Odizie Ukoha Ajike
Bronx NY 10469
Cell Phone: 646-***-****. Home: 347. 275. 5621.
Home Fax: 646. 597. 9252 skyp: odizie.ajike
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RESUME SUMMARY
I am an Civil Engineering Project personnel, with a reasonable years of experience in Construction Management, Project execution, Contract negotiation, Budgeting, Procurement, Meeting Project Goals and Objectives.
I am very contagious, effective, and have a very wonderful communicative authority, this having been proven to be very vital in projects successes.
In addition to the above, I also possess the following professional skills that makes a project become real: Work brake down structure, Packages, dependencies, Scheduling, and Programming, Project’s documents reviews, Projects deliveries, liaising with clients, Vendors, Consultants (Architects & Engineers) RFIs, and other professionals involved in the Projects, Design and change order Management, Sub-Contractors Management, Logistic and all other Resources Management, General Site Management, Health & Safety Management, Completed phase Tests, down to Commissioning and Close Outs.
PROF. QUALIFICATIONS
Prof. Certificate Course in Construction Management from New York University (NYU)
Bs in Civil Engineering from The Institute of Management & Technology Enugu Nigeria.
Full Technology City & Guilds of London in Building Science & Technology, (Renamed CCSS in 1978)
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS:
OSHA - Construction Health & Safety
OSHA - Hazardous Materials Handling
NYC Construction Site Safety Manager’s Certificate
United kingdom & Ireland Construction Manager’s Safety-First License
Institute of Engineers & Technicians Cert.- London United Kingdom
Institute of Industrial Engineers Cert.-. Atlanta GA –USA
ARAMCO Project Manager’s Safety Certification
Aramco 3 other different Categories Safety Certifications
SOFTWARES: MS Project Professional, Super Project, Timberline Project, MS word, Excel, Power Point, Office
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Saudi ARAMCO
Senior Construction Specialist / Construction Manager 07/2014 – 10/2015
Expand Dhahran Residential Community’s Infrastructure and Housing Project -. $800M
Packages 2, 6 & 7 Parts of this project, which includes the Entire Infrastructure,(Roads, underground Telecom, gas, disconnecting all connections from the Sub-station and dropping the over-head High (480/240Volts) Tension Utility Lines to under-ground ducts in preparation for the New King Abdullah Sports City for over a distance of 10 Miles, including ducts banks construction and finally reconnecting it, cable TV, Sewage and storm Central drainage System and Water Mains), Traffic Signals and cell Towers, Roads and 937 Units of 3, 4 and 5 Bedroom - 2 and 3 Story Town Homes.
11 numbers of Stadium Projects in different locations within the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. -
Constellation New Energy
Construction Manager / Superintendent – Short Term Contract only 01/2013 – 06/2014
• New York /New Jersey Port Authority New York/Lincoln Tunnel & Weehawken.
Renovation and Ground-up of some parts of the Port Authority facility, which apart from the Civil works also include the restoration of Escalators, Elevators and other Mechanical Machines. Switching the energy usage of the entire complex to the Green Energy. The Port Authority Buildings Envelope Insulation/Infiltration/Solar Paneling. The Lincoln Tunnel`s Road Resurfacing, Re-drainage, Re-Lamping and Heating conversion from oil to Electric and Bus Ramps de-icing, Re-Lamping and re-enveloping/ Rail Road works. the Administration Buildings/ renovations and an additional New Office block to it, $70M
My duties here, included but not limited to the following : Project scheduling, programming and delivery. Project documents review. Project meeting attendance & leadership(when my Supervisor is not in attendance).
Liaising with Vendors, Architects, Engineers, Estimators, government inspectors and other professionals in getting the job done.. Design and change order Management. Quality and Cost control
Drawing up of Sub Contractors scope of work. Sub-Contractor and Company's Supers Coordinating
General Project resources Management (Time, Human, Materials and Financial resources)
Project Site Health and Safety Management. Punch list implementation, commissioning and close outs.
Brooklyn Correctional Facility $20M
Hurricane Sandy Projects both in Manhattan and Queens $35M
Kingsody Inter-Continental, Hyde Park, MA 09/2009 – 11/2012
Construction Manager / Superintendent
In Each of these Projects, I was the sole Project Team organizer, in Logistics, workforce, materials procurement/ ordering and management, Time scheduling, Cost Control and field work Inspection down to coordinating the Cooperate office, Consultants, Sub Contractors, Vendors and all government agencies involved in the Project.
