IMartins Okpala

Experience

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  Mife Construction Nigeria Limited

  Apr 2009 - Apr 2010

  Trainee Civil Engineer(Intern)

  (a) Set and mark out dual carriage way road of 82km for construction with surveyors.(b) Mark out points for cut to fill and cut to dump where necessary.(c) Mark and give levels for sub grade, subbase, and base course respectively(d) Carried out different tests on samples of soils taken from borrow pits such as compaction tests, liquid limit tests, California bearing ratio tests, sieve analysis.(e) Carried out tests on tarmac to ensure they maintained their standard temperature when they arrived site and during laying of tarmac and ensure that the chainage at which the test is carried out is recorded.(f) Ensure that the compaction test carried out for sub grade and base course are followed during road construction following AASHO or British Standard.(g) Ensure that the samples are taken randomly from stockpiles and tested.(h) Located and investigated production concerns and helped management implement corrective actions.(i) Performed daily inspection rounds throughout facilities to check on all equipment and machinery.(j) Used hand tools, instruments, gauges, and equipment to complete accurate measurements and noted results for official records. Show less

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  Dangote Industries Limited

  Jun 2012 - Jul 2013

  Management Trainee

  Completed extensive training program with the following courses:(a) Strategic Planning: Control & Budgeting Course(b) Optimizing Business Performance Using Business Analytics(c) Advanced Financial Managers for Non-Finance Managers(d) Accounts and Finance for Non-Finance Managers(e) Essentials of Budgeting & Budget Preparatory Skills(f) Business & Personal Financial Strategy(g) Project Risk Management, a Professional Value-added Perspective(h) Balanced Score Card as an Effective Tool for Performance Management Show less

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  East Konsult Nigeria Limited

  Aug 2013 - Jan 2014

  Civil Engineer

  Supervision of BCP chiller base at Total E&P Village to completion.

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  Bob Kalas Services

  Sept 2013 - Mar 2015

  Site Engineer

  Hired as a Civil Engineer to deliver Residential Construction from the Enabling Works to Hand Over. Duties:(a) Managed site inductions and safety briefings, ensuring full staff compliance with safety regulations.(b) Maintained very good records of day-to-day site operations for comprehensive future reference.(c) Oversaw daily operations at site, keeping team production moving at optimal pace.(d) Successfully built school and administrative building secondary school from start to finish Show less

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  Dangote Oil Refinery Company Project Division

  Apr 2015 - now

  Civil Engineer

  Working as a Site Civil Engineer representing the client side for the Construction of a 550,000 barrels per day Oil Refinery in Nigeria. Worked as part of the Engineering Team to safely Deliver the Construction PhaseDuties:(a) Established risk analysis for each stage of the construction process, ensuring consistent safety and operational compliance with company standards and legislation. (b) Created material take off with piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs) for construction of under/above (AG/UG) ground piping systems. (c) Calculated necessary personnel and labour hour requirements for MHC DIESEL Block construction initiative. Led comparative analyses of project schedules from contractors in addition to managing resource planning.(a) I successfully monitored timely execution of Refinery enabling works, specifically reclamation of land through sand filling with imported material for a volume of 1.2 million cubic meters.(b) Monitored and evaluated contractor performance in alignment with project goals, drafted accurate reports, and supported client in advising to change contractor, resulting in saving $1.2M. (c) Engaged in Thorough Stakeholder management through Involving different stakeholders with respect to the project programme. Stakeholders involved Contractors, Local Community, Government Officials from the Oil & Gas Regulation & the likes.(d) Supervised the building of Sub Station 15(SS-15) in the crude tank area from start to finish.(e) Successfully supervised the geotechnical investigation of Dangote Refinery project used the generate the parameters for different foundation designs. (f) Prepared project proposals, including cost estimates, schedules, and project specifications. Show less

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  Bureau Veritas Group

  Jan 2023 - now

  Civil QA/QC Inspector