EMEM JOAN EKPO

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Anthony Village, Date: 24th May 1988

Lagos. Nationality: Nigerian

EDUCATION

MED, University of Lagos, Nigeria 2009 - 2011

Courses include: Project Management, Contract, Environmental Impact Assessment, Professional Practice, and Urban Design

B.Sc Architecture (Second Class Honours), University of Lagos, Nigeria 2005 - 2009

Courses include: Design Studio, Visual Design, Statistics, Building Construction and Materials, Climatology, Urban Design, Urban renewal.

Complimentary subjects included: Surveying, Structural engineering, Noise and sound engineering, Light engineering, French language.

Air Force Secondary School, Ikeja, Lagos. 1998 - 2004

West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination: Math (A1), English (B3), Further Math (B2), Physics (B2), Chemistry (B3), Biology (B3), Geography (B3), Technical drawing (A1)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Nigerian Institute of Architects (NIA)

I am a graduate member with the NIA, will be due to write my PPE in 2016

Project Management Institute (PMI)

I am currently undergoing training to write my PMP exams November, 2016.

HSE (Health Safety and Environment) certification in View

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Architect, MRS Oil and Gas Limited, Lagos January 2016 till date

Designed Conceptualized and produced conceptual, presentation and working drawings for the new MRS office in Abuja

Designed the new MRS Lube Oil Building for the TIN CAN Terminal, with working and presentation drawings

Designed the personal house for the GM Projects, MRS holdings in Bergamo, Italy.

Taking as built measurements and producing drawings for the PPMC terminal – pump house, generator house, panel room and loading gantry, Kiri kiri site, Apapa Terminal – pump house, generator house, loading gantry and Office Buildings

Project Manager, STILL EARTH Limited, Lagos April 2015 till July 2015

Designed four chalets (chalets 3,4,6 and 9) in NOGA Estate on Saro Close off Karim Ikotun Victoria Island Lagos. using AUTODESK Revitt and AUTOCAD

Coordinated, supervised and corresponded with stakeholders like: the in house Civil Engineer and the Contractors.

Drew up contract agreements between contractors and the firm.

Deduced BOQs for the client with respect to the cost of construction and other relevant documents letters for payment at different phases of the project

Develop project cost tracking schedule for presentation to the MD and key stakeholders.

Involved in negotiations with clients, contractors and professionals alike to get the best price within acceptable range.

Produced drawings for project team members to work with using AUTOCAD.

Involved in QA/QC during planning and execution and ran tests to ensure the facilities in perform well.

Design Architect, SIM Properties Limited, Lagos December 2014 till January 2015

Involved in editing existing designs and altering them to be more contemporary using AUTOCAD and AUTODESK Revitt.

Visited and designed a hostel at Auchi in Edo state opposite the main entrance of Auchi Polytechnic.

Conceptualized and produced schematics for a club house in Auchi which is still under construction

Consulted on a hotel design in Auchi to resolve design flaws by the contractor prior to my arrival by taking as-built measurements and producing detailed working drawings using AUTO CAD.

Advised the Client and interfaced with the Site Engineers and Contractors

Site Supervisor, CEDONI Management Limited, Lagos June 2013 till June 2014

Took part in the bidding for most MDG projects in the Northern part of Nigeria(Kombili, Mangu Local Government Plateau State)

Held several brainstorming sessions for optimum project designs,

Performed design reviews during a scope creep or when designs, instructions and deliverables were misinterpreted

Coordinated site meetings to make sure the team has the vision and key deliverables in mind.

Read and translated blue prints as I was involved in implementation.

Produced daily reports to the Project manager and status/progress reports to a varied range of stakeholders mostly government officials and a few private clients.

NYSC (National Youth Service Corps) 2012 - 2013

Procurement Officer/Design Architect, Howard Roark Gardens Limited, Lagos 2012 – 2013

Researched and analyzed customer design briefs, specifications, shop drawings, manuals, quotations and other data to evaluate feasibility of the project and maintenance cost in line with business case of the organization on the LakeViewPark 1, 11 and Northern foreshore project all along lekki ajah express road.

Drafted structural designs of prototype housing using AUTODESK Revitt and AutoCAD,

Planned the estate layout of these projects and produced contract document for building contractors.

Supervised diminishing building materials and made provision for supplies during the Lake view 1 park project.

Attended site meetings and drew up schedules during project initiation as well as the program of works during planning to help manage the artisans and productivity.

Helped manage stakeholders as part of the Project Management Office

Can provide quality information regarding design, structural specifications, materials, colors, equipment and estimated time to complete activities.

Employed time sheets, Activity logs to keep track of the drawings, site meetings, site visits previously indicated in the schedule.

QA/QC in line with the project management plan.

Trainee Design Architect/Retail Officer, D.W. MUREE Limited. 2011-2011

Graphic representation of interior designs using Google sketch - up,

Site supervision

Customer relations,

Sales retail.

Trainee design Architect, REINVENT designs 2011 - 2011

Involved in 3 Dimensional Graphic Representation of Architectural Drawings, 2 Dimensional Graphic Representation of Floor Plans, Site Plans, Sections, Elevations and Roof plans

Intern, AGAPE Interiors Limited. 2009 - 2009

summer job during one of the ASUU strike as Personal Assistant.

3 Dimensional Graphic Representation of Architectural Drawing and site supervision

Industrial Training, SD Interiors. 2007 - 2007

WORK RELATED SKILLS

Communication Strong interpersonal skills as well as leadership and administrative

learn quickly on the job as a result of diversity of previous roles. I’ve also built up

my confidence I am now very comfortable speaking in public.

Teamwork All my work experience was very much team based and I have been

involved in group presentations, critical thinking, both as a team member

and team leader – where I was involved in coaching and development.

IT Adept at the use of Autodesk Revitt, SketchUp, AutoCAD, 3d Max

Microsoft Word, Excel, Project and PowerPoint, for preparation of reports

and other written communication. Selected to head teams with diverse

portfolios ranging from publicity and media to corporate presentations.

Organization During my time at reinvent DW muree and Reinvent studios, I worked full

time in demanding jobs and worked on my thesis for my Post graduate

course which made me resilient, committed and driven, giving excellent

organizational and time management skills.

As Project Manager in Still Earth my integrity was never in question. Responsible

for organizing and coordinating a number of processes and tasks which made me

an excellent leader and communicator giving me valuable project management

experience.

Languages I am a native speaker of Efik, Ibibio and English these were the business languages

used at Howard Roark and Cedoni Nigeria Limited.

INTERESTS

Learning foreign languages

Reinventing myself and altering myself to produce the best version of me at all times

Reading crime novels

Inspiring people and nurturing growth

REFEREES

Svy, Jerry Okonkwo Nneotabase Egbe

Senior Surveyor, Supervising Producer,

Howard Roark Gardens Ltd Channels Television,

Lagos. Lagos.

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