EMMANUEL

OKONKWO SENIOR

COST

ENGINEER

(***)

***- ****

•

acuyzn@r.postjobfree.com Missouri

City,

TX

***** ************,

effective,

and

efficient

Cost

Engineer

Specialist

with

13+

years

of

experience

in

Cost

Control,

Estimation, and

Planning,

Risk

Analysis,

Forecasting,

Budgeting,

Reporting,

Procurement,

and

Asset

Management

within

the

oil

and gas

industry.

Recognized

for

exceptional

Information

Technology

skills

and

ability

to

manage

and

mitigate

financial

risk through accurate forecasting and cost

monitoring,

ensuring

project

deliveries

are

within

budget

and timeline.

Proven communicator, fostering trusting and long- lasting relations with management, government agencies, team members, vendors,

and

clients,

consistently

achieving

and

exceeding

project

quality,

HSE,

and

financial

goals. Selected

Accomplishments

• Member

of

team

that

built

and

completed

world

class

$15MM

AFAM

gas

receiving

facility

in

record

time

by delivering

project

90- days

ahead

of

schedule

• Worked

on

deep

offshore

project

valued

at

$7B involving

design

and

construction

of largest

FPSO in

Sub

Saharan Africa

and

drilling

48+

gas

and

oil

wells

• Interpreted

industry

trends

and

developed

forecasts

critical

to

Shell

Nigeria’s

domestic

oil/gas

wells

operations

that allowed

for

significant

increase

in

annual

revenue

• Oversaw $1.7B+ project IP and annual LEE of $500MM, comprised of EPC contracting on facilities, wells, cost planning

and

reporting,

risk

analysis,

forecasting,

budgeting,

invoice

reconciliation,

and

vendor

relations

Project

Management Financial

Reporting

&

Analysis Purchase

Orders

System

Optimization Scheduling,

Budgeting

&

Forecasting Hydraulic

Simulations

Cost

Efficiency Risk

Assessment

&

Mitigation Cross- Functional

Teams Primavera

CES

(Cost

Estimating

Software)

PipeSim

SAP

PS/MM/CPL

(R/3)

MS

Office

MS

Project EXPERIENCE

&

NOTABLE

CONTRIBUTIONS

KENDRICK

&

GREGORY

CONSULTING

LIMITED

USA

&

Nigeria

Nov

2012- Present CEO/MANAGING

PARTNER

• Provided

25+

SAP

PS

and

MM

Trainings

to

individuals

and

organized

groups

with

up

to

20

members

• Received

95%

in

client

satisfaction

ratings,

personally

accounting

for

$5K

in

new

client

referrals

• Procured

and

served

as

FAT

(Factory

Acceptance

Test)

representative

to

various

local

oil

and

gas

vendors

in

Nigeria TOTAL

UPSTREAM

NIGERIA

Lagos,

Nigeria

Mar

2010- Nov

2012 SENIOR

PROJECT

CONTROLLER

(EGINA

PROJECT)

• Managed all financial reporting during Egina FPSO construction work scope including monthly and annual performance

reports

for

SUBCOM

(NAPIMS

sub- committee)

and

partner

presentations

• Ensured costs

were correctly posted to

Cost centers, and rectified incorrect purchase

orders that saved

$100K in potential

errors

• Liaised

with

package

team

leaders

ensuring

actual

cost

aligned

with

SAP

commitment,

maximizing

efficiency

by

20%

• Supervised

10

younger

cost

controllers

in

cost

control

functions,

improving

overall

performance

by

40%

• Coordinated

monthly

accruals

process

and

oversaw

service

acceptance

creations

and

receipt SHELL

PETROLEUM

DEVELOPMENT

COMPANY,

LTD

Portharcourt,

Nigeria

2005- 2010 SENIOR

COST

ENGINEER/SAP

SUPER

USER

(AFAM

INTEGRATED

GAS

AND

POWER

PROJECT)

