Project Manager Project Engineer, Quality

GANIYU YUSUF

*, ***** ******* ******, *********, Lagos.

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(+234) 080********

PROFILE SUMMARY

A dedicated and dynamic Project Manager/Engineer with over ten years’ experience in the construction, energy, and project management sectors. I have experience delivering projects safely, to specifications, on time and within budget. I have led several such projects and constantly delivered on all performance parameters. I have lucid understanding of the importance of safety, quality, and prudent management of project resources (men, machines, materials) to overall project success. I have consistently surpassed stakeholders’ expectations through my ability to work seamlessly with teams and across functions, problem solving initiative and leadership drive.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Project Management

• Project Planning

• Contractor/Vendor

management

• Contract Negotiation

• Interface Engineering

• Project Engineering

• On-site supervision

• Quality

Assurance/Control

• Mechanical Completions

• Engineering &

Architectural drawings

Interpretation (AUTOCAD

& REVIT)

• Procurement support

• EIA/New site preparation

• Clerk-of-work

• Project pre-commissioning

• Construction Engineering

• Health Safety and

Environment management

• Research and Data

Collation

• Teambuilding &

Leadership

• Monitoring and

Evaluation

• Risk Assessment

• Technical Report Writing

• Material Management

• ERP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Calebella Integritas Projects Limited (Feb 2022-) Lagos, Nigeria Project Manager

Responsible for successful management of projects in the building construction sectors including conceptualization, contract negotiations, change management, scope, schedule, budget, and on-site construction supervision. Also responsible for initiating and implementing several strategic initiatives which improved greatly the project management practise at Calebella, e.g.,

• Creation and implementation of a change management procedure and training staff on its application.

• Creation and implementation of a cost control procedure and training staff on same.

• Development and implementation of a project pre-execution planning template which greatly reduced execution hiccups previously encountered and improved projects’ performance in every facet

(safety, quality, budget, schedule, etc).

• Development and implementation of a Company Quality procedure.

• Structuring the company’s materials requisitioning process and overall procurement practice.

• Development and implementation of a schedule management plan. Projects Managed

• Landwey Urban Prime 3 Estate, Okun-Ajah Road, Lagos Residential Development of 20 units of 4- and 5-bedroom duplexes.

• PWAN Max-Court Residential Development, Okun-Ado Road, Lagos Residential Development of 3 units of 3-bedroom terrace duplexes.

• Awo-Badejo Building, Monastery Road, Lagos

Ongoing Residential Development of 2 units 4-bedroom duplexes

• Akinsanya Olugbenga Doherty Building, Royal Gardens Estate, Lagos Ongoing Residential Development of 1 unit, 5-bedroom duplex

• Mavicon Investment Office Complex

Ongoing office complex commercial development.

• Swiss International Hotel Renovation and Facilities Management Remodelling of 20nos room facilities, i.e., removal of old tiles, replacement with new ones, improvement of plumbing and electrical fixtures and repainting. Seeboom Limited (Jan 2020 – Jan 2022) Lagos, Nigeria Project Manager

Seeboom Limited is a company specialized in financial and business advisory services, and real estate development.

Achievements

• Successfully re-negotiated two previously un-profitable building construction contracts, thereby saving the company potential financial and reputational losses.

• Successfully completed all six projects inherited in project portfolio on assumption of office – four building construction projects and two financial/business advisory.

• Interfaced with key business partners and stakeholders.

• Analysed problematic situations and conceptualized feasible and viable solutions to gain competitive advantage.

• Ensured adherence to regulatory framework and internal policies.

• Led and motivated employees to advance customer engagements thus facilitating product sales

• and improve revenue

• Developed a high performing team that improved operational and business activities.

• Made high quality investment decisions to advance the company, maximize customers wealth and improve profitability.

ExxonMobil Nigeria (April 2018 – December 2019) Lagos/Akwa Ibom, Nigeria Construction Engineer

Responsible for management and success of assigned construction tasks including scope, schedule, budget and supervising construction work through contractors and technical subordinates to ensure adherence to plans, specifications and contract requirements. Team Lead: End Devices Upgrade Scope - Onshore Projects

• Successfully managed the End Devices Upgrade Scope from ‘cradle to grave’ i.e., Conceptualization, Engineering, Procurement, Construction/Installation and Commissioning of 62 nos. MOV actuators and 17 nos. switches (level, pressure, vibration elements) across 14 tanks, pumps, and metering skid locations at ExxonMobil QIT tank farm.

• Proactively developed a draft seriatim of tanks for early commissioning by QPDUP, given status of end devices and possible utilization of spares (where available) as a stopgap pending procurement and installation of replacements for defective end devices.

