Offshore Interface Lead (SURF/SPS/ASPL) at IOTA GROUP · Baku

companyDescription Our client is a global multi-energy company operating large-scale refining and petrochemical facilities. It transforms crude oil into fuels and essential industrial products through highly integrated and technologically advanced operations. The organisation is recognized for its strong HSE culture, operational excellence, and commitment to reducing environmental impact. Joining the company means contributing to complex international projects within a high-performance industrial environment. The Absheron Full Field Development (FFD) Project is a major offshore and onshore development located in the Caspian Sea, approximately 100 km southeast of Baku in 500 m water depth. The project consists of a multi‑well subsea development tied back to the existing Oil Rocks host facilities through a 142 km multiphase export pipeline, supported by MEG injection and subsea control systems. Onshore, a new greenfield Central Processing Facility (CPF) and Beach Valve Station (BVS) will process and export gas to the domestic market and the global export market via the South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP). The Project involves multiple EPC contractors and international engineering centers, with significant interfaces between SURF, SPS, ASPL, EPS, CPF, onshore pipelines, drilling & wells, telecom systems, and third‑party operators (SCP, DGN/SBQ, BP, AzerEnerji, Azersu). Ensuring alignment of design, procurement, construction, commissioning, permitting, and operations is critical to project success. jobDescription To govern offshore interface management for SURF/SPS/ASPL, ensuring packages interface correctly across engineering offices, yards, and offshore spread, in line with IMS governance (New PRODOM). To control offshore battery limits and interface responsibility boundaries in alignment with the Offshore IRM, ensuring clear tie points, responsibilities, and acceptance criteria across phases (INPUT to COM). To define and maintain offshore interface data exchange requirements (soft interfaces) and physical tie-in definitions (hard interfaces), ensuring consistency with the Interface Basis of Design and associated design maturity status. To prevent change orders and delays by proactively identifying interface risks, gaps and holds, driving timely closure of interface actions and proposing mitigation/recovery plans. To coordinate and chair regular offshore interface meetings/workshops with package interface correspondents and contractor Interface Managers, ensuring decisions are logged, tracked and closed. To ensure integrated testing readiness across packages (e.g., interface testing / EFAT / SIT / SAT dependencies) by coordinating test scope, responsibilities, test evidence and punch closure between interfacing parties. To ensure interface documentation quality and timeliness (interface deliverables, procedures, ITR evidence, as-builts) and coordinate with Document Control for traceable records. To coordinate offshore interfaces impacted by subsea layout, tolerances, installation constraints and sequencing, ensuring design changes are controlled and reflected in the IMS baseline. To coordinate interfaces for offshore pipelines, MEG, and FOC systems (offshore portion), including the interface points with onshore/nearshore scope owners and the telecom/ICSS backbone, without duplicating the Telecom/ICSS Interface Lead role. To manage the EPS connection interfaces (optional), ensuring offshore dependencies are captured and coordinated, while Telecom/ICSS integration remains under Telecom/ICSS Interface Lead and topside execution remains under CPF Contractor and CPY Interface Lead; ensure a clear interface between interface leads. To ensure HSSE-by-design principles are embedded into offshore interface resolution (HAZID/HAZOP interface actions, SIMOPS constraints, safe tie-in planning) and escalate any integrity/HSE interface risks. To ensure contractors provide accurate interface progress reporting and to consolidate offshore interface KPIs/status (aging, due/overdue actions, critical interfaces, readiness gates) for Interface Manager and PMT reporting. To ensure that third-party impacts affecting offshore scope (e.g., crossings, external corridors, host facility constraints) are identified early, routed via COMPANY Third Party Interface Lead, and incorporated into offshore plans without direct contractor-to-third-party contact. To capture lessons learned and provide feedback to the Interface Manager and project teams for continuous improvement of interface governance and execution performance. qualifications Engineering degree (Master’s level or equivalent). 10–15 years’ Oil & Gas project experience with strong multi-discipline background, preferably including offshore/subsea systems and EPC/EPCI execution. Minimum 1–3 years in an interface management / integration role on a multi-package project, with demonstrated battery limit control and interface closure discipline. Strong capability to coordinate contractors and transverse Company functions in a multicultural, multi-site environment; Strong communication and arbitration skills. Fluent English (working level). Regular travel expected (contractor offices, yards, and offshore-related readiness/support as required). additionalInformation Location: Baku, Azerbaijan Job status: Residential Starting date: September 2026 Duration: 1 year, renewable