Olowolafe, O.

Experience

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  Nigerian-German Chemicals Plc

  Jun 2011 - Nov 2011

  Production Operator

  ✓ Assisted in the production process by operating machines and monitoring production lines to ensure smooth operations. ✓ Carried out pre-production routines to ensure good machine condition and materials availability for production. ✓ Monitored and ensured that all machines worked properly as set by the Production superintendent and reported any unusual noise/malfunctioning. ✓ Participated in routine maintenance of the factory to ensure optimal operation of machineries. ✓ Maintained housekeeping and sanitation in the factory to assure a clean and hygienic environment for production. ✓ Carried out Production activities in compliance with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), and Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) policies in the factory. ✓ Generated and maintained reports on all production activities for the attention of line supervisor. Show less

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  Crownpack Nigeria Limited

  Mar 2016 - Sept 2016

  Engineering Trainee

  ✓ Replaced and troubleshoot air valves, pneumatic cylinders; performed mechanical and electrical maintenance on production machinery. ✓ Provided comprehensive preventive maintenance on a daily and weekly basis.✓ Collaborated with supervisor and machine operators to maintain machines at a high-performance level in order to meet production goals.✓ Zero sick days in 7 months on the job.✓ Commended by Chief Engineer for initiative, team work, and dependability in performance evaluations. Show less

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  Crownpack Nigeria Limited

  Sept 2017 - Mar 2018

  Engineering Technician

  ✓ Effectively maintained industrial machines, which resulted in optimum efficiency; documented system problems and root causes on physical lists.✓ Discharged assembly line troubleshooting and fixed all machines in need of repair; performed incident management.✓ Efficiently reduced downtime during production; maintained equipment and reduce unnecessary costs.✓ Installed, repaired, and replaced conveyors and systems, and rollers.✓ Communicated clearly with the Chief Engineer and other maintenance teams on the cause of equipment failures and provided ways to prevent maintenance catastrophes.✓ Planned work and determined appropriate tools and materials needed to repair equipment. Show less

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  Chartered Institute of Contract Project and Facility Management

  Aug 2018 - Jul 2019

  Instructor - Project Management Professional (PMP)

  Facilitated and trained students and persons on Project Management courses, explaining all PM Knowledge Areas (Integration, scope, time, communication, cost, quality, human resource, risk, procurement).

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  TOPEK Engineering and Consultancy Services Ltd

