ODINACHI CHUKWUEMEKA ONYEMKPA
CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGER
Abuja
Summary
Project Delivery and Management Consultant.
Certified and hard working Project Manager with two decades experience and history in real estate development and logistics/procurement industries, with proven leadership skills.
Safety conscious, detail-oriented and well versed in team leadership and task delegation to drive project progress and foster client satisfaction. Excellent communication, relationship-building and problem-solving abilities. Proactive leader skilled in managing and inspiring project team to provide value to client, by delivering on-time and under budget top-notch project outcomes. Dedicated professional with history of meeting company goals utilizing consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
1
1
Language
Work History
Project Team Member (Volunteering)
The Carpenters Church, Abuja Campus
Abuja
11.2020 - Current
- Successful work within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.
- Prepare variety of different written communications, reports and documents.
- Use coordination and planning skills to achieve results according to schedule.
- Identify issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
- Saved over N5M by implementing cost-saving initiatives that addressed long-standing problems
- Create plans and communicated deadlines to complete projects on time
- Complete paperwork, recognizing discrepancies and promptly addressing for resolution
- Participate in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem-solving activities to support teamwork
- Collaborate with team members to achieve target results
- Drive operational improvements which resulted in savings and improved profit margins
PROJECT MANAGER
Hisdragnet Limited
Abuja
01.2008 - Current
- Participate in pre-qualification, bidding, and submission of tenders on various and emerging projects
- Sourcing, assembling, leading, and directing broad spectrum of multi-disciplinary and multicultural project teams and project requirements, thereby achieving project completion and organizational objectives
- Managing broad spectrum of stakeholders across projects and carrying them along entire project cycle to ensure smooth operations
- Constantly tracking and evaluating project performance to ensure that all potential risks are identified; variations that may arise in scope, budget, and schedule are appraised in other to eliminate or mitigate all threats to project(s)
- Enforcing quality assurance and control in projects to conform with specifications as contained in building codes, government policy, mandates charters as well as organization’s quality assurance and control policies, thereby ensuring continuous quality improvement, innovation, and transformation
- Making fundamental periodic presentations from reports generated from continuous project monitoring, evaluation, and assessment to management and stakeholders to communicate project status
- Request, screen, assign and manage vendors and subcontractors to meet project requirements whilst keeping track of work and cost resource requirements of projects
- Making presentations to potential off-takers of real estate projects in view of eliciting buy-in
- Tracking and keeping record of project activities for archives.
- Maintained relationships with material vendors to lower costs and diversify capabilities
- Updated operational methods and oversaw accounting procedures for improved efficiency
- Met project deadlines without sacrificing build quality or workplace safety
- Maintained relationships with material vendors to lower costs and diversify capabilities.
- Developed and initiated projects, managed costs and monitored performance
DIRECTOR
Creacepts Services
Port Harcourt
04.2008 - 08.2012
- Prepared proposals, bids, tenders, and quotes from RFQs and RFBs and attended bid conferences and pre-qualification meetings for tenders
- Created liaisons by making presentations on Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) signage requirements to procurement departments of prospective clients to elicit buy-ins
- Designed and created customized HSE signage, and industrial HSE forms/procedure manuals/templates for HSE operations and supplied same to requesting clients
- Sourced for HSE signages, gears, and equipment from local and international manufacturers and vendors for prospective clients based on approved quotes, LPOs, tenders, and requisitions
- Prepared all logistics documentation for smooth and timely delivery of requested deliverables
- Prepared and submitted financial documents for payments such as invoices, waybills, and receipts and tracked these payments until formalized.
- Collaborated with management and fellow supervisors to organize operations and achieve demanding schedule targets
- Analyzed business needs while soliciting customer feedback for process improvements
- Spearheaded innovative approaches to resource allocation and strategic planning.
