Job Title: Manager, Interface
Working Location:
KL Office, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Key Objectives
- The Interface Manager is accountable for end-to-end management of all cross-functional package interfaces and ensures alignment and seamless coordination across FPSO Engineering, FPSO conversion, FTL/MWA installation, T&I activities and existing subsea infrastructure. This role is critical to preventing schedule delays, scope gaps, operational readiness, and contractor claims.
Key Responsibilities
Principal Accountabilities
- Interface Management: Own, manage and lead all execution phase interfaces across all cross-packages ensuring alignment across engineering, fabrication and offshore execution phases.
- Interface Risk and Schedule: Identify and manage interface-driven risks across FPSO/ FTL/MWA, T&I, and subsea and DTU systems impacting cost and schedule, including ownership and mitigation of resolution to protect project milestones.
- Execution Alignment: Develop and maintain interface registers, ensure readiness plans, and alignment milestones are synchronized for fabrication, installation and commissioning readiness. Hold regular interface workshops between package managers and contractors. Enforce interface resolution across the delivery teams.
- Contractual Coordination: Work closely with engineering managers, delivery managers, incumbent FPSO owners, and contractors for timely resolution of interfaces and any discrepancies before they escalate into conflicts, disputes or claims. Identify scope gaps and overlaps and resolve discrepancies avoiding variation and claims.
- Technical Integration: Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure design consistency and readiness across multiple EPCs and OEMs.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Act as the focal point for interface communication between contractors, internal teams, and senior management.
- Reporting & Governance: Provide clear, structured reporting on interface status, risks, and mitigations to project leadership. Escalate and mitigate for critical interfaces linked to project milestones, schedule, and costs.
- Monitor and report status and overview on interfaces activities, progress, and issues. Take ownership of interface management tools and reporting.
Key Authorities
- As provided/assigned by FPSO Project Manager.
- Ensure contractor compliance to interface requirements.
- Escalate and enforce interface resolution across all packages.
- Recommend critical interface resolutions to the project manager.
Safety Responsibilities
- Responsible for the Health, Safety and welfare of all persons engaged on or related to any site project work, including staff, contracted personnel, visitors, and third parties.
Working Relationship
- Strategic problem-solving and risk management.
- Strong organizational and coordination skills.
- Ability to manage high-pressure situations and competing priorities.
- Collaborative leadership across diverse technical and contractual teams.
- Work alongside contractors and package managers at all stages of the process: engineering definition, fabrication and construction, subsea and operation teams.
- Challenge contractors and package managers to comply with interface requirements.
Requirements
Qualifications and Experience
- B.Sc. in Engineering, or a relevant Degree/Diploma with recognized experience.
- Minimum 15 years' experience in the oil & gas industry or in a similar role in other industries, with relevant project management, services, or interface experience.
- At least 10 years of experience in an Interface leadership role on major offshore projects in deepwater involving subsea, floater (FPSO or similar), and offshore installation.
- Practical experience resolving high-impact interface conflicts, including specific leadership roles and responsibility for interfaces on complex offshore projects involving multiple large contracts between floaters, EPC, and T&I contractors.
- Relevant knowledge of floating production units, subsea production and control systems, and dynamic riser systems.
Special Skills Required
- Project management, project support, front-end, planning, and cost control skills.
- Working knowledge of Primavera and MS Project scheduling software.
- Experience with dedicated interface software.
Contract Type
- Permanent position
Work Schedule
- Office-based (KL Office, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Ready to drive execution, mitigate risks, and ensure seamless project delivery? If you have a track record in offshore and interface leadership roles, this is the perfect opportunity to make your mark in the industry. Apply now to join a dynamic and forward-thinking team.
Working Location:
KL Office, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Key Objectives
- The Interface Manager is accountable for end-to-end management of all cross-functional package interfaces and ensures alignment and seamless coordination across FPSO Engineering, FPSO conversion, FTL/MWA installation, T&I activities and existing subsea infrastructure. This role is critical to preventing schedule delays, scope gaps, operational readiness, and contractor claims.
Key Responsibilities
Principal Accountabilities
- Interface Management: Own, manage and lead all execution phase interfaces across all cross-packages ensuring alignment across engineering, fabrication and offshore execution phases.
- Interface Risk and Schedule: Identify and manage interface-driven risks across FPSO/ FTL/MWA, T&I, and subsea and DTU systems impacting cost and schedule, including ownership and mitigation of resolution to protect project milestones.
- Execution Alignment: Develop and maintain interface registers, ensure readiness plans, and alignment milestones are synchronized for fabrication, installation and commissioning readiness. Hold regular interface workshops between package managers and contractors. Enforce interface resolution across the delivery teams.
- Contractual Coordination: Work closely with engineering managers, delivery managers, incumbent FPSO owners, and contractors for timely resolution of interfaces and any discrepancies before they escalate into conflicts, disputes or claims. Identify scope gaps and overlaps and resolve discrepancies avoiding variation and claims.
- Technical Integration: Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure design consistency and readiness across multiple EPCs and OEMs.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Act as the focal point for interface communication between contractors, internal teams, and senior management.
- Reporting & Governance: Provide clear, structured reporting on interface status, risks, and mitigations to project leadership. Escalate and mitigate for critical interfaces linked to project milestones, schedule, and costs.
- Monitor and report status and overview on interfaces activities, progress, and issues. Take ownership of interface management tools and reporting.
Key Authorities
- As provided/assigned by FPSO Project Manager.
- Ensure contractor compliance to interface requirements.
- Escalate and enforce interface resolution across all packages.
- Recommend critical interface resolutions to the project manager.
Safety Responsibilities
- Responsible for the Health, Safety and welfare of all persons engaged on or related to any site project work, including staff, contracted personnel, visitors, and third parties.
Working Relationship
- Strategic problem-solving and risk management.
- Strong organizational and coordination skills.
- Ability to manage high-pressure situations and competing priorities.
- Collaborative leadership across diverse technical and contractual teams.
- Work alongside contractors and package managers at all stages of the process: engineering definition, fabrication and construction, subsea and operation teams.
- Challenge contractors and package managers to comply with interface requirements.
Requirements
Qualifications and Experience
- B.Sc. in Engineering, or a relevant Degree/Diploma with recognized experience.
- Minimum 15 years' experience in the oil & gas industry or in a similar role in other industries, with relevant project management, services, or interface experience.
- At least 10 years of experience in an Interface leadership role on major offshore projects in deepwater involving subsea, floater (FPSO or similar), and offshore installation.
- Practical experience resolving high-impact interface conflicts, including specific leadership roles and responsibility for interfaces on complex offshore projects involving multiple large contracts between floaters, EPC, and T&I contractors.
- Relevant knowledge of floating production units, subsea production and control systems, and dynamic riser systems.
Special Skills Required
- Project management, project support, front-end, planning, and cost control skills.
- Working knowledge of Primavera and MS Project scheduling software.
- Experience with dedicated interface software.
Contract Type
- Permanent position
Work Schedule
- Office-based (KL Office, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Ready to drive execution, mitigate risks, and ensure seamless project delivery? If you have a track record in offshore and interface leadership roles, this is the perfect opportunity to make your mark in the industry. Apply now to join a dynamic and forward-thinking team.