  Nov 2019 - Apr 2023

  RESPONSIBILITY✓ Review of Invitation to Tender (ITT) documents, understanding, analyzing and accurately assessing all ITT requirements. ✓Involvement in the development of the proposals strategy for the tender. ✓ Co-ordination, preparation and compilation of complete, compliant and professional proposal documentation, both technical and commercial, for submission to clients in line with client bid documents and tender deadlines. ✓ Management of the estimating process. Oversee and direct Estimators and Senior Estimators involved in the preparation of base cost estimates, to ensure accuracy, professionalism and timely completion. ✓ Liaison with internal departments to ensure that all relevant input received is compliant with ITT requirements. ✓ Preparation and issue to client of appropriate and concise commercial and technical requests for clarification to client during the tender period. ✓ Liaison with the Procurement Group, material suppliers, equipment vendors and sub-contractors to ensure accurate and timely receipt of quotations. ✓ Attendance at client tender clarification meetings / negotiations, including the management and organization of all required client endorsed changes to previously submitted tenders. ✓ Maintaining communication with client and support in obtaining client feedback on tenders submitted. Show less RESPONSIBILITY:✓ Planning and controlling activities of all subsidiaries.✓ Ensure adherence to codes and standards, client specifications and procedures. ✓ Supervise and revise project control engineering procedure.✓ Manage company field personnel and/or general contractors with a focus on safe construction practices.✓ Managing and updating the subcontractor’s database. ✓ Tasked to oversee project controls including the budget, summary of expenses, and the manpower complement. ✓ Assisting the Project Manager with planning, management, and successful execution of assigned projects. ✓ Providing technical and engineering support to company personnel as well as to subcontractors to ensure that the project will comply with all mandated engineering standards, codes, specifications, and design. ✓ Preparing, scheduling, coordinating and monitoring the assigned engineering projects. ✓ Monitoring compliance to applicable codes, practices, QA/QC policies, performance standards and specifications. ✓ Interacting daily with the clients to interpret their needs and requirements and representing them in the field.✓ Performing overall quality control of the work and reporting regularly on project status. ✓ Assigning responsibilities and mentoring project team. ✓ Cooperating and communicating effectively with project manager and other project participants to provide assistance and technical support.✓ Reviewing engineering deliverables and initiating appropriate corrective actions. Show less PROJECTS EXECUTED:Project Title: FMN HORIZONTAL PRESSURE VESSEL DESIGN & FABRICATION Period: 2021 Position: Project EngineerClient: Flour Mills of Nigeria Location: Apapa, Lagos State, NigeriaJob descriptionEngineering, Procurement and installation of 5 Cubic Meter, 10 Cubic Meter, 15 Cubic Meter, and 23 Cubic Meter (CBM) horizontal pressure vessel for Flour Mills of Nigeria. This includes; Detailed Design Engineering, preparation of drawings, specifications, and works necessary to enable fabrication to proceed for the piping network. This also include but not limited to; stringing, welding, painting, installation, testing, joints coating, etc). Review of fabrication drawings, Inspection of fabrication works and witnessing of pressure testing. Project Title: BUA LNG REGASIFICATION PROJECT PHASE 1 & 2Period: 2021 Position: Project EngineerClient: Greenville Oil & Gas Company Ltd /BUA Cement Plc Location: Kalambaina, Sokoto State, NigeriaJob description Supervises Fabrication and Installation of DN 6 – DN 350 SS/CS pipelines including connections to 18 LNG tanks, connections to/from the offloading skids, PBU skids, Booster pumps, vaporizers and PRMS.Project Title: MAMUDA GROUP LNG RE-GASIFICATION PROJECT, GREENVILLE PLANT Period: 2021 Position: Project Engineer Client: Greenville Oil & Gas Company Ltd/ MAMUDA GroupLocation: Kano State, Nigeria Job descriptionSupervises Fabrication and Installation of DN 25 – DN 150 SS/CS pipelines including connections to 2 LNG tanks, connections to/from the offloading skids, PBU skids, Booster pumps, vaporizers and PRMS. Show less PROJECTS EXECUTED:Project Title: 4” X 0.15KM GAS SUPPLY TO BUA CEMENT PLANT- AGGREKO GAS GENERATOR Period: 2021 Position: Project EngineerClient: BUA Cement Plc Location: Kalambaina, Sokoto State, NigeriaJob descriptionEngineering, Procurement and installation of about 4” x 0.15km piping