Interface and Integration Manager (Design - Rail)

Role overview

Interface and design management

• Oversee the contractor’s Interface Management Plan and Design Integration Strategy, interface register, documentation, and performance.
• Coordinate interfaces across civil, structural, track, rail systems, stations, depots, utilities, and operational disciplines.
• Lead workshops, coordination meetings, design reviews, and resolution of interface issues.
• Manage interface agreements, responsibilities, assumptions, dependencies, risks, and deliverables.
• Assure integration through requirements flow-down, interface definition, verification, validation, traceability, and change control.
• Monitor design compliance with project requirements, programme, budget, standards, contractual requirements, and operational objectives.
• Support construction, testing, commissioning, and delivery by clarifying and closing out interface issues.
• Provide status reports on progress, risks, outstanding issues, decisions, and matters requiring stakeholder intervention.

Required qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field from a recognized university.
• At least 15 years of relevant experience in rail projects and/or rail operations.
• Proven design integration and interface management experience on large-scale rail or infrastructure projects.
• Strong multidisciplinary design team and complex system interface management experience.
• Good understanding of rail systems, civil infrastructure, stations, and operational interfaces.
• Experience in airport integration projects, including terminal operations and intermodal transport coordination.
• Experience with systems engineering processes and interface management methodologies.
• Strong knowledge of design development stages and tender documentation.
• Excellent communication, coordination, stakeholder management, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• GCC or international experience is preferred; relevant professional certification or institute membership is advantageous.

Desired capabilities