Onshore Interface Lead

Job title: Onshore Interface Lead 

Job Location: Baku, Azerbaijan

Job Status (Residential/Rotational): Residential

Situation in organization

Activities

• To govern CPF/BVS on‑plot Interface Management and ensure cross‑package integration at all onshore battery limits in line with the project IMS governance (New PRODOM).

• To maintain permanent control of CPF/BVS battery limits by defining tie points, scope demarcation/termination responsibilities and acceptance criteria for each boundary (CV/IP/EL/TE), including associated control/ICSS & telecom integration requirements, testing/commissioning evidence and as-built documentation.

• To coordinate CPF/BVS corridor interfaces on the CPF/BVS sides (valves/spools/FOJB/electrical terminations/earthing) and ensure clash‑free execution at tie‑in points.

• To ensure CPF-side readiness of export tie‑ins and utilities interfaces (SCP, DGN/SBQ, BP, Azersu, AzerEnerji) by controlling CPF battery limit deliverables, documentation and handover packs.

• To manage the interface with the Onshore Pipelines corridor execution (ONS scope under EPSCC) for all off‑plot connections to CPF/BVS, ensuring field changes are controlled and reflected in as‑built interface data.

• To ensure that all interface requirements are embedded into contractor deliverables (tie‑in lists, layout/interface drawings, test packs) and remain consistent with Exhibit A / Attachment A2 and IRM/IBoD principles.

• To ensure controlled management of CPF-related Company Provided Items (CPIs/LLIs) impacting interfaces, including receipt readiness, preservation constraints and interface handover traceability as applicable.

• To coordinate with Telecom/ICSS integration stakeholders (CPF CCR/TER/CTR, BVS instrument room, EPS/BWN) to ensure CPF-side architecture readiness, cybersecurity constraints and interface testing prerequisites.

• To manage interface actions and decisions through New PRODOM workflows, ensuring traceability, timely closure and documented approvals for changes affecting CPF battery limits.

• To chair regular CPF interface meetings/workshops with Contractor SPOCs and Company discipline leads, maintaining a decision log and preventing rework across disciplines.

• To integrate HSE/SIMOPS constraints into CPF tie‑in planning (access, simultaneous works, live plant constraints where applicable) and ensure safe tie‑in execution readiness.

• To identify interface-driven risks and opportunities affecting CPF/BVS execution and propose mitigations through early clarification, boundary reinforcement and documented decisions.

• To prepare concise weekly highlights and contribute to monthly interface reporting (open actions, boundary changes, critical interface risks, readiness status) for the Projects Interface Manager and PMT.

• To ensure final interface close‑out at CPF/BVS boundaries by validating completeness of test records, as‑builts, redlines and handover dossiers required for commissioning/start‑up.

• To identify interface-driven risks (technical, schedule, execution, SIMOPS) arising from SURF/SPS/ASPL and register them in the Project Risk Register in line with COMPANY procedures.

• To coordinate definition and implementation of mitigation actions, ensuring risks are properly monitored, updated and escalated where required.

• To ensure consistency between Interface Management outputs (ITS/ITR, interface actions, testing readiness) and Risk Management tracking, avoiding gaps between interface issues and identified risks.

• HSE responsibilities:

• Comply with the Activities described within the HSE Management System

• Take reasonable care of own Health and Safety and that of Others who may be affected by their acts at work

• Know responsibilities to environmental issues in the work areas

• Each employee, at his level of responsibility, must observe all Company Rules, Procedures and instructions in the

• performance of his own task

• As such the duties and areas of authority are:

• Follow HSE instructions given by Managers and supervisory personnel

• Assure of the safety of his work site before commencing work

• Take the necessary measures to avert immediate threat of danger

• Exercise such caution as is necessary to avoid danger to persons and installations or to avoid pollution

• Use tools, equipment and their safeguards correctly

• Use the provided means of personal protection correctly

• Leave the workplace behind correct and orderly, upon job completion – enforce the Company Clean Desk policy

• Report any anomaly, abnormal conditions and near miss to supervisor

• Participate actively in HSE meetings, safety talks, toolboxes, training sessions and drills

• Co-operate actively in the execution of the HSE plans

• Authority to suspend activities when there is a potential or actual threat to human life, the installation or the environment, and notify forthwith the responsible supervisor.

Accountabilities

• Shall execute and control CPF/BVS interface activities in alignment with Company governance, contractual requirements and the IMS (New PRODOM).

• Shall ensure CPF/BVS battery limits are defined, documented, maintained and enforced, with clear tie‑points and acceptance criteria for each boundary.

• Shall ensure timely resolution and closure of CPF-related interface actions and escalate deviations/risks to the Projects Interface Manager with mitigation proposals.

• Shall coordinate CPF-side interfaces with the onshore corridor execution and third‑party tie‑ins, ensuring interface documentation and as‑built data remain consistent.

• Shall ensure CPF interface readiness for commissioning by validating test packs, handover documentation and interface deliverables at each battery limit.

• Shall ensure interface decisions are traceable, auditable and properly archived through PRODOM/DCC workflows.

• Shall provide interim coverage/coordination for Telecom/ICSS and Pipelines/Crossings interfaces if dedicated CPILs are not mobilised, under Projects Interface Manager direction

• Shall identify, assess and manage offshore interface-related risks in accordance with the Project Risk Management procedure, ensuring appropriate mitigation and escalation.

• Shall ensure alignment between Interface Management System (ITS/ITR) and Risk Register, so that all critical interface issues are properly captured as risks and monitored to closure.

Qualifications/Experience required

• Engineering degree (Master level or equivalent).

• 10–15 years’ experience on major Oil & Gas EPC projects, including detailed engineering and construction/commissioning interfaces for onshore facilities.

• Demonstrated experience in interface management, battery-limit control and cross-discipline coordination (process/piping/civil/E&I/ICSS/telecom).

• Good working knowledge of New PRODOM/IMS interface workflows and document control practices.

• Strong leadership, communication and arbitration skills in a multicultural, multi‑site environment;

• Fluent English mandatory.

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES 

Technical competencies required

• Interface Management & Battery Limits

• Stakeholder coordination (Contractor SPOCs, Company disciplines, third parties via governance)

• Onshore Facility system & Risk knowledge (CPF,BVS, EPS)

• Planning & schedule interface discipline (prioritisation, critical-path awareness)

• Multidiscipline Integration (Process / Piping / Civil / E&I / Telecom / ICSS)

• Governance & Compliance (Company rules/procedures)

• Commissioning readiness & handover (test packs, as builts, dossiers)

• Risk & change management (interface-driven)

• HSSE Integration across Interfaces

• Communication & facilitation (forums, workshops, decision log)

• IMS / data traceability (New PRODOM, DCC archiving, interface records quality)

• Leadership & negotiation (conflict resolution, escalation management)

Localization

• Baku, Azerbaijan

• Missions to EPSCC Contractors sites abroad

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