Interface Manager

Key Responsibilities:

1. Set up and communicate the interface management function within the project.
2. Develop tools to facilitate implementation.
3. Allocate and manage team members to ensure effective interface coordination.
4. Ensure interface boundaries are aligned in contracts (contract phase).
5. Management of technical interface implementation with contractors (design phase).
6. Ensure resulting interface designs identify and address HSE risks and meet CDM regs.
7. Validation of interface designs by ensuring appropriate tests and mock ups are conducted.
8. Ensure risks born from interface designs are included in the project risk register.
9. Ensure changes born from interface process are directed through the change control process.
10. Seek optimization of interface designs to reduce fabrication and O&M costs and limit exposure to commercial and program risks.
11. Communicate and update management and key stakeholders on all interface matters.

Interface Management Function Set-up:

• Develop Interface management plan.
• Identify key project team members to act as interface coordinators, with in each function.
• Host introduction meetings and workshops to outline the interface management plan.
• Establish key interface boundaries based on initial project designs.

Develop Tools to Facilitate Implementation:

• Set up, communicate and maintain interface tools, trackers and templates:
• Interface project register - tracking key dates and deliverables (documentation, free-issue equipment, interface milestones).
• Package specific contract interface schedule template.
• Free issue contract schedule template.
• Interface documentation contract schedule template.
• Interface scope matrix.
• Interface schematics.
• Interface technical query process.
• Interface MoM/action trackers.
• Develop other tools that may become necessary.