• Successfully coordinated several Risk Assessment (RA) and Construction Risk Assessment (CRA) exercises which identified, reviewed, and managed risks associated with each of the major activities to be carried out during temporary shut down and relocation of existing load centers and power transformers at six locations within ExxonMobil’s Qua-Iboe Terminal.

• Participated in Mechanical Completion activities for substations and load center buildings.

• Participated in PSSR sessions and other pre-handover activities.

• Led a 6-man cross-functional team that successfully closed out punch list items prior project commissioning.

• Successfully facilitated operatorship and maintenance hands-on training for Operations and Maintenance personnel for the following courses: Factory-talk view SCADA HMI, Maintenance and troubleshooting of the ControlLogix PLC system and Advanced configuration of the ControlLogix PLC system with Ethernet IP

• Successfully delivered project scope with zero rework by proactively ensuring work was performed in accordance with project specifications and global best practices.

• Successfully ensured project completion with zero LTI spanning over 1million man hours. National Engineering and Technical Company Ltd. (Nov 2014 – Mar 2018) Lagos, Nigeria Interface Engineer

• Initiated and anchored Client/Contractor/Sub-contractor and inter-discipline interactions and meetings which contributed to ensuring overall successful project execution.

• Proactively identified potential blind spots and issues that could impact progress on any of the fronts of safety, quality, schedule, and cost and escalated same to the appropriate department for close-out.

• Initiated and stewarded a Project’s Issues Register (PIR), which eased immensely tracking of all project issues from detection to close-out.

• Initiated and successfully brokered several Interface Agreements (IAs) between various internal stakeholders on areas identified as requiring same, thus fostering seamless inter-disciplinary collaboration.

• Proactively carried out oversight functions that ensured sub-contractors’ Interface Management practices were in conformance with client requirements. This reduced by half turn-around time for issues resolution, thus improving overall project schedule.

• Successfully ensured the Interface management department had zero CARs and NCRs in all audit sessions throughout the project duration.

• Ensured implementation of the Project Interface Management plan.

• Successfully coordinated the operations readiness effort and production of associated deliverables like Spare Parts Inventory Development (SPID), Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), Operations and Maintenance Procedure (O&MP) and Documents for Operations (DFO). This formed the fulcrum for the smooth handover of the completed project to the end operators. OANDO PLC (Aug 2013- June 2014) LAGOS, NIGERIA

Project Engineer

Single Point Mooring and Alapata Facility Development Project (ASPM)

• Successfully coordinated multiple work fronts for onshore welding, offshore spool pull-back and HDD reaming of pipelines.

• Successfully served as project’s overall clerk-of-work; coordinating and collating reports from various units and making same available to the Project Manager. This facilitated timely decision making and improved overall project schedule.

• Successfully carried out field engineer and site supervisor duties for onshore welding and stringing of 4", 6", 10" and 16" pipes on temporary supports (above ground) with zero LTI and re-work.

• Participated and provided inputs in site assessment for Alapata metering and pigging facility.

• Provided engineering support in the successful bundling of 16”, 6” and 4” pipes and pull-back (offshore- to-onshore) using horizontal directional drilling (HDD) technology from Millennium Jetty via LOJ to Alapata receipt facility (25m below the seabed, 750m dist. approx.)

• Successfully coordinated radiographic (NDT/X-ray), hydrostatic and holiday detection tests for pipelines that ensured zero defect prior to final deployment.

• Successfully coordinated concrete integrity tests (cube tests) for civil works.

• Participated in Alapata Facility construction and development: Electrical, Civil, Mechanical and Piping works for Operations & Utility buildings, Metering and Pigging stations

• Successfully coordinated pipe routing along urban vicinities using both open-cut and thrust boring operations for 16” MP and 10" LPG pipelines from Alapata receipt facility to OMP 1, OMP 2 and JV Terminals (2km approx.).

EDUCATION

B.Eng., Production Engineering (2nd Class Upper), University of Benin, Nigeria, 2009 Master of Business Administration (MBA Mgt. Option), University of Nigeria, In view (2020-2022) Mandatory Continuing Professional Education Course, Nigerian Society of Engineers, 2019 BOSSIET/Water Survival Training, American Petroleum Institute (API), 2018 First Aid/BLS Certification, EMN/American Heart Association, 2015 Quality Certification; Six Sigma (Green Belt) - CSSGB, American Society for Quality (ASQ), 2014 Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) Certification, Nigeria Institute of Safety Professionals (NISP), 2012 Member, Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE membership no. 52514) Member, American Society for Quality (ASQ membership no. 65336289) Member, Project Management Institute (PMI membership no. 6195949) Member, Nigeria Institution of Mechanical Engineers (NIMechE) Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria Registration COREN REFERENCES Available on request

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