Interface Management Lead (Rail) – Bid Opportunity

SYSTRA is one of the world's leading engineering and consultancy groups specialising in public transport and sustainable mobility. With over 10,300 employees, SYSTRA's mission is to design safe and sustainable transport solutions to bring people together, develop social inclusion and facilitate access to employment, education and leisure throughout the world.

For 65 years, the Group has been working alongside cities and regions to contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their infrastructure and transport systems, throughout the life cycle of their projects. SYSTRA is involved from the earliest stages of design through to the testing, deployment and maintenance phases. The company provides all its services in over 80 countries worldwide and generates 74% of its turnover internationally. With its new services, SYSTRA supports its clients and partners in their digital, ecological and energy transition, in order to invent the mobility of tomorrow.

Context

This requirement is for a bid opportunity only at this stage. Any engagement will be subject to successful project award and final client approval.

The Interface Management Lead will be responsible for establishing, managing, and controlling all internal and external interfaces across the railway project to ensure seamless coordination between disciplines, contractors, stakeholders, authorities, and third parties. The role requires strong experience in identifying interface risks, coordinating technical and delivery requirements, resolving cross-functional issues, and maintaining alignment across design, procurement, construction, testing, and commissioning activities.

Missions/Main Duties

• Lead the development and implementation of the project’s interface management strategy, plans, procedures, and reporting systems.
• Identify, define, track, and manage all internal and external interfaces across the project lifecycle.
• Coordinate interfaces between engineering, construction, rail systems, utilities, stakeholders, authorities, contractors, and third parties.
• Establish and maintain interface registers, action trackers, responsibility matrices, and interface control processes.
• Ensure interface requirements are clearly communicated, monitored, and closed out in a timely and structured manner.
• Facilitate interface meetings, workshops, and coordination reviews across project teams and external parties.
• Work closely with design, construction, commercial, planning, testing, commissioning, and project controls teams to ensure alignment and issue resolution.
• Identify interface risks, conflicts, scope gaps, and coordination issues, and develop mitigation and resolution plans.
• Lead the development and implementation of the project’s interface management strategy, plans, procedures, and reporting systems.
• Identify, define, track, and manage all internal and external interfaces across the project lifecycle.
• Coordinate interfaces between engineering, construction, rail systems, utilities, stakeholders, authorities, contractors, and third parties.
• Establish and maintain interface registers, action trackers, responsibility matrices, and interface control processes.
• Ensure interface requirements are clearly communicated, monitored, and closed out in a timely and structured manner.
• Facilitate interface meetings, workshops, and coordination reviews across project teams and external parties.
• Work closely with design, construction, commercial, planning, testing, commissioning, and project controls teams to ensure alignment and issue resolution.
• Identify interface risks, conflicts, scope gaps, and coordination issues, and develop mitigation and resolution plans.
  
  

Profile/Skills

The successful candidate will be a highly organized and proactive professional with strong technical and coordination capabilities, able to manage complex project interfaces across multiple parties and disciplines. They should be capable of driving alignment, reducing delivery risks, and ensuring smooth integration of project activities across the railway program.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
• Strong experience in interface management on major infrastructure, transportation, or railway projects.
• Proven track record in managing complex multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder interfaces across project phases.
• Strong understanding of railway project environments, including coordination between civil, structural, architectural, MEP, track, systems, utilities, and operational stakeholders.
• Prior experience in an Interface Manager, Interface Management Lead, or similar coordination-focused leadership role.
• Gulf experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge of design coordination, construction interfaces, stakeholder management, authority coordination, and project delivery processes.
• Demonstrated ability to manage interface registers, control systems, governance processes, and escalation pathways effectively.
• Excellent communication, coordination, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively in complex, fast-paced, multidisciplinary project environments.
• Strong awareness of HSE, quality, risk, and compliance requirements relevant to major infrastructure projects.
  
  

Systra is an equal opportunities company; this position is open to all applicants.