PROJECT MANAGER
FEEZ Nigeria Limited
Owerri
01.2002 - 12.2011
- Participated in pre-qualification, bidding, and submission of tenders on various projects
- Led and directed broad spectrum of stakeholders across projects to ensure smooth operations
- Managed broad spectrum of stakeholders across projects to ensure smooth operations
- Attended project performance and evaluation meetings with Project Sponsor (The National Primary Health Development Agency of Nigeria) and other contractors undertaking similar projects.
- Supervised construction in line with stipulated specifications in contracts to guarantee quality assurance and control
- Requested, interviewed, screened, and recruited staff and vendors for projects
- Sourced requested deliverables from local and international vendors and planned all logistic operations for their delivery to clients based on approved tenders, LPOs, and contracts
- Performed handover of deliverables to stakeholders and generated official documentation for records and archives.
- Maintained relationships with material vendors to lower costs and diversify capabilities
- Provided fiduciary oversight to remain within budget constraints, recommending project adjustments where necessary
- Accelerated progress by continually reviewing performance, budgets and project timelines
- Provided detailed technical and operational direction in project challenges, consistently meeting deliverables according to deadlines
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics/Computer
Federal University of Technology
Owerri, Nigeria 01.1993 - 07.1999
Post Graduate Diploma Studies - Project Management
Federal University of Technology
Owerri, Nigeria 01.2001 - 12.2002
Certificate of Achievement PMP Training - Project Management
Simplilearn
10.2016 - 10.2016
7.5 Hours of Microsoft Project 2013 Training - Project Management
Udemy
11.2017 - 11.2017
30 Hours Construction Safety And Health Specialist, 145 Hours Construction Site Safety Supervisor, 162 Hours Construction Safety And Health Manager, 192 Hours Construction Safety And Health Professional, 47 Hours Construction Safety And Health Train-the-Trainer (OSHA Academy) S - Health, Safety And Environment
OSHAcademy
06.2018 - 10.2018
Diploma - AutoCAD 2D CIVIL
CADD CENTRE
Abuja, Nigeria 02.2021 - 03.2022
Primavera P6 Project Planning And Scheduling - Project Management
Udemy
06.2022 - Current
Microsoft Excel - Beginner To Advanced Training -
Udemy
05.2022 - Current
Skills
Team player with the ability to work and blend into diverse multi-cultural work environments and project teams
Certification
Master Project Manager MPM Jan. 2018 (Issued by AAPM American Academy of Project Management)
Membership
Fellow, American Academy of Project Management (FAAPM)
Project Management Institute (PMI) Global and Nigeria
Hobbies
Reading, traveling and watching football
Driver's License
Valid Nigeria Class D Basic Automobile License. 30 years of driving experience
Timeline
Primavera P6 Project Planning And Scheduling - Project Management
Udemy
06.2022 - Current
Microsoft Excel - Beginner To Advanced Training -
Udemy
05.2022 - Current
Diploma - AutoCAD 2D CIVIL
CADD CENTRE
02.2021 - 03.2022
Project Team Member (Volunteering)
The Carpenters Church, Abuja Campus
11.2020 - Current
30 Hours Construction Safety And Health Specialist, 145 Hours Construction Site Safety Supervisor, 162 Hours Construction Safety And Health Manager, 192 Hours Construction Safety And Health Professional, 47 Hours Construction Safety And Health Train-the-Trainer (OSHA Academy) S - Health, Safety And Environment
OSHAcademy
06.2018 - 10.2018
7.5 Hours of Microsoft Project 2013 Training - Project Management
Udemy
11.2017 - 11.2017
Certificate of Achievement PMP Training - Project Management
Simplilearn
10.2016 - 10.2016
DIRECTOR
Creacepts Services
04.2008 - 08.2012
PROJECT MANAGER
Hisdragnet Limited
01.2008 - Current
PROJECT MANAGER
FEEZ Nigeria Limited
01.2002 - 12.2011
Post Graduate Diploma Studies - Project Management
Federal University of Technology
01.2001 - 12.2002
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics/Computer
Federal University of Technology
01.1993 - 07.1999
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