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TOMOTELE ADEKUNLE SULAIMON

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TOMOTELE ADEKUNLE SULAIMON

Summary

Quality oriented and focused professional engineer with over 15 years of experience in civil works field experience, specializing in design, construction, project management, and more. Qualified result-oriented engineer with training and design background to create cost-effective, well-performing mechanical systems and equipment. Knowledgeable about real-world applications and technical constraints impacting installation, use and maintenance. Articulate communicator with technical and non-technical individuals focused on delivering above-expected results from designs. Problem-solving team player with experience identifying root causes of engineering faults. Creates thorough policies and procedures for quality assurance, best practices and project management. Monitors project progress and service delivery to confirm projects are completed on time and within budget. Dedicated Senior engineer committed to developing prototypes that improve product designs. Uses strong communication to present client proposals outlining project scope and timeline. Supports project performance metrics by implementing permanent and comprehensive fault resolutions. Knowledgeable engineering professional with background in fault diagnostics, project planning and quality assurance. Approachable, helpful and supportive team player. Implements projects using Waterfall and Agile methodologies. Customer-oriented focuses with strong history of leading high-performance teams to meet or exceed objectives. Dedicated and hardworking with internal drive to deliver excellence. Tactical team builder with strong background in training and team development.

Overview

16
years of professional experience
1
Certification
14
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Oriental Hotel
Lagos

Job overview

  • Take charge and manage of civil work marketing development, presentation to carrier operators, requirement offer, technical proposal and bill of quantity preparation
  • Have a basic command of tower design capabilities
  • Be able to design different types of towers based on the wind load
  • Have a good command of the tower deployment solution such as the excavation volume, concrete proportion, onsite construction procedure and steel bar type
  • Project management, implementation and installation of solar energy solution for customer
  • Project management, installation, commissioning and configuration of the installed FTTH project
  • Join in the negotiation of contract clauses and technical annex
  • Responsible for Telecommunications site technical survey and details design
  • Ensure that site and transmission infrastructure designs, construction and electrical standards and specifications are agreed with the customer prior to the start of the project
  • Understand local conditions and tailor site designs to best suit the local environment
  • Guarantee minimal design to provide value engineered designs
  • Review site, duct, cabling system specific designs as produced by the Design Consultancy or subcontractor and make recommendations to manage cost and simplify construction
  • Provide hands on training for regional local staff who will be attending Technical Site Surveys (TSS), reviewing drawings and approving designs
  • Assist the Design Consultancy or subcontractor to produce specified solutions as required
  • Review and approve proposals for towers, monopoles, antenna mounting structures
  • Close liaison with Managed Services to understand operational requirements and make sure that sites are designed so that they are maintainable
  • Ensure that site designs are compliant with local legal, Health and Safety requirements
  • Engage with supply chain and relevant stakeholders in technical department to ensure quality of suppliers contracted to deliver technical assets

