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Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Senior Interface Lead to join our team!

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead and manage the overall interface management strategy across the airport development program.

• Establish interface management procedures, workflows, tools, reporting mechanisms, and maintain the Interface Management Plan and interface registers.

• Provide leadership and guidance to interface engineers and project stakeholders, ensuring effective identification, tracking, and closure of all project interfaces.

• Coordinate technical interfaces between civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, ICT/ELV, airfield systems, AGL, utilities, security, and specialist airport systems.

• Identify potential design conflicts, scope gaps, and coordination issues; facilitate technical workshops to resolve complex interface challenges.

• Ensure design solutions are coordinated and aligned across all disciplines.

• Manage interfaces associated with passenger terminals, concourses, runways, taxiways, cargo facilities, aircraft aprons and stands, roads and external infrastructure, utility networks, and airport operational systems.

• Ensure seamless integration between airside and landside infrastructure and between buildings, infrastructure, and operational systems to support operational readiness.

• Act as the key interface point between the client, airport operator, delivery partner teams, design consultants, main contractors, subcontractors, utility providers, specialist suppliers, and government authorities.

• Establish effective communication channels, lead interface coordination meetings, and ensure timely resolution of stakeholder interface issues.

• Develop, maintain, and monitor the project interface register, tracking requirements, responsibilities, actions, and closure status.

• Identify critical interfaces that may impact schedule, cost, quality, or operational readiness; prepare interface status reports and dashboards and escalate unresolved risks with mitigation recommendations.

• Review design submissions from an interface perspective and ensure construction activities are coordinated between contractors and disciplines.

• Support resolution of site interface issues, RFIs, technical queries, and design changes; coordinate temporary works, sequencing, and access requirements.

• Support BIM-based interface coordination and digital engineering workflows; review federated models, coordinate clash detection, and support CDE processes.

• Ensure interface information is accurately captured within project information systems.

• Identify interface-related risks and develop mitigation strategies; assess impacts on project delivery and operations.

• Support interface risk workshops and constructability reviews, capture lessons learned, and promote proactive interface management practices.

• Prepare interface management reports, meeting minutes, action trackers, and technical records.

• Maintain accurate records of interface agreements, decisions, and approvals; support handover documentation and ensure all critical interfaces are formally closed before completion.

What Required Skills You'll Bring

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or related discipline; Master’s in Engineering Management or Project Management is an advantage.

• Minimum 15 years experience in interface management, engineering coordination, construction delivery, or project integration roles.

• Proven experience on major airport developments, aviation infrastructure projects, transportation programs, or large-scale infrastructure projects.

• Extensive experience managing complex multidisciplinary interfaces across design and construction phases.

• Experience working within delivery partner environments, PMC organizations, EPC projects, or client-side project management teams.

• Demonstrated experience coordinating multiple contractors, consultants, and stakeholders.

• Strong understanding of interface management principles, processes, and best practices.

• Excellent knowledge of multidisciplinary engineering coordination and construction delivery.

• Strong understanding of airport infrastructure systems and operational requirements.

• Experience developing and managing interface registers, matrices, and tracking tools.

• Familiarity with BIM coordination, digital engineering, and Common Data Environment CDECDE platforms.

• Strong negotiation, communication, and conflict resolution skills.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities, with the ability to manage complex technical issues across multiple stakeholders and workstreams.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring

• Professional Engineer PE, Chartered Engineer CEng or equivalent professional registration.

• Experience on international airport mega-projects or greenfield airport developments.

• Knowledge of ICAO, FAA, IATA, and airport operational requirements.

• Experience with FIDIC or similar international contract frameworks.

• Experience supporting Design-Build, EPC, PMC, or Delivery Partner delivery models.

• Familiarity with project management tools such as Primavera P6, Aconex, Unifier, or equivalent.

• Experience managing interfaces for complex systems integration projects.

• Strong stakeholder management experience with airport authorities, operators, and government entities.

Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.

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