Interface Engineer at WTS Energy

WTS Energy provides recruitment and manpower services for the global oil and gas and energy industries. We supply engineers and consultants to our clients' projects and operations, and perform employment outsourcing services such as workforce management in oil and gas regions around the world. WTS Energy operates globally with offices in 14 countries and is operational in over 50 countries.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Interface Engineer

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• To support the Interface Manager in managing the interfaces related to the Main Project by ensuring that the defined scopes and applicable schedule, procedures, specifications, and agreement are followed by internal/external interface counterparts while ensuring that technical arbitration is provided by COMPANY when required in due time and adequate records of transactions on other approved means

Main Responsibilities

• Participate in the implementation of the Project Interface Quality Process
• Implement the project IMS plan and procedure within the Contractor’s organization and his EPC team
• Supervise the preliminary identification of the Interfaces by the Contractor, and participate in Interface Meetings.
• Supervise the IDS implementation (including quality) by the Contractor and their recording by Company DCC
• Ensure that the interface data transmitted by the Contractor are previously checked firstly by the relevant project Specialist consolidated by the Company Engineering Manager and found correct and satisfactory.
• Expedite all the interface data required by the Contractor in due time
• Be the focal point of contact and responsible for all interfaces between the Company and Contractors.
• Ensure relevant interface data is dispatched to other project-interested parties.
• Follow up and report progress to the project team Management and CIM, raising issues and Risks identified on Interfaces related to his contract and whenever a potential impact on the Project (safety, delay, cost, quality, etc.) appears from the execution of an Interface.
• Require and verify mitigation plans from the Contractor.
• Control and validate the Contractor’s reporting on Interfaces
• To arbitrate and/or ensure arbitrage in due time on behalf of COMPANY in the event of non-resolution of interface issues by contending Contractors always ensuring project global objectives are given priority.
• To always identify critical issues/points, and proffer solutions while promoting innovation and cost reduction in proposed technical solutions and manage the implementation of approved solutions in due time while prioritizing reliability and safety of personnel, installation, and environment.
• Consolidate and advise the Interface Manager of any schedule and/or commercial issues that may arise or arise out of changes resulting from interfaces. Shall be the coordinator of this management of change justifying all disciplines of the change.
• Ensure complete documentation of all changes, and communication of these in compliance with the COMPANY process and the processes agreed with partners and regulatory authorities (NUPRC & NCDMB).
• To undertake cross-functional/transverse studies and assessments as may be requested by the Project Management

Educational Qualifications

• B.Sc in Engineering that relates to Mechanical Engineering or Petroleum Engineering with a sound oil & gas multi-discipline technical background in offshore production facilities engineering & construction, complemented by general knowledge/experience concerning the greenfield and brownfield projects and the integration of subsea equipment (risers, sealines, etc) with the surface production facilities.
• Professional Experience (number of years): 5 to 10 years of relevant engineering experience in Oil and Gas Production Projects.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, oral and writing
• Language: Fluent in English.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.