Ola Amussah

Ola amussah

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  • About me

    Program Manager | Certified PMP, PgMP, CSM | Strategic Planning | Risk Mitigation

  • Education

    • University of leicester

      2004 - 2007
      Beng.(hons) electronics and software engineering
    • University of glasgow

      2007 - 2009
      Pgdip information technology
  • Experience

    • Itex integrated systems

      Feb 2010 - Sept 2012
      Software developer

      Worked as a software developer on the TAMS project, a platform now being used to route financial transactions from payment terminals across Nigeria.

    • Fugro

      Jun 2017 - now

      Transfer to the Americas region. Program Manager/Project Director, leading Offshore Windfarm Ground Modelling and Site Appraisal campaigns to enable permitting, design and construction. Managing consultancy, start-up, fieldwork, reporting and closeout. Responsible for the Project Management function across Marine Site Characterization projects. I managed the operations support team while being line manager to a team of project managers and operational support staff, managing a fleet of survey vessels and assigned projects. Project Director on several projects.. Lead Project Manager on multi-services projects/contracts, delivering from field work to reporting and closeout. Project/Vessel Manager to various offshore survey Vessels. Actively participated in project excellence initiatives across Fugro. Projects managed include subsea cable/pipe route, pre-drilling and construction surveys for Renewables and Oil & Gas clients in various countries. Scopes comprised of Land/Nearshore/Offshore Geophysical, Geotechnical, Environmental and Hydrographic surveys. Started as a Trainee Engineer working onboard Survey and IRM Vessels in various countries; operating, testing, repairing and maintaining survey equipment and associated deployment/recovery systems onboard. Supported other technical disciplines e.g. Environmental Scientists, Geotechnical Engineers, ROV techs, etc. as required. Actively participated in the Safety culture on vessels. Role was a secondment to assist the onshore technical support team during a busy period. Provided technical support to Project, Commercial and offshore teams. Kept management abreast of current technical capabilities while researching and proposing new technologies. Managed engineering sub-contractors and Vessel mobilisations.

      • Project Delivery Manager

        Apr 2023 - now
      • Project Delivery Manager

        Jan 2022 - Mar 2023
      • Project Manager

        May 2018 - Dec 2021
      • Offshore Survey Engineer

        Feb 2013 - May 2018
      • Operations Engineer

        Jun 2017 - Oct 2017
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Prince2® foundation certification training

      Axelos global best practice
    • Project management professional (pmp)®

      Project management institute
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    • Apm project management qualification (pmq)

      Association for project management
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    • Certified scrummaster (csm)

      Scrum alliance
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    • Iosh managing safely

      Iosh
    • Pmi agile certified practitioner (pmi-acp)

      Project management institute
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    • Program management professional (pgmp)

      Project management institute
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