IMARHIAGBEAbraham

12, Dennis Ufot Close, off Woji Road, Woji Town,Port Harcourt,Rivers State, Nigeria

Cell1: +2348066507095–Cell2: +2348123925666:

Summary

Accomplished planning engineer and project management professional with over 20 years experience in a
successful broad-based career defining and guiding the implementation of industry best practices, standards,
processes, and tools to strengthen organizations and drive competitive growth. Extensive expertise in leading and
delivering cross functional transformational business solutions through strategic planning and team leadership.
Proven ability to navigate complex situations while prudently mitigating risks, identifying value creation opportunities,
and building strategic partners.

Experience

Strategic Planning

Planned, organized, and Contributed Immensely to Production Design Works to ensure optimal return on investment for thecompany.
Oversaw quality assurance initiatives to design and implement products and processes for Green
Fields(new) and brown fields (Modifications and ongoing) projects.

Team Leadership

Maximized productivity by leading on-the-job training focusing on safety practices and procedures and
managing both human and material resources to meet production targets.
Ensured compliance with company policies and procedures; led staff training initiatives to maximize
productivity.

IT Skills

Proficient in Project Planning Software: Primavera Project Planner (P3-P6) & MS Project.
Proficient in MS Excel, Word & Power Point, and familiar with MS Access
SAP ERP for Cost Planning , PRs, POs, SEs ,Budgeting, Reconciliations, Balance Sheets,Salaries, Invoices& Reports.

Project Planning, Monitoring & Control

Managed Resource Man Hours Availability, Planning , Allocation and Utilization with Histogram Reports.
Compiled Annual Business Plan (BP) for Projects including forecasts look ahead milestones throughout the
year.
Issued Monthly and Quarterly Business Performance Reports.
Implemented Capital program controls procedures to ensure the project meets cost/budget, schedule and
document management requirements in accordance with state and federal compliance requirements.
Submitted Compiled Work Orders to NAPIMS for issuance of Work Authorization for Projects above $100k.
Managed and tracked all project funding sources including intergovernmental agreements.
Facilitated and Participated in Technical Bid Evaluation for External Service Contractors.
Established reporting criteria, content and format for monthly project status reports and quarterly
presentations to the Federal Transit Administration. Provides reports and analysis to internal and external
customers on an as needed basis.
Responsible for schedule development, maintenance and review.
Championed an all Projects Monitoring Sheet and Dashboard.
Established risk management protocols and procedures, prepares reports required for risk assessment and
assesses risk occurrence as it pertains to probability, budget and schedule.
Led Clarifications and identification of Scope of Work, allocated teams and subcontractors with required
skills.
Managed Projects Executions in compliance with policies & procedures, Health, Safety & Quality
requirements, etc
Planned and Organized Assurance Workshops such as HAZOP, SAFOP, SIF/SIL, HAZID, BOWTIE,
Constructability , and Site Selection for FEED & Detailed Design Projects
Oversaw and Created Cost & Schedule estimates and created Budget and Schedule baselines .
Created Levels 1,2 , 3 &4 schedules based on critical Path methodology using Primavera Project Planning
software

Facilitated Schedule Risk Analysis workshops for all project stake holders using Primavera Risk Analysis.
Developed and implemented fully integrated schedule of cross-functional interfaces between engineering,
procurement–materialssubcontracts,estimating,costmanagement,constructioncommissioning,
safety, quality, finance/accounting, and document control.
Managed reports EPC progress through activities and deliverables using earned value (EVM), cost and
schedule performance indicators CPI / SPI / MPI, identifies/assists in analysis of project variances, assists in
developing corrective actions, and coordinates resolution of variances.
Provided analysis of schedule to identify key project issues to ensure the meeting of project objectives and
contractual commitments.
Analyzed contractual commitments, client specifications, design changes and other data to plan and develop
logistic program activities from conceptual stage through life cycle of project.
Produced weekly and monthly reports/highlights regularly to support project needs, ensuring schedule-
coding structure supports management/client reporting requirements.
Monitored project specific performance, progress measurements (% Complete), and value of work done
(VOWD), cost reports, s- curves and histograms and communicates the projects progress within the project
team and to senior management.
Carried out Monitoring & Updating of Schedule, Performance measurement & analysis.
Advised senior management on mitigation and contingency strategies.

