Engineer Project Manager

CURRICULUM VITAE

ENGR. ONYEKACHI OWOWO

EXPERIENCED OIL & GAS ENGINEER (CIVIL / FACILITIES / DREDGING)

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE

** ***** ********** ******** ******* project responsibilities in the Oil and Gas industry plus a

short stint with the Federal Ministry of works & Housing (Flood and Erosion Control Division).

My experience cuts across Dredging and Swamp Location Preparation Works, Front End

Engineering, Planning, Design, and supervision of O & G Upstream / Down Stream Civil

Engineering Projects and Infrastructures, supervision of Land and Swamp Location Civil works,

Shallow Offshore Geotechnicals, Pipeline Shore Crossing, Onshore & Offshore Pipelines,

Tenders / Contract administration, including representations in arbitrations and budget defence

upto NAPIMS. I was a member of the construction team for the PH New Refinery in 1987 and

1988.

I have had comprehensive interactions with multinational construction companies both as my

employers and contractors under my supervision. Examples include, WILLBROS,

WESTMINSTER DREDGING, HAM DREDGING/VANOORD, DREDGING INTERNATIONAL, PHILLIP

HOLZTMAN, TREVI, SGEN, SPIBAT.

Present engagement (2008 to date) is with SPSL, where I am the Manager, Civil Works, leading

the Onshore team for Pipelines, Civil, Dredging and Geotechnical Engineering aspects of the

group’s project activities. Thrust has always been to ensure that clients and Employer, obtain

good value for their money expended on projects by sustained drive to save costs while

maintaining the required level of quality, safety and schedule. Employer vision has been my

drive while maintaining Proffesional Ethics.

1.0 PERSONAL DATA:

NAME: OWOWO, ONYEKACHI MADUKA

SEX: MALE

DATE OF BIRTH: 25 JUNE, 1962

PLACE OF BIRTH / ORIGIN: AKWETE – NDOKI, UKWA-EAST LGA

STATE OF ORIGIN: ABIA

CONTACT ADDRESS: Suffolk Petroleum Services

Plot 20 East- West Road,

Port Harcourt

e-mail: **************@*****.***;

***********@***********.***;

Phone: 080********

2.0 CERTIFICATES OBTAINED WITH DATES:

3.1 B.Eng., Civil Eng’g, UNN, 1985

3.2 West African School Certificate, 1979

3.3 Masters in Environmental Engineering, UNIPORT (In View)

3.4 SPDC-organized ECM 1, COHSEE, HUET, Project Mgmt courses.

3.0 MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

3.1 Corporate Member, Nigerian Society of Engineers. ( no.12435).

3.2 Corporate Member, American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE (no. 413915)

3.3 Member, The Nigerian Institute of Civil Engineers (no. 0000380)

3.4 Associate member, Nigerian Environmental Society.

3.5 COREN (Awaiting Stamp)

4.0 SPECIAL COURSES:

4.1 Co-ordination of Design & construction of civil works

4.2 Communication and negotiation techniques

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4.3 Project management

4.4 Preparation of Tender Documents

4.5 Certified by SPDC on Site HSE management.

5.0 WORK EXPERIENCE:

1.1 2008 TO DATE; SUFFOLK PETROLEUM SERVICES LIMITED, PH

MANAGER, CIVIL AND DREDGING WORKS; Project Ceiling: $500M

• Corporately responsible for Dredging,

Pipeline shore crossing, Cofferdam Design and Construction, Onshore Civil and Pipeline

Works in the Exxon Mobil’s MIPPS project. Project Position is Onshore Installation

Manager.

• Client interface on Construction and

Contractual reviews

• Led team of client and company Engineers

to inspect subcontractors’ dredgers at Dubai and China.

• Team Leader for Civil, Dredging,

Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering.

1.2 2006/2007; EMERALD ENERGY RESOURCES LTD, LAGOS

CONSULTANT DREDGING AND CIVIL ENGINEER; Project Ceiling: $10M

Civil Engineering consultant responsible for Swamp Location Preparation.Tasks and Targets

embraced Tendering, Dredging and related civil works in EERL’s Exploration activities (OPL

229) ensuring that locations are designed, dredged, ready in good time for rig entry in

collaboration with Surveyors and Drilling Engineers.

