Engineering Interface Manager

Hill International•United States,

20h

About The Position

Hill International is seeking an Engineering Interface Department Manager for work connected with its operations in the United States, Australia, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Italy, and the Netherlands. The position requires relocation to Saudi Arabia (KSA). Arabic-speaking candidates are preferred. The role leads interfaces and coordination for design and engineering work to align project scope and schedules. It coordinates design delivery with the project master schedule, monitors design consultants’ performance and deliverables, and manages design-related aspects of the Project Management Team’s Senior Discipline Engineers. The manager evaluates design consultant variation orders and concession requests for client approval, reviews design strategy, and supports timely permitting and tender documentation. The role also develops and rectifies the department’s operating structure and tools, while complying with Hill International’s quality, environmental, safety, and occupational health requirements. Hill International provides program, project, construction, and facilities management and other consulting services. The company has more than 4,400 professionals in over 100 offices worldwide and is part of GISI Consulting Group.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering from an accredited university.
Minimum 20 years of experience in water and wastewater project design, engineering works, and project management.
Knowledge of water and wastewater master plans.
Excellent project management skills.
Experience working with or managing engineering consultants’ work.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Arabic-speaking ability is preferred.

Responsibilities

Manage necessary interfaces and coordination of design and engineering work to ensure alignment of project scope and schedules.
Coordinate with Technical Design teams to align design delivery schedules with the master project delivery schedule.
Monitor design consultants’ performance to ensure design correctness and completeness and compliance with scope-of-work requirements.
Control and manage the Project Management Team’s Senior Discipline Engineers with respect to design aspects.
Evaluate and endorse variation orders and concession requests submitted by design consultants for client approval.
Attend meetings with design consultants, their sub-consultants, and the client.
Review project design strategy and make recommendations to the client.
Assist with, monitor, and ensure timely submission of documents by design consultants to government departments until final permits necessary to proceed with and complete the works are obtained.
Ensure the consultant delivers tender documents in accordance with the tendering plan.
Provide necessary project input data to technical design consultants.
Regularly update the technical department on future project requirements.
Develop and rectify the department’s operating structure, including its organizational chart, roles, and responsibilities, and the tools to be deployed, including software and international best practices.
Understand and comply with Hill International’s relevant quality, environmental, safety, and occupational health policies, manuals, and procedures.
Perform other duties as assigned by the line manager or supervisor.