HUAWEI Technologies (Nig) Limited
Lagos, Nigeria

Project Control Manager
12.2022 - Current

Job overview

Southern African Network & System Integrated

Huawei Technologies Company Nigeria Limited
Lagos, Nigeria

Senior Engineer, Regional Design Manager/Project
12.2022 - Current

Job overview

  • Project
  • Area of expertise, includes Telecoms towers construction and solution such as standalone tower , monopoles tower, guyed wire, rooftop, flood control project, solar power energy solution deployment with design development, green field cell sites new and old rollout, telco swap, old tower decommissioning and relocation, Turnkey Sites Acquisition(SAQ)
  • Structural appraisal of tower(STA) , tower retrofitting and strengthening, Tower loading analysis(TLA), Tower maintenance
  • Civil works repairs & Structural maintenance, Procurement technical expert, Fiber cable routing and splicing, FTTH project deployment, PAC'ed/FAC'ed of completed sites project, CW Audit of cell sites for reactiveness and restoration,),Collocation
  • Site Build, Rural telephony project, Infrastructure Implementation, Infrastructure Design, PHCN and Solar technology)
  • Vendor management, Time Management, Budget and Cost management etc
  • Possess exceptional good communication skills when dealings with clients, possess professional skills when handling over 3500 vendors/field staff of the organization
  • Initiatives:
  • Acted as a point of contact for solar energy deployment both civils works and electrical installation for the GLO solar energy project
  • Acted as a team lead on the development of the digital Smart Quality control KCPs of the solar-hybrid project for IHS Towers Nigeria
  • Acted as a Technical manage
  • Acted as a point of contact for the FTTH (fiber to the home) project on both survey, design, solution clarification, cable routing (FAT Boxes installation), OLT installation, ATB installation, ONT installation and power up for customer usage
  • Acted as a point of contact for all major technical issue relating to design of sites, towers and others civil works relating to OPEX optimization and CAPEX reduction for business continuity
  • Created and modified details & specification for all civil works sites design and individual project under PMO units/rollout
  • Wrote and edited technology transformation project relating to design process and deployment for implementation
  • Drive effective and timely implementation of CAPEX while optimizing on OPEX for assigned project(s)/task(s)
  • Provide support for concerned department on related managed projects securing efficiency & effectiveness for related project(s)/task(s) expenses (Optimized)
  • Achievement:
  • Team lead & Project Control Manager- Successful completion of 441 sites end to end with solar panels Qty of under Huawei Technologies for IHS Tower plc in Nigeria which led to diesel saving of about 45%, thereby reducing OPEX for the organization
  • Team lead- Successful completion of the 15nos of solar panel (PV)- 8.5KW power rating for GLO network as a POC project which has led to about 500 site to be powered with solar + hybrid solution from ends to end
  • Project manager - Successful completion of fiber to the home (FTTH) project for GLO network at SAKA Tinubu- GLO technical office
  • Skill Competition Award - Southern Africa Delivery & Service, 2023- Best Presentation in Tower maintenances and reinforcement (TK solution), ability to show case your expertise in the field of profession associated with delivery and service in the organization
  • CTO Challenge Award - Best Outstanding performance in Design and Validation and Quality (PMO) of the year (2021)
  • Technical sites survey and soil test review of Over 6500 sites from year 2013 till date
  • Design Analysis of all technical sites survey and design drawing approval of over 5000 sites from year 2013 till date
  • Managing over 3500 vendor/contractor working for the company
  • Team lead for rural telephony project design Layout generation
  • Tower loading analysis of over 8000 sites for sites upgrade / Customer collocation
  • Tower retrofitting and structural appraisal of over 5000 sites and still counting for the organization business continuity
  • Tower Review of 14 suppliers of tower manufactures/Specification alignment and confirmation - Procurement
  • Technical team request
  • Technical review/Site rehabilitation of over 1500 sites with flood issue affecting the network performance of the sites