• Assisted

over

7

contract

Engineers

in

converting

purchase

requisitions

to

purchase

orders

and

modifying

purchase orders

accordingly,

thereby

reducing

delays

in

sending

purchase

orders

to

vendors

by

20%

• Generated

OC- 1

reports

for

monthly

reports

and

compared

Budget/Actual/Commitment/VOWD

against

LEE

• Participated in

monthly

major projects finance review

meetings to defend project cost report, and quarterly

BCC

(Business

Controls

Committee)

to

challenge

project

LEE

against

VOWD

and

annual

budget

• Collaborated

with

Lead

Cost

Engineer

to

review

project

budgets,

value

of

work

done

(VOWD)

and

commitments SAP

SUPER

USER

• Raised SIRs (System Investigation Reports) on business areas and monitored implementation with central application

support

team,

ensuring

15%

decrease

in

system

related

errors

• Supported

monthly

users

training

and

provided

timely

resolutions,

resulting

in

positive

client

satisfaction

ratings

• Participated

in

planning

and

implementation

of

new

blueprint

releases

with

significant

revenue

potential

• Adhered

to

SPDC

Business

Principles,

HSE,

and

information

security

policies

and

standards SHELL

PETROLEUM

DEVELOPMENT

COMPANY,

LTD.

Portharcourt,

Nigeria

2004 COST

ENGINEER/SAP

USER

• Performed web development and updates for projects such as BNAG (Bonny Non- Associated gas project), EGGS

(Eastern

Gas

Gathering system-

40’’

x

148

km

pipeline

project),

OGGS (Offshore

Gas

Gathering

System-

32’’

X

258 KM’’

pipeline

project),

and

KCTL

(Kolo

Creek

-

20’’

X

38KM

pipeline

project)

• Participated in training of critical, go- live SAP users and line implementation and support of SAP in

DML (SPDC), resulting

in

decrease

of

35%

in

downtime

or

related

issues

• Oversaw project planning, scheduling, cost planning, forecasting, cost estimation, cost phasing, and report generation

using

SAP

and

Business

warehouse

• Ensured

LIVE

contracts

of

$56MM+

in

valued

DML

projects

were

loaded

into

SAP SHELL

PETROLEUM

DEVELOPMENT,

LTD.

Portharcourt,

Nigeria

2002- 2003 PROJECT

SUPPORT

ENGINEER

• Prepared

Kolo- Creek

Rumuekpe

cost

estimate

for

20’’

X

56km

Trunk

line

replacement

with

$56MM

in

cost

for

MTR

(Major

Trunkline

Replacement)

project

• Coordinated and assisted

with resolution

of

all IT related

problems in

PPE\DML

departments,

minimizing critical issues

by

20%

and

saving

$50K

in

potential

downtime ADDITIONAL

EXPERIENCE

SENIOR

SYSTEM

ENGINEER

(HELPDESK

SUPERVISOR)

MICROWORKS

NIGERIA

LIMITED SOFTWARE

INSTALLATION

ENGINEER

DATA

SCIENCES

NIGERIA

LIMITED TRAINEE

INSTALLATION

ENGINEER/HELPDESK

ASSISTANT

(NYSC)

SHELL

PETROLEUM

DEVELOPMENT

COMPANY EDUCATION

&

CERTIFICATION

Bachelor

of

Engineering

in

Electronic

Engineering

(Honours)

University

of

Nigeria

Nsukka Certificate

in

Cost

Engineering

Shell

Netherlands,

Rijswik Certificate

of

Completion

Primavera

Enterprise

3.5:

Advanced

Primavera

Australia SAP

User

Competence

Certification

(Project

Systems)

Shell

Petroleum

Development

Company

of

Nigeria

Ltd Member

Association

for

the

Advancement

of

Cost

Engineering

(AACE

International) PROFESSIONAL

DEVELOPMENT

Total

Cost

Management

M187

Cost

Engineering

Advanced

Primavera

(P3E)

SAP

Business

Warehouse

for

Reporting Web

Publishing

&

AutoCAD

Document

Management,

Livelink

Enhanced

Contract

Management

(ECMII)

SAP

R/3

for

Full

time

Super

Users Cost

Estimate

Software

(CES)

(SPDC) Immarsat

Satellite

Hook- Up

Advanced

SPDC

Swimming

Win

Offer,

Automatic

SDE

Software

Bundling

Script Shell

Desktop

Environment

(SDE)

Borer

Data

Systems

(ATRACS)

Automated

Time

Recording

and

Access

Control

System On- Boarding/Customer

Focus

SPDC

Handheld

Use

for

Asset

Tagging

and

Inventory NT/Netware

Migration

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