Interface Manager Position Available In Greenville, South Carolina

The purpose of this position is to provide the overall engineering execution leadership on medium sized projects or for a specific area on a large/mega project. This position has the responsibility and accountability for the performance of the engineering team and the successful execution of all engineering work on the project. This position also leads and guides the development and implementation of the execution strategy and oversees development and enforcement of engineering budget, schedule, and quality. This role also has the responsibility to promote Fluor’s competitiveness within the global marketplace by delivering quality services of unmatched value and technical competence.

• Has overall/area responsibility and accountability for the performance of the engineering team, and the engineering execution and delivery as per the project baseline.

This position performs Engineering Management responsibilities on a small to medium low to moderate risk EPFC/CM project (as defined by the Business Line) or services project or on an assigned segment of a larger project, including coordination of design activities.

• Manage the interfaces between the engineering disciplines, by understanding the discipline work processes and looking ahead to identify critical busts and/or activities that need to be completed to support the execution strategy.
• Set a positive project culture in conjunction with the Project Manager and Project Director.
• Lead development of Engineering component of overall project Scope of Services, Scope of Facilities, and other project baseline documents for all phases of projects.
• Lead/support the development of the Project Execution Strategy for all engineering functions.
• Lead/support engineering schedule planning sessions to capture key inter-dependencies, verify key milestone dates are aligned with discipline control level schedules, key design reviews are incorporated in the engineering plan and level 3 schedule, and Model Reviews are scheduled based on meeting required pre-requisites.
• Own the project engineering schedule, and ensure that correct engineering sequence is maintained, or mitigations put in place. Achieve buy in and subsequent ownership from the discipline leads.
• Champion and support engineering through Project execution, by providing a culture that supports open communication of issues and concerns that is focused on resolution.
• Manage the interface between Engineering and the other disciplines on the project including Project Controls, Project Management, Procurement and Contracts, Construction, and the client team.
• Verify that the engineering work on the project/area is completed on schedule, meets Fluor’s quality standards including review meetings and checking procedures, performance is within the baseline effort hour and material budgets, required deliverables are produced, change management is executed in a timely manner, and Engineering Department Managers are apprised of issues related to their function.
• Be a focal point for resolution of interdisciplinary and technical issues, bring in others as needed to enable a path forward to be determined, aligned with the Project drivers. Be prepared to make risk-based decisions based on incomplete information, recording, and communicating any risk and mitigations.
• Translate global strategic initiatives and procedures and implement on project through project specific initiatives and procedures.
• Act as a leader in applying Cost Competitive Execution techniques and develop the most cost effective total project solution for engineering.
• Engage Fluor’s global community, promoting a OneFluor mindset.
• Lead/support the projects set-up and alignment efforts for engineering including supporting the submission of any Unison waivers and publication of required practices using QRS.
• Lead/support implementation of progress measuring tool, lead/support development of activities and sequence of work for Engineering to support overall project schedule.
• Confirming the Engineering team has access to the Prime Contract and Baseline documents, understands and aligns to project Baseline, and executes and delivers to project Baseline.
• Promoting and coordinating the engineering Distributed Execution effort when implemented
• Review the status of the schedule and progress performance with the Discipline Leads on a regular basis, and keep the Project Manager, overall Engineering Manager and Engineering Department Managers apprised of issues.
• Lead/support, review and approve estimates and schedules, progress reports, including labor forecasts.
• Champion implementation of Fluor systems and tools, internally and with clients
• Establish, track, and monitor material key quantities; provide analysis and forecasts with the support of discipline leads and dedicated Material Control resources mobilized on the project.
• Verify that the engineering discipline leads/area leads are internally aligned and adequately interact with one another and provide input to engineering departments regarding work process issues and opportunities for improvement.
• Publish the Project specific Job Bulletins to provide the required work process and systems to allow the engineering team to perform the work in a consistent and efficient manner.
• Verify that health, safety, and environmental factors are incorporated in the design.
• Prepare/review/approve scopes of work for third party contracts.
• Lead/support the implementation of Change Management procedures for engineering functions to identify deviations in job scope, estimate magnitude of changes, and review/approve trends or change orders.
• Plan, schedule and conduct the required design reviews in support of project schedule (Design Reviews, P&ID Reviews, Safety Reviews, 3D Model Reviews) and in accordance with corporate requirements, verify that design comments/action items /parking lot items have been resolved and closed out.
• Execute project work in accordance with approved Activity Plans, procedures, and Unison Baseline
• Verify that technical work performed complies with industry codes and standards, local regulations, as well as departmental practices and procedures, and OSR.
• Implement/support the Technical Control Plan and verify the quality of the engineering execution and deliverable through PEMA audits, discipline audits, Gate Reviews, deep dives, etc.
• Direct and oversee audits prepared by the Engineering Management Department, as well as the Discipline Engineering Departments
• Other duties as assigned.

Fluor is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

• Accredited four (4) year degree or global equivalent in engineering field of study and sixteen (16) years of work-related experience; a recognized professional certification or registration in the applicable field, if required; some locations may have additional or different qualifications to comply with local requirements.

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• Accredited two (2) year degree or global equivalent in applicable field of study and eighteen (18) years of work-related experience or a combination of education and directly related experience equal to twenty (20) years if non-degreed; some locations may have additional or different qualifications to comply with local requirements.
• Ability to communicate effectively with audiences that include but are not limited to management, coworkers, clients, vendors, contractors, and other stakeholders.
• Job-related technical knowledge necessary to complete the job.
• Job related skills required – Strong leadership skills, customer focus, business acumen, influence, strategic agility, decision making, personal accountability, ownership and follow through, a team player, mentor, and coach.
• Ability to translate strategy into actionable steps / executions plans, ability to attend to detail and work in a time-conscious and time-effective manner.
• Held positions as Project Engineering Lead on FEED and Detail Design Projects.
• Professional registration and active participation in technical society.
• Required to provide U.

S. citizenship proof.