Agberia-Project Management

by Tugherhu Agberia
(Lagos State, Nigeria)

TUGHERHU AGBERIA (PMP/CIPM/FAAPM)
agbes4u@gmail.com, agbes4u@yahoo.com; agberia@huawei.com

• 234-07028577651, 234-8024792292
ENGINEERING/PROJECT MANAGER
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Highly motivated, self-directed, focused, goal and result oriented, entrepreneurial, participative and practical PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL with over 8years' experience in maintaining a fast-pace and pivotal role in dynamic environments. Proven ability to recognize opportunities and take proactive measures to capitalize on opportunities that increase profits margins. Top producer who excels in augmenting sales; training and managing personnel; developing and launching multi-tier campaigns, projects, product enhancement and realization, and facilitating customer service efforts. Established history in strategic planning, deployment, and sales, lowering cost reductions (over $100 million in cost savings), and building revenue (over $600 million in added revenue); able to successfully manage several projects simultaneously and generate rapid return on investment. Business and core professional competencies include:

 Professional Project planning, Cost estimates, Schedule development & Delivery.
 Multi-unit operations management, Professional Risk management, Vendor sourcing & negotiation
 Customer relations, expectation, challenges and satisfaction management
 Excellent Project Execution Advisor/Manager responsible for the overall project execution / management of client oil and gas, telecoms, electrification projects.
 Professional Management of Power Overhead lines and general knowledge of Transmission & distribution projects.
 Total Quality Assurance & Control management
 Team building, Staff retention and leadership.
 Safety policies, regulations and compliance management.
 Excellent Engineering Trainer, training supervisor and manager.
 Strategic business planning and management.

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ACHIEVEMENTS
1. Management of successful simultaneous construction, implementation and acceptances of RELTEL (ZOOMMOBILE) NIGERIA CDMA Expansion, ODUA (O’NET) Nigeria CDMA Expansion and Nigeria SUNMAIL CDMA projects which resulted income revenues of over $500 million.
2. Managed construction, implementation and completion of UDU L.G.A., Nigeria; Rural Electrification scheme- a project worth over $420 million.
3. Managed implementation of NITEL LAGOS 250K Expansion (CIVIL, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT, OSP/EL & OFC) project- A telecom turnkey project worth over $700 million.
4. Managed and supervised several Oil & Gas Pipe-laying, offshore construction, flow-stations installations, onshore maintenance projects.
4. Assisted in successful setup Huawei Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Congo Republic and Senegal PMO offices-A standard project office for managing various projects in Nigeria and West Africa regions.
5. Mentoring, Coaching & supporting of over 30 Project Managers to achieve efficient delivery in other ongoing projects to customer satisfaction.

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PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
2009: CERTIFIED PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL (PMP)
2008: CERTIFIED INTERNATIONAL PROJECT MANAGER (CIPM)
2006: CERTIFICATE IN OILFIELD/INDUSTRIAL HSEQ MANAGEMENT.
2005: CERTIFICATE IN COMPUTER APPRECIATION & APPLICATIONS.

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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member-PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (PMI).
Fellow- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT (AAPM)
Member-INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SAFETY PROFESSIONAL (IASP).

EXPERIENCES
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER- GLOBAL ENGINEERING SERVICES LTD, NIGERIA 2004 - Present
Managing effective completion and delivery of projects -Equipment Installations, Integration, Commissioning and Technical Services projects according the contracted scope, quality, plan, budget & schedule.
Managing designs, strategic planning, execution, monitoring and acceptance of Clients Facilities installation & management System, Offshore & Onshore Telecom, Pipe-lay, construction, Electrical Power Overhead Lines Transmission & Distribution projects which produced over $640 million revenue.
Ensuring strict adherence to company's project management policies by all project stakeholders by implementing & mentoring the use thereof and by participating project management framework development.

Assess requirements, recruit/procure, develop, mentor & manage the performance of all project resources, whilst assuring optimum utilization.
Manage and assist in implementation of HSE