Interface Specialist

Description

This position reports directly to the Project Director and plays a key leadership role in managing cross-disciplinary coordination, stakeholder alignment, and communication across all involved entities.

The Interface Specialist will be responsible for overseeing and coordinating all technical, construction, and stakeholder interfaces across multiple project packages within a major roads and bridges program. The role ensures seamless integration between design, procurement, and construction disciplines, minimizing conflicts and delays while upholding quality, schedule, and performance objectives.

• Prepare consolidated interface and communication reports for the Project Director, highlighting key risks, issues, and recommendations.
• Identify, classify, and assess stakeholders based on power, interest, influence, and project impact.
• Monitor interface progress through consolidated interface registers and logs, ensuring early identification and mitigation of high-risk interfaces.
• Act as an escalation point for critical stakeholder issues, ensuring timely intervention and resolution.
• Participate in executive and coordination meetings related to interface, stakeholder, and communication management.
• Maintain an accurate, up-to-date stakeholder register documenting engagement history and management approaches.
• Oversee information exchange across project teams, ensuring confidentiality and accuracy of shared data.
• Coordinate and resolve construction interface issues across project packages.
• Approve and monitor stakeholder engagement plans, ensuring effective communication, roles, and responsibilities are clearly defined.
• Define and oversee a consistent project-wide stakeholder engagement framework.
• Establish and implement the overall interface management framework, including standards, protocols, and escalation procedures.
• Develop and implement stakeholder engagement strategies to maximize collaboration and minimize conflicts.

Requirements

• Saudi candidate with bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or a related discipline (Master’s preferred).
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Proficiency in project coordination tools and document management systems.
• Preferred: Experience in similar large-scale infrastructure projects and previous coordination with local authorities such as Amanat Al Riyadh, Civil Defense, and the Royal Commission for Riyadh City (RCRC).
• Minimum 7 years of experience in infrastructure or transportation projects, with at least 5 years in interface management for large-scale roads and bridges or tunnel projects.
• Proven experience within a PMC or major consultancy environment.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-package program environment.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance