiar with interface management planning, tracking tools, and standard engineering workflows.
- Strong communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills across cross-cultural teams.
- Fluent in English; both written and verbal.
- High computer literacy and comfortable with professional office and project interface management tools.