Hill International is seeking an experienced Interface Engineer to support coordination across a major oil & gas project. The successful candidate will be required to work from project offices, site locations, or offshore facilities as needed.
As the Interface Engineer, you will be responsible for managing all technical, operational, and contractual interfaces between project packages, disciplines, contractors, and third‑party stakeholders. You will ensure that design and execution plans are aligned, consistent, and fully coordinated across topsides, subsea systems, pipelines, onshore facilities, utilities, and external parties, preventing gaps, overlaps, and conflicts throughout the project lifecycle.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Interface Identification & Management
• Identify all internal and external interfaces between project work packages and third parties.
• Develop and maintain the Project Interface Register and Interface Management Plan.
• Ensure all interfaces have clearly defined responsibilities, scope boundaries, and deliverables.
Coordination & Communication
• Facilitate regular interface meetings between contractors, vendors, and stakeholders.
• Act as the single point of contact for interface matters between designated packages.
• Track and manage interface requests, clarifications, and agreements.
Technical & Design Consistency
• Ensure consistency of design data, specifications, and drawings between interfacing packages.
• Review and comment on engineering deliverables to ensure alignment across boundaries.
• Coordinate resolution of mismatches in design, tie - in points, operating philosophies, and
control systems.
Documentation & Deliverables
• Maintain up - to - date interface documentation, agreements, and change records.
• Ensure all interface deliverables are submitted and approved in accordance with project
schedules.
• Integrate interface status reporting into overall project progress reports.
Resolution/monitor/verify
• Proactively identify potential conflicts and risks at interfaces.
• Facilitate resolution of technical and schedule conflicts between contractors.
• Escalate unresolved interface issues to management with recommended solutions.
• Monitor EPC Contractors’ interface management processes and ensure compliance with project requirements.
• Verify that all interface agreements are implemented and closed before mechanical completion.
• Participate in readiness reviews and handover checks to ensure interface points are fully
integrated.
Key Deliverables
• Interface Management Plan
• Interface Register (internal & external)
• Signed Interface Agreements between stakeholders
• Monthly Interface Status Reports
• Closed - out interface documentation for handover
Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge and Skills:
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Process, or related discipline).
• 8+ years oil & gas project experience, with at least 3 years in interface management.
• Proven experience in multi - package EPC/PMC projects (offshore platforms, pipelines, onshore
processing, utilities).
• Strong knowledge of engineering design processes, construction, commissioning, and project controls.
• Experience in large - scale offshore developments (subsea - to - shore, FPSO, WHP, or LNG
projects).
• Familiarity with interface management software/tools (e.g., ICMS, SharePoint, Prodom).
• Offshore survival (BOSIET) and HSE awareness training.
Hill International provides program, project, and construction management services for clients in a range of sectors undertaking major construction projects across the world. Our services include cost engineering and estimating, quality assurance, inspection, scheduling, risk management, and claims avoidance. For more information on Hill, please visit our website at www.hillintl.com