Projects Executed:
Valley Stream Project Raleigh NC- Renovation of 18 Houses destroyed by Tornado -$18M
WalePole Estate, Norwood MA – Ground Up building of 50 units of 4 Bed Town Homes - $22M
New Norwood High School, Norwood MA- Ground up, Class rooms/School Auditorium building - $6.5M
Sustainable Energy Dev. Inc. (Green Builders) Ontario, NY 06/2008 – 08/2009
Corporate Construction Manager
Projects Executed:
Sustainable Eng. Corporate Office in Ontario NY - Wind Turbine & cell Tower
Medford High . Middle School Medford MA . Green Building - $2M
Country Gardens Hyannis MA – Green Energy Conversion - $11.8M
Mc Glynn Middle School, Medford MA – Green Energy Building - $2.3M - Solar
William Stone Quarry Project, East Otis, Springfield MA
Wood Hole Research Center, Falmouth MA – Green Energy Building - $2M
Mountain View Grand Hotel Resort, Whitefield NH – Green Energy Building and a Cell Tower - $8.8M
Heritage Engineering Corp, Houston TX 02/2007 – 06/2008
Construction Superintendent
For this organization, our projects were distant projects and so involved much travels, giving me another chance at elevating my skills to the next level of Project site visitation schedules in organizing project meetings at times to suit my travels and all the project team and professionals involved including Client’s Project site walk though.
Projects Executed:
Shopping Mall in Houston TX - $10M
Housing Estate in Sacramento CA –- Family Homes - $8.5M
Redeemed Church Complex Houston TX - $5M
Ballymun Regeneration Limited, Dublin Ireland 01/2001 – 01/2007
Construction Project Manager (Owner’s Rep)
In BRL Projects, being a very big organization with Area Architects, overseeing the projects Managers, I was in-charge of these projects, most of it running concurrently but because they were all concentrated within an area of about 5miles square, it was easy to control and manage, though being a European Union financed Project, there were various government supervisory units visiting at various times making it more challenging but because of my style of leadership and professional skill, these factors never in anyway affected our schedule, quality nor standards.
Projects Executed:
Ballymun Infrastructure(Roads, Central Sewage/Strom systems, Telecom ducting, Water main Treatment and distribution, Gas piping, Side walk paving, Traffic Light Installations and soft and hard Landscaping) - 20M Euros
Ballymun Community Health Center - 15M Euros
Poppintree Housing Estate(5#s of 6 Story - Low rise Residential, 30 in #s, 3 bed Apartments) - 35M Eu
Sillogue Housing Estate (150 units of 2Bed Town homes) - 20M Euros
Balbutcher Lanes Housing Estate(110 Units of 4 & 3 Bed Town Homes) - 30M Euros
Poppintree Sports Complex(Soccer pitch, Gym, Basket Ball Court, Shopping Center, & Offices) - 35M Euros, Totaling about 300M dollars
Asgard Enterprises Limited, Port Harcourt, Nigeria 06/1989 – 12/2000
Construction Site Manager
Projects Executed:
Nigeria Ports Authority (Fed Ocean Terminal) Onne, Rivers State Nigeria (Offices, Clinic, Public Conveniences, Staff Canteen and Open Car Park).
Nigerian Ports Authority (Federal Light Terminal)Port Harcourt, Nigeria(Extension of Offices, Staff Quarters, Ware Houses in the Dock and other Facilities)
Nigerian National Fertilizer Company, Onne Rivers State. ( Offices and Ware Houses)
Pipe work Maintenance Work for the Nigerian Petrochemical Company and LNG, Port Harcourt, Rivers State Nigeria.
George Wimpy Limited, Lagos Nigeria 07/1983 – 05/1989
Construction Site Supervisor
Project Executed:
Nigerian Air Force Base, Ikeja Airport Lagos (Officers’ Quarters and Offices/Mess)
Nigerian Army Command and Staff College, Jaji, Kaduna (Conference Hall and Offices and Staff Quarters)
Nigerian External Affair – High Rise -25 Story Building, Marina Street, Lagos Nigeria.
Abuja International Airport..
EXTRAS: 3 years High level security clearance (SWAC)