IHS TOWERS PLC
Lagos, Nigeria

Senior Design Specialist
12.2017 - 12.2022

Job overview

  • Financial: - Effective Project Budget Management to Reduce Variations, Optimal Capex Management and
  • Support for Optimal Opex Management
  • Ensure minimal project(s)/task(s) variation cost (<= 10% of total sites deployment Cost)
  • Drive effective and timely implementation of CAPEX while optimizing on OPEX for assigned project(s)/task(s)
  • Provide support for concerned department on related managed projects securing efficiency & effectiveness for related project(s)/task(s) expenses (Optimized coverage, better availability, better utilization of transferred assets, optimized training to increase knowledge for internal stakeholders of new technology deployed...)
  • Ensure Budget is optimally utilized on Monthly, quarterly, every semester and yearly while comparing achieved budgeted expenditure in Capex from planned
  • Process: - Data and process Improvement
  • Ensure PMO established processes for Projects Management are respected by internal and external stakeholders for related assigned projects (PHD, FIS, PAC, OIL, FAC, PCC…)
  • Optimize for assigned project(s) on (Executed Value/Ordered Value) versus plans
  • Optimize for assigned project(s) (Pated Value/Executed Value) versus plans
  • Optimize for assigned project(s) (Invoiced Value/Pated Value) versus plans
  • Improve performance by Value added initiative (Reporting, Processes etc.…)
  • Identification and resolution of Major contributing factor affecting quality and reliability of assigned project(s) / task(s)
  • 100% participation within timeline plus 80% average pass rate for all all-process training initiated on the
  • I.H.S Academy
  • 100% compliance to the top 10 processes in Tech (independent external audit evaluation - end of Q4
  • Customer Satisfaction: - Support the achievement of technology KPIs, Ensure SHE compliance across all departmental activities, Strategic Risk Management - Internal/External, Asset/Inventory/Progress tracking and Control
  • Internal/External Customer Satisfaction index
  • Support ROLLOUT for site build drawing and analysis within 24hours after TSS
  • Carry effective support within or before due required frame
  • Timely signoffs of vendors' invoices submitted for this purpose
  • Management of Environment Claims resulting from project executed
  • Closure of any gap/exceptions identified within related project course or task assigned while appraising monthly performant vendors/related parties affecting our assigned task(s)/project(s)
  • Concerned Project Progress with consistent Reporting & related Database available and maintained accurately
  • Feedback from internal customer on support levels and driving employee engagement action points to completion
  • TOMOTELE ADEKUNLE SULAIMON Learning & People: - Effective management of Human Capital and Vendor Management
  • Optimize on capability to perform with limited / or no supervision from line manager
  • Self-Development through identifying gap(s) required to be developed discuss with your line manager and work together to fill
  • Practicing the principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility
  • Tools of Trade Usage and Availability (vehicles, toolboxes, measurement tools, laptops etc.)
  • Ensure support is provided to vendor to improve deliveries on technical assessment, BTS & Upgrades' designs, network optimization side;
  • Guide vendors on project management & technical root cause analysis ways;
  • Ensure a ranking is set in place: weekly, monthly, quarterly, every semester and yearly for all deployment vendors which shall be shared with every vendor to ensure improvement strategies are set in place where required
  • Set Target(s): All working vendors with deployment should be ranked periodically with 0% failure
  • Reporting Analysis: - Metrics Alignment, Accurate report with Zero Tolerance and set Targets
  • Ensure Purchase Request are issued for every WO issued and updates are aligned with the Business Analyst
  • Ensure Dashboards are weekly updated for PMO weekly meeting ± 1 % inaccuracy
  • Ensure project team would be respecting reporting timelines and accuracy
  • Ensure processes are being followed and when optimization is noted to be required raise the flag
  • 100% of the projects under PMO have confirmed requester
  • Reports are released with ± 1 % error tolerance, 9% of the issued WO must be completed by end of the year and within approved timelines;
  • Execution Excellence and Customer Focus: - Network Optimization and Network Expansion
  • Design Team within the technical department should be focused to provide proper Optimized BTS and Upgrade designs to accommodate more Solar which would reflect eminently on diesel allocation thus more diesel savings
  • Design Team should be more proactive with the SAQ & Rollout team to ensure proper site sizes are acquired while we ensure Rollout team would follow the execution drawings during implementation phase to ensure compliance, thus power team could deploy complete planned Solar solution
  • Design team should be proactive with the Operation and Real estate team to ensure proper access denied resolution is reached in the area that required BOQ validation on culvert, drainage and road construction
  • Design Specialist is responsible to provide technical support to other parties within IHS
  • Therefore, timelines respecting is a major commitment to be well understood and committed by
  • These services would cover- technical support for special site design (floods...); BTS Design Support, Upgrade Support and Any POC deployed for OPEX/CAPEX Optimization.

IHS TOWERS PLC
Lagos, Nigeria

Structural l Design Specialist
10.2013 - 12.2017

Job overview

  • Analyze TSS Document and Soil Test report
  • Analyze existing structures (poles, truss tower, guyed towers, etc.) for lateral and vertical loads and determine overall capacity of a given structure
  • Prepare report packages justifying design requirement or engineering decisions under the project scope of work
  • Conveyed engineered decisions to clients, coworkers, architect, engineers, and other personnel in a clear and comprehensible manner
  • Produce drawing (AUTOCAD) regarding the installation, construction or modification to telecommunication structure
  • Site research regarding the development of construction drawings or other information as needed for design/analysis of a given project
  • Prepare construction drawing(Site plans, equipment plan,elevetaion,sections,details etc.) utilizing AutoCAD
  • Site Visit/field investigation purpose
  • Prepare structural calculation packages
  • Coordinating and liaising with the SAQ Team
  • Provide technical advice for contractor on the submitted drawing

MTN-PROJECT New dawn Construction Company Limited

Project Coordinator
01.2013 - 10.2013

Job overview

  • Off Adeniyi Jones
  • Avenue, Ikeja Lagos State
  • Planning, organizing and management of project objectives
  • Identification of project objective and goal
  • Assessing and controlling of project risk
  • Allocating resource and allocating tasks
  • Communicating project status
  • Develop a project schedule
  • Communication, procurement, quality management, change management and risk management plan
  • Monitoring and Control of BTS construction works
  • Reporting, Documentation and Acceptance on site build processes (BTS)
  • Worked as PMO (Planning, Monitoring and Managing) of all BTS site in the South- West, Middle-Belt and North region
  • Ensuring Project Methodologies
  • Project Leader-Civil Implementation and Execution
  • Implementing the quality management
  • Implement approved changes according to the change management plan