network including the tie-in from the existing PRMS skid within BUA facility. This includes; Detailed Design Engineering, preparation of drawings, specifications, and works necessary to enable construction to proceed for the piping network. This also include but not limited to; stringing, welding, painting, installation, testing, joints coating, etc. Project Title: 14” X 1.1KM, 12” X 1KM, 10” X 0.2KM AND 6” X 0.2KM GAS SUPPLY TO BUA CEMENT PLC Period: 2020 - 2021 Position: Project EngineerClient: BUA Cement Plc Location: Kalambaina, Sokoto State, NigeriaJob descriptionEngineering, Procurement and installation of the PRMS skids for 50MW power plant, 12MW power plant, Kiln2 and Calciner and about 14” x 1.1km, 12” x 1km, 10” x 0.2km and 6” x 0.2km piping network. This includes; detailed Design Engineering, preparation of drawings, specifications, and works necessary to enable construction to proceed for the piping network. This also include but not limited to; pipe rack construction, stringing, welding, painting, installation, testing, joints coating, etc. Project Title: NIGERIAN BREWERIES LNG RE-GASIFICATION PROJECT, GREENVILLE PLANTPeriod: 2020 Position: Project EngineerClient: Greenville Oil & Gas Company Ltd/Nigerian Breweries Location: Kaduna State, NigeriaJob description Supervised Fabrication and Installation of DN 6 – DN 150 SS/CS pipelines including connections to/from the offloading skids, PBU skids, Booster pump, vaporizers and PRMS. Show less PROJECTS EXECUTED:Project Title: 8” X 1.5KM GAS SUPPLY TO MAMUDA INDUSTRIES FACILITIESPeriod: 2020 Position: Project EngineerClient: MAMUDA Group Location: Kano State, NigeriaJob description Engineering design, procurement and construction of 8” x 1.5km gas piping network from LNG delivery tanks to the regasification plant and equipment within the factories including fabrication of pipes, racks and structural Supports. Project Title: EPC OF PROCESS PIPING NETWORK FOR MAMUDA FOODS FACTORYPeriod: 2020 Position: Project EngineerClient: MAMUDA Group Location: Kano State, NigeriaJob description Engineering design, procurement and construction of 4”& 6” x 1.5km piping network to all the facilities within the factories including fabrication of pipes, racks and structural supports.Project Title: EPC OF PROCESS PIPING NETWORK FOR ASPIRA NIGERIA LIMITED SOAP AND DETERGENT FACTORIES Period: 2019 -2021 Position: Project EngineerClient: ASPIRA Nigeria Limited Location: Kano State, NigeriaJob description Engineering design, procurement and construction of all piping network to all the facilities within the soap and detergent factories including fabrication of pipes, racks and structural supports. Project Title: 6” X 2KM GAS SUPPLY TO ASPIRA NIGERIA FACILITIES Period: 2019 -2021Position: Project Engineer Client: ASPIRA Nigeria LimitedLocation: Kano State, Nigeria Job description Engineering design, procurement and construction of 6” x 2km gas piping network LNG delivery tanks to the regasification plant and equipment within the soap and detergent factories including fabrication of pipes, racks and structural supports. Show less RESPONSIBILITY:✓ Generation of drawing with AutoCAD. ✓ Reviewed as-built drawings and other project documents.✓ Development of piping general arrangement and Equipment arrangement. ✓ Pipe support detail, support schedule and bulk MTO.✓ Site survey and pipeline route verification and contribute to project site survey report. ✓ Involved in Platform layout / equipment arrangement drawings. ✓ Generated Piping specialty item list, data sheets and specifications.✓ Pipe wall thickness calculation to class location. Storage Tank design with AMETank. Show less

  • Senior Project Control Engineer

    Feb 2022 - Apr 2023

  • Senior Project Engineer

    Apr 2021 - Apr 2023

  • Senior Project Engineer

    Nov 2019 - Apr 2023

  • Senior Project Engineer

    Nov 2019 - Dec 2021

  • Project Engineer

    Nov 2019 - Nov 2021

  • Project Engineer

    Nov 2019 - Apr 2021

  • Mechanical Piping Engineer

    Nov 2019 - Apr 2020
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  Axxela

  May 2023 - now

  Project Engineer - Officer

  Axxela, formerly OANDO Gas and Power Limited, is a Helios Investment Partners (UK) & Sojitz Corporation (Japan) portfolio company. As a designated natural gas shipper on the West African Gas Pipeline, Axxela is the pioneering private sector-led developer of natural gas distribution in Nigeria, delivering at peak 80MMSCFD to industrial and commercial customers in Nigeria and across Sub-Saharan Africa.Axxela provides unique energy solutions primarily through our subsidiaries: Gaslink Nigeria Limited, Gas Network Services Limited, Central Horizon Gas Company, Transit Gas. Show less