Oluchi Nzeukwu
Engineer
Port Harcourt,Rivers State
Summary
Principal Project Control Engineer with extensive experience in managing complex projects on time and within budget. Proficient in SAP and Primavera P6, with a strong grasp of data analytics. Known for effective team collaboration and stakeholder engagement, driving project success and operational efficiency.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
34
34
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certification
Work history
Principal Project Control Engineer
PPIKOG Nigeria Limited (Secondee to Renaissance )
Port Harcourt, Rivers State
04.2024 - Current
- Assisted in managing oil development projects by promoting collaboration among teams and stakeholders with 100% performance and cost recovery
- Supported leadership in compiling and defending accruals before expert board with 100% approval
- Facilitated engagement with project leaders and finance teams to ensure accurate business plan capture for current and future years with improved accuracy up to 85%
- Maintained workflow on project calculations and budgeting processes to ensure performance measurement and forecasting.
- Coordinated collection of cash call details for integration into oil portfolio overview with less than 10% rejects
Senior Cost Engineer
Terra Energy Services Limited (Secondee to SPDC)
Port Harcourt, Rivers State
06.2013 - 06.2023
- Overall Cost Reporting and management using Business Warehouse and SAP R3 Modules (OC-1 Report). Review REM-ORD plan and resolve all surrounding issues.
- Run and Extract VOWD (ITD & YTD) from SAP and Prepare VOWD reports using Microsoft Excel on monthly basis for projects.
- Prepare Estimate-At-Completion (EAC) for projects of high credibility through engagements of schedulers, project Engineers and project leaders.
- Run monthly Earned Value Analysis –EVA of SODA suite of Projects to ascertain schedule and cost variances and send information to project leaders and manager for their action.
- Captures all Value of Work Done, Re-phase VOWD actual files based on SAP reports
- Set-up and manage SAP process for PR/PO/SE/Invoice Payment Process on SODA projects.
- Develop Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Cost, Time and Resources (CTR) sheets for phased cost estimates in line with Company guidance notes for agreement and sign-off by CTR budget holders.
- Preparation of cost defense documentations and engagement of JV Partners at True Ups in every quarter.
- Support change management process & its cost impact assessment. Provide guidance on trend analysis
Project planner
Slot Engineering Nigeria Limited Secondee to Shell
Port Harcourt, Rivers State
12.2010 - 06.2012
- Enhanced project visibility with comprehensive reporting and documentation.
- Prepares and manages overall project schedule integrating project work breakdown structure using Primavera – P6 tool
- Provide resource planning and project schedule.
- Monitored ongoing projects regularly, ensured adherence to plan.
- Prepare and issue updated project schedule.
- Liaise with team leaders to communicate required completion dates for project milestones.
- Coordinates schedule from multiple contractors and incorporates information gathered into overall project master schedule.
- Monitors and forecasts progress of activities in contractor’s work schedules. Highlight problem areas and recommend remedial actions.
- Performs probabilistic analysis of completion dates and potential alternatives. Presents risk-based analysis of most likely completion and expected deviation range.
- Evaluates critical paths in project schedule and evaluate alternative schedule options to identify optimum strategies or resolve problems before and during execution
- Develop and implement plan versus actual progress curves. Reports and analyses monthly deviations from plan. Evaluate allocation of resources and provide recommendations to maintain required progress
- Fostered collaborative environment through regular team meetings.
Information Management Lead
Amercron Nigeria Limited(Secondee to Shell)
Port Harcourt, Rivers State
05.2005 - 11.2010
- Deliver information management services, workflow management, record management and document control services for suite of pipeline projects. within tight deadlines
- Review contractor’s document control procedures, document numbering procedure, information management plan and handover procedure, progress them to final approval and ensure implementation in an efficient manner
- Train contractor document controllers on Information Management contractual expectations.
- Carry out on-boarding for new joiners both within SPDC and at contractor’s end.
- Develop and roll out project Information Management plan, document control procedures and obtained sign-off.
- Specify delivery schedule and format of information.
- Ensure correct applications and infrastructures have been delivered to support sharing, workflow, security, accuracy and completeness of information such as Livelink, Asset data template (ADT), Asset Hierarchy application for projects (AHA4P).
- Expedite delivery of information from contractors and suppliers.
- Capture and handover of As-Built Documentation to Pipeline Asset Team in format that supports population of critical operating systems (e.g. SAP PM), before equipment is required to operate.
- Serve as interface with Operations and Asset teams that are end customers and optimize final information handover to them seamlessly.
- Manage Contractors and Vendor interfaces to drive delivery of all required information to project and ensure information is of appropriate quality.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical Electronics Engineering
Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO)
Owerri 08.1993 - 06.1999
Master of Science - ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEMS
University of BATH
BATH 08.2013 - 06.2016
Diploma of Higher Education - INFORMATION SPECIALIZATION
SHELL SPECIAL INTENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAM (SITP 1)
WARRI 01.2002 - 12.2002
SSCE - O LEVEL
COMMAND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ABAKALIKI 09.1986 - 06.1992
Skills
- Expertise in SAP software
- Data visualization
- Data analytics
- Project management
- Coaching and training
- Stakeholder management
- Team collaboration
- Risk analysis
Accomplishments
SAP super user
Multiple Special Recognition Award on cost saving through in-house SAP training for company staff
Certification
Certified Project Management Professional PMI (PMP)
COREN Registered Engineer (REng.)
Accreditated Senior Cost Engineer by IACE (ASCostE)
Accreditated Engineering Valuer by IACE (AEngVal)
Timeline
Principal Project Control Engineer
PPIKOG Nigeria Limited (Secondee to Renaissance )
04.2024 - Current
Master of Science - ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEMS
University of BATH
08.2013 - 06.2016
Senior Cost Engineer
Terra Energy Services Limited (Secondee to SPDC)
06.2013 - 06.2023
Project planner
Slot Engineering Nigeria Limited Secondee to Shell
12.2010 - 06.2012
Information Management Lead
Amercron Nigeria Limited(Secondee to Shell)
05.2005 - 11.2010
Diploma of Higher Education - INFORMATION SPECIALIZATION
SHELL SPECIAL INTENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAM (SITP 1)
01.2002 - 12.2002
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical Electronics Engineering
Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO)
08.1993 - 06.1999
SSCE - O LEVEL
COMMAND SECONDARY SCHOOL
09.1986 - 06.1992