Interface Manager

Luster National•San Francisco, CA

4d•$190,000 - $260,000•Hybrid

About The Position

We’re seeking an experienced Interface Manager to support a large, complex, heavy-civil rail infrastructure program. This role is responsible for establishing, implementing, and managing a formal Interface Management Plan, including the governance, processes, and tools required to identify, track, and resolve all technical and organizational interfaces across engineering, procurement, and construction activities. This position operates within multi-contract programs involving significant discipline integration and high-risk interface environments (e.g., tunneling, major utility coordination, or systems integration), requiring coordination across contractors, stakeholders, and technical teams to ensure alignment, minimize risk, and support efficient project execution. This is a long-term, full-time, hybrid position (three days per week in office) position located in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, CA.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or systems engineering, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
10+ years' experience with interface management roles in large, complex rail infrastructure programs.
Experience developing and implementing an interface management plan, interface register, or equivalent structured process on a program with concurrent contracts.
Experience performing interdisciplinary design review across civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical scopes, including spatial coordination, clearance, access, and maintainability.
Experience with underground and tunneled construction, including the interfaces between tunnel and station structures and the mechanical, electrical, and ventilation systems they house.
Experience coordinating concurrent design and construction contracts, including interface-driven change, schedule, and risk impacts.
Working knowledge of how civil and structural work interfaces with supporting systems on transit, rail, or other complex infrastructure, including ventilation, power, trackwork, fire life safety, and communications.
Experience with industry standard project / construction management software (e.g., Primavera P6, MS Project, Unifier, Kahua, etc.).
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite/Office 365 (e.g., Outlook, Teams, Word, PowerPoint, etc.).

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or systems engineering.
Professional Engineer (PE) license, Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) (International Council on Systems Engineering), or Project Management Professional (PMP) certification (Project Management Institute).
Experience carrying interface requirements through testing, commissioning, and turnover to verified closure.
Experience coordinating interfaces with operating agencies, utility owners, and third parties in a dense urban environment.
Experience with interface, requirements, or issue management platforms (e.g., IBM DOORS, Jama Connect, Coordinate, etc.).
Proficiency with Microsoft Power BI, Oracle Cloud Analytics, or other dashboard KPI reporting software.

Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and implement the project interface management plan, including the interface register, interface control documents, and the process for identifying, assigning, and closing interface points.
Identify technical and organizational interfaces across engineering, procurement, and construction activities, and coordinate resolution across design contracts, construction packages, and disciplines.
Chair interface coordination meetings, track open interface items to closure, and escalate unresolved items with a recommended path forward.
Review design submittments and deliverables for interface conformance, including spatial coordination, structural envelope, equipment clearance, access, and maintainability, and verify that the design supports long-term operations and maintenance rather than the minimum equipment footprint.
Coordinate interfaces between civil and structural work and the systems it houses, including tunnel and station ventilation, mechanical and electrical rooms, traction power, trackwork, fire life safety, and communications.
Evaluate change proposals, design change notices, and requests for information for interface impact, and document the cost, schedule, and scope consequences across affected contracts.
Coordinate with third parties, utility owners, adjacent contracts, and permitting and operating stakeholders on interfaces that cross the contract boundary.
Support the program risk process by translating unresolved interfaces into identified risks with assigned owners, mitigation actions, and closure dates.
Maintain interface traceability from design criteria through construction verification, and confirm that interface requirements are carried into testing, commissioning, and turnover.
Support schedule coordination by identifying interface-driven dependencies between concurrent design and construction contracts and confirming they are reflected in the program schedule.
Prepare interface status reporting and briefings for program leadership, and support decisions with analysis, documentation, and recommendations.

Benefits

Unlimited flexible time off
Paid holidays
Paid parental leave
Health, dental, and vision insurance
Flexible spending accounts (healthcare and dependent or elder care)
Long-term disability insurance
Short-term disability insurance
Life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment
401(k) plan with guaranteed employer contribution
Formal career planning and development program
$2,500 annually toward professional development
Wellness program with monthly wellness stipend
Company cell phone or cell phone plan reimbursement
Free personalized meal planning and nutrition support with a registered dietitian
Free personal financial planning services
Employee assistance program
Employee discounts
Employee referral bonus