Few Past & Ongoing Projects

Led the Planning of various Oil& Gas Lumpsum & Reimbursable FEED & Detailed Design Projects with
budget and Schedule to meet Scope and objectives such as:
H-Block Oil Development Project (PRE-FEED )
Location: Shell Petroleum Dev Company Nigeria
Date: 2012 (6 months)
Cost: $2.6m

H-Block Oil Development Project (FEED )
Location: Shell Petroleum Dev Company Nigeria
Date: 2012/2013 (10 months)
Cost: $5.6m

Assa North Pipeline Project (FEED)
Location: Shell Petroleum Dev Company Nigeria
Date: 2012/2013
Cost: $1.6m (8 months)
Associated Gas Gathering (AGG) Improvement Project
Location: Shell Petroleum Dev Company Nigeria
Date: 2012/2013
Cost: $1.3m (6 months)

Gbaran Nodal Compression Project
Location: Shell Petroleum Dev Company Nigeria
Date: 2013
Cost: $683,000.00 (4 months)

Gbaran Security of Supply Project
Location: Shell Petroleum Dev Company Nigeria
Date: 2013 (4 months)
Cost: $483,000.00
Managed the installation of First Ku band VSAT hub in Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC)
Nigeria for Voice, Video and Data Links to remote Off shore and Land locations , Emergency Response
Vehicle. This initiative created more communications options for remote operations.
Managed Enterprise Wide Engineering, Procurement and Construction of Celtro Optimization terminals all
over Celtel Nigeria Networks reducing CAPEX and OPEX for Celtel and also increasing profit for my
employer and equipment manufacturer Within 2005 and 2006 financial years.
Successful deployments of Igate compression equipment on Celtel Nigeria and Starcomms Nigeria
Networks on all MSCs across Nigeria within 2006 and 2007 that saved more money for Celtel on satellite
bandwidth usage.

Led Engineering,Procurement and Construction of Radio and Satellite Systems for Telecoms/IT Unit of First
Inland bank and Lead way Assurance PLC within 2004 and 2007.
Led Video walls for NMC (Network Monitoring Center) for Control of all networks of MTN across Nigeria
within 2004 and 2005.
Successful upgrade of NMC (Network Management Centre) Barco video wall to the latest digital dual lamp
redundancy configurations for MTN Nigeria within 2006 and 2007.
Successful installation of NMC video wall for VISAFONE Nigeria in 2007 to enhance monitoring of networks
nationwide.
Successful implementation of the Integrated Communication systems for the Nigeria Police Force deploying
satellite, microwave, 2-way radio, VoIP, LAN/WAN spanning over 15 states in Nigeria for enhancement of
security control in the country.

Work Experience

Planning Engineer (Contract Position)
April 2007 to Current
Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC ) Nigeria - Port Harcourt, Rivers

Teleport Manager
January 2006 to April 2007
Upland Consulting Ltd - Port Harcourt, Rivers

Chief Engineer
January 2003 to March 2006
A3&O Nigeria Ltd - Victoria Island, Lagos

Head Of Information Technology
January 1998 to February 2003
Telemobile Nigeria Ltd - Apapa, Lagos

Senior Manager , Information Technology
February 1992 to March 1998
Disc Engineering Ltd - Ikeja, Lagos

Communications Engineer (NYSC)
October 1990 to September 1991
Nigeria Airways Ltd - Ikeja , Lagos

Education and Training

B.ENG degree: Electrical/Electronic Engineering, 1990
University of Benin- Benin City, Edo, Nigeria

Professional Development/Certifications

Primavera Project Planner (P6) & Project Management (JK Michaels) 2012
Project Management Professional Training (DexNova Consulting ) 2012
Currently undergoing Training in SAP ERP Software for Cost Engineering and Planning
Currently preparing for PMP certification exam
Basic Offshore Safety Induction & Escape Training(BOSIET) (Blisston Nigeria Ltd) 2010
Project Management (Project Management College UK-Lagos Chapter) 2008
Quality Management System (QMS) & Organizational Management 2011
LAN Network Management Course 1995
Total Quality Management Course (TQM) 1998
Warris Mobile Radio Select 5 for Motorola Radio organized by Motorola International 2000
Magic Runtime and Toolkit Database application programming course 2001
Windows 2000 DNS Training Course 2001
CISCO Routers Training course 2001
MDS and Ceragon Microwave Radios 2002
Training Course CCNA Certification Course/CCNA certification 2004
Redline Microwave Broad band Fixed Wireless Radio 2004
Training Course (Install, O&M) SAF Tehnika Microwave PDH radio (O&M) 2005
Celtro GSM Networks Optimization 2006 (Configuration, O&M)
Igate GSM and CDMA Networks Compression 2006
Barco Video wall Training Course in BELGIUM 2007

I-Gate 4000 Training Course, Lagos-Nigeria 2008
Project Management Training UK, Lagos, Nigeria 2008
Path to Personal Accountability and Management 2010
Installation, Configurations, Operations and maintenance of
STM hub for STAR and MESH Networks Training in DUBAI 2010

Professional Membership

Member, Project Management Institute (PMI)

Languages

English

Personal Information

Place of Birth: Benin City, Nigeria
Present Resident: Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Sex: Male
Status: Married with 5 Children
Hobbies: International Travel, Listening to music, Surfing the Internet, Dancing and Reading