Servequal Nig. Limited
Lagos, Nigeria

Project Coordinator
04.2011 - 01.2013

Job overview

  • Morrison Crescent Oregun, Alausa Ikeja
  • Act as representative and dealing with the customer with regards to all approvals and customer relationship management
  • Monitoring and Control of BTS construction works
  • Reporting, Documentation and Acceptance on site build processes (BTS)
  • Worked as PMO (Planning, Monitoring and Managing) of all BTS site in the South- West, Middle-Belt and North region
  • Ensuring Project Methodologies
  • Project Leader-Civil Implementation and Execution
  • Cost management on all sites
  • Site logistics management
  • Project information management, providing solutions to site issues and immediately escalating issues beyond the SOW
  • Resource management
  • Contractor Selection and Performance
  • Quality control of site delivery
  • Interface with clients representatives and ensure customer satisfaction
  • Responsible for all levels of communication with the clients with the aim of achieving customer satisfaction, timely delivery of projects with cost control to ensure sustained profitability
  • Appraisal of work progress on all site
  • Remote support and technical supervision of contractors/supervisors
  • Attending all meetings in any offices in the region and communicate to superior officers
  • Real time project update/weekly project progress
  • HSE and Quality policy implementation
  • Supervise civil and electrical installation and quality inspection
  • Carrying out any cognate duties as delegated by superior officer.

Servetek Engineering Nig. Ltd
Lagos, Nigeria

Project Coordinator -PHCN
02.2010 - 04.2011

Job overview

  • Morrison Crescent, Oregun, Alausa Bus Stop
  • Site Survey on all sites with PHCN facilities and without PHCN facilities
  • Preparing of quotation for PHCN connection on all sites with PHCN facilities and without PHCN facilities
  • Liaising with the PHCN official and the clients representatives on quotation approval for connection of sites to national grid
  • Preparation of cost implication/cost estimates for revenue generation after quotation approval from the clients for
  • PHCN connection on sites deployed
  • Supervision of all transformer testing and earth resistance test by the PHCN official on site deployed
  • Verification/supervision of PHCN facilities inter-switching with the ATS on site deployed
  • Installation/connection of power to the national grid
  • Preparation of Non-routine maintenance schedule for all PHCN connected sites
  • Signing of Job cards on any sites connected and working from the clients for proper invoicing
  • Monitoring and proper follow-up of any sites connected to the national grid.

BTS, SITE, Servetek Engineering Nig. Ltd
Morrison

Project Supervisor
09.2008 - 02.2010

Job overview

  • Ikeja
  • Lagos
  • Control of inflow information of the project team and supervise all Civil works and electrical installation
  • Planning and strategizing of the project task/execution at the right time
  • Timely delivery of material to site and Tracking schedule
  • Logistics management, customer and client's relations (ASST)
  • Coordination of all technical site survey (TSS)
  • Assist in preparing project performances studies
  • Management of project financing
  • Interface with client's representatives and ensure customer satisfaction and compliance
  • Coordination of the site activities, milestone to milestones
  • Report tracking of all activities on the sites
  • Supervise and coordinate all site till handover to clients within designated/stipulated time line.

Megatek Integrated service Limited
Lagos

Project Supervisor
03.2008 - 08.2008

Job overview

  • Control of the inflow information of the project team and supervise all cell sites (both civil and electrical) till completion date
  • Proper implementation of the project target
  • Planning and strategizing of the project task at the right time
  • Logistics management and clients assistant relation
  • Assist in preparing project performance studies
  • Material monitoring and tracking on site
  • Community issue management on site deployed
  • Carrying out technical site survey(TSS) on site deployed for construction
  • Report writing of the daily/weekly/and monthly performance of the work status of site under purview
  • Certifications/Training

Education

Ladoke Akintola University Of Technology, Oyo
Ogbomosho

Master of Business Administration from Civil Engineering
04.2016 - 02.2019

Federal University Of Technology, Akure
Akure

B.ENG(Hons.) Civil Engineering from Civil Engineering
04.2001 - 06.2006

Unity High School
Lagos

Senior Secondary School Certificate from WAEC
07.1992 - 06.1998

Skills

  • Technical drawing preparation
  • Prototyping
  • Environmental protection strategies
  • Client coordination
  • [Type] data analysis methods
  • Technical project management
  • Microsoft Project
  • Product lifecycle management
  • Product concepts
  • Quality Assurance and Control
  • Cross-functional team leadership
  • Safety and quality standards
  • Communication skills
  • Troubleshooting
  • Problem-solving
  • Public relations
  • Programme development
  • Team building
  • Time management
  • Customer-focused
  • Leadership

Accomplishments

  • Team lead & Project Control Manager- Successful completion of 441 sites end to end with solar panels Qty of 6523 under Huawei Technologies for IHS Tower plc in Nigeria which led to diesel saving of about 45%, thereby reducing OPEX for the organization
  • Team lead- Successful completion of the 15nos of solar panel (PV)- 8.5KW power rating for GLO network as a POC project which has led to about 500 site to be powered with solar + hybrid solution from ends to end
  • Project manager - Successful completion of fiber to the home (FTTH) project for GLO network at SAKA Tinubu- GLO technical office
  • Skill Competition Award - Southern Africa Delivery & Service, 2023- Best Presentation in Tower maintenances and reinforcement (TK solution), ability to show case your expertise in the field of profession associated with delivery and service in the organization
  • CTO Challenge Award - Best Outstanding performance in Design and Validation and Quality (PMO) of the year (2021)
  • Technical sites survey and soil test review of Over 6500 sites from year 2013 till date
  • Design Analysis of all technical sites survey and design drawing approval of over 5000 sites from year 2013 till date
  • Managing over 3500 vendor/contractor working for the company
  • Team lead for rural telephony project design Layout generation
  • Tower loading analysis of over 8000 sites for sites upgrade / Customer collocation
  • Tower retrofitting and structural appraisal of over 5000 sites and still counting for the organization business continuity
  • Tower Review of 14 suppliers of tower manufactures/Specification alignment and confirmation - Procurement Technical team request
  • Technical review/Site rehabilitation of over 1500 sites with flood issue affecting the network performance of the sites

Custom

  • Acted as a point of contact for solar energy deployment both civil works and electrical installation for the GLO solar energy project
  • Acted as a team lead on the development of the digital Smart Quality control KCPs of the solar-hybrid project for IHS Towers Nigeria
  • Acted as a point of contact for the FTTH (fiber to the home) project on both survey, design, solution clarification, cable routing (FAT Boxes installation), OLT installation, ATB installation, ONT installation and power up for customer usage
  • Acted as a point of contact for all major technical issues relating to design of sites, towers, and other civil works relating to OPEX optimization and CAPEX reduction for business continuity
  • Created and modified details & specification for all civil works sites design and individual project under PMO units/rollout
  • Wrote and edited technology transformation project relating to design process and deployment for implementation
  • Drive effective and timely implementation of CAPEX while optimizing on OPEX for assigned project(s)/task(s)
  • Provide support for concerned department on related managed projects securing efficiency & effectiveness for related project(s)/task(s) expenses (Optimized)

Personal Information

  • Gender: Male
  • Marital status: Married

Languages

English
Advanced

Affiliations

  • Reading, Football, Singing, Travelling

Certification

1. Council for Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN )- Jan, 2024

2. World Education Service( WES ) - NOV, 2022

3. Lean Six Sigma Green Belts(LSSGB) , Mar, 2022

4. OSHAcademy Safety and Health Training Certificate in Ergonomics

5. OSHAcademy Safety and Health Training Certificate in Fleet Management

6. OSHAcademy Safety and Health Training Certificate in Project Protective Equipment

7. OSHAcademy Safety and Health Training Certificate in Hazard Communication program

8. OSHAcademy Safety and Health Training Certificate in Effective Safety Committee Operation

9. OSHAcademy Safety and Health Training Certificate in Hazard Analysis Control

10. OSHAcademy Safety and Health Training Certificate in Construction Management


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Timeline

Project Control Manager

HUAWEI Technologies (Nig) Limited
12.2022 - Current

Senior Engineer, Regional Design Manager/Project

Huawei Technologies Company Nigeria Limited
12.2022 - Current

Senior Design Specialist

IHS TOWERS PLC
12.2017 - 12.2022

Ladoke Akintola University Of Technology, Oyo

Master of Business Administration from Civil Engineering
04.2016 - 02.2019

Structural l Design Specialist

IHS TOWERS PLC
10.2013 - 12.2017

Project Coordinator

MTN-PROJECT New dawn Construction Company Limited
01.2013 - 10.2013

Project Coordinator

Servequal Nig. Limited
04.2011 - 01.2013

Project Coordinator -PHCN

Servetek Engineering Nig. Ltd
02.2010 - 04.2011

Project Supervisor

BTS, SITE, Servetek Engineering Nig. Ltd
09.2008 - 02.2010

Project Supervisor

Megatek Integrated service Limited
03.2008 - 08.2008

Federal University Of Technology, Akure

B.ENG(Hons.) Civil Engineering from Civil Engineering
04.2001 - 06.2006

Unity High School

Senior Secondary School Certificate from WAEC
07.1992 - 06.1998

Oriental Hotel
TOMOTELE ADEKUNLE SULAIMON