OKEZIE ONYEJEKWE
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Maryland 20874
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QUALIFICATION SUMMARY
Creative, result oriented professional with progressive construction and enterprenual experience.
EXPERIENCE:
Avenue ADVERTISING
INSTALLER{02/2013-
*Responsible for installing clients adverts on shopping carts in most Giant and Safeway stores in MD,VA,DE,DC and WV.
ADECCO
1801 Rockville pike,Suite 102
Rockville,MD 20852.
*ASSEMBLER(10/2012-01/2013 )
SOLID STROKES. .Interior,.landscape.
kilometre1,Okigwe /Owerri road, Okigwe, Imo state.2007-2011
*PRODUCTION/WAREHOUSE MANAGER
*Concentrated efforts at managing a firm that produced building element/components for the construction industry as a means of remaining afloat during austere times and reducing costs when I apply them to my project.
*Supervised the crafting and sales of Custom wooden interior building elements and their installation,These included custom-made doors,windows,steel and wooden balusters,kitchen,bath and living room furniture,custom mirror and other interior furniture and fittings.
*Crafted, packaged and marketed tons of customized wooden plaques/clocks as souvenirs.
*Manufactured and sold concrete interlocking stones and driveway kerbs and used them in landscape design.
* Designed and built Homes comprehensively including sites and landscapeds.
*Taught Architectural and Engineering drafting and construction/carpentry skills to intending Builders
and Draftsmen(part time)
INNATE CONCEPTS .architecture .engineering .construction
64 kirikiri road Olodi-Apapa,Lagos,Nigeria.
Ndiuhu, Umuchima,Ubaha, Okigwe, Imo state, Nigeria.
Site SUPERVISOR I999-2006(Residential construction)
*Designed structures and handled all aspects of the pre-approval stage of construction
*Decisioned tendering bids,proposals,and pricing strategy for construction operations on projects costs between N2 & N5m .
*Scheduled construction phases and worked to the attainment of the schedules.
*Supervised all construction work of sub contractors and ensured compliance with the construction drawings.
DIMAX Nig. Ltd.(contractors)
23Noman Williams avenue,Ikoyi,Lagos,Nigeria
SITE FOREMAN April 1,1996-February1,1999
*Led teams in concrete form formulation for all company's projects at reduced cost.
*Oversaw all site activities including warehousing,storage and accomodation.
*Supervised all Sub-constractors jobs on sites to ensure compliance with contract documents.
*Reported to the Head, Projects Development.
HOME ARTS & CRAFTS
53 Idewu street, Olodi-Apapa,Lagos state,Nigeria.
RETAIL ASSOCIATE /FRAMER/finisher: February 20 1990-December 30 1995
*Added value to sculptural art pieces,framed,packaged and sold them
*Built wooden frames thus giving our business a boost.
NEW SYSTEM DESIGN ASSOCIATES contractors (1989-1990)
Madugu house, Angwa-rimi, Katsina state,Nigeria.
YOUYH COPER.
*Underwent extensive contracting exposure. Introduced to evaluation and tendering.
*Underwent carpentry apprenticeship
EDUCATION
IMO state university,Okigwe,Nigeria. Bsc. Architecture 1988.
PENN FOSTER CAREER SCHOOL Assoc. deg. CARPENTRY-2012
PENN FOSTER CAREER SCHOOL Assoc. deg. Auto-CAD Essentials-2012.
CERTIFICATIONS;
OSHA 10H certified- 2013
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
*Volunteer, Habitat for humanity,Gaithersburg
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*Hobbies: Writing,T.Tennis playing.