2.3 2005/ 2007; CONOIL PRODUCING LTD, LAGOS;

CONSULTANT CIVIL & DREDGING ENGINEER; Project Ceiling: $20M

• Civil Engineering consultant responsible for Dredging, EIA and related civil works in

CONOIL’s Exploration and Field development activities (OML’s 59 and 103). Tasks and

Targets embraced ensuring that locations in the swamp are properly designed, dredged,

ready in good time for rig entry while enforcing all HSE, contractual and schedule

requirements.

• Supported the Geothechnical, Topographic and Bathymetric surveys / reviews in preparation

for pipeline hook-up and Rig moves in the Shallow offshore areas of OML 59.

3.4 1991 to 2005; ENGINEER ON CONTRACT WITH SPDC, Port Harcourt

• Focal point for dredging Tenders and contracts including, Pre-qualification,

Evaluations of call-off contracts, and award proposals / presentations to SPDC’s tender

boards and NAPIMS, Escalations and Claims Resolution.

• Project Engineer for Geotechnical investigation and Foundation Improvement by Pre-

Loading, in Tanks 24 & 25 area of Bonny Terminal (1991/92). Dredging was by Trailing

Hopper dredger.

• Project Engineer (Swamp & Land Locations Preparation), 1992/1995. Capital and

Maintenance dredging works @ more than 200 locations cutting across the Niger Delta

(Nembe, Bonny, Cawthorne Channel, Krakrama, Nun River, Ekulama, Elepa etc fields.

• Project Manager, PMS for Construction of swamp locations and dredging (1995 to

1998). This involved ensuring that engineers of diverse disciplines delivered quality jobs on

schedule.

• Focal point / coordinator, Environmental Aspects of dredging.

• Driving the EIA process for dredging related projects and ensuring implementation of

mitigating measures. Quantification, recording and reporting waste streams.

• Project Engineer (civil), Bonny NAG wells and Flow Station Upgrade (2001/2002)

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• Project Engineer(civil), Bonny OIL wells and Pipeline Replacements (2001/2002)

• Project Engineer (civil), PEREMABIRI Community Sandfill and Class room Projects

(2000/2001)

• Project Engineer (civil), Swamp Drilling Locations Projects (2003 to 2005)

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4.5 1989 – 1991 FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WORKS & HOUSING;

• Project Engineer for Marina Sheet Pile repair works (Lagos, 1990)

• Bar Beach sand replacement project Lagos (1990). Dredging was done with Split bottom

Trailing Hopper Dredgers.

• Bonny Shore Protection works (Rivers State, 1991).

1.6 1987 – 1990; New Port Harcourt Refinery Project

Worked for SPIBAT as Site Supervisor and QA/QC Engineer for:

Precasting and Installation aspects of underground network facilities (Open and

Closed Drains, Cable Ducts, Effluent Outfalls and Waste Water Treatment Plants)

Design Integrity Reviews and Construction of Export loading platform / jetty involving

Dredging, Piling and installation of Precast members.

Precast Yard Supervisor for precast elements of manholes including reinforcements

thereof.

Quantity calculations for progress reports and milestone payments.

Earth moving Supervisor.

2.7 1985 – 1986; NYSC, Benue State

• Supervised Local Government Roads and Building projects at Oju Local

Government Area of Benue State

• Physics and Mathematics Teacher, Govt Secondary School, Ikachi.

5 SPECIAL ATTRIBUTES

• Computer Literate embracing the use of Microsoft suit of softwares including Words, Excel,

Powerpoint, Microsoft Projects. Also able to use CAD softwares, SAP, Prima Vera, and Project

Scheduler 6 project management softwares.

• Able to swim to survival levels having undergone Helicopter Underwater survival training.

• Certified by SPDC on Site HSE management.

• Leadership and Team Player

• Good negotiation skills

• Ability to recognize potential threats from host communities and manage developments thereof to

client and Company advantage.

8.0 REFEREES:

Engr. Tony Nwosu. Engr. Sunny Ogbaka Engr. B. ONYEISE

Manager, Gas Dev’pment, Deputy Project Manager, MIPS Production Manager,

Conoil Producing Ltd Project. Emerald Energy Resources

27E Ligali Ayorinde Street SPSL, ltd

Victora Island PortHarcourt 1, Banford williams str. VI.

LAGOS Lagos.

Engr. ONYEKACHI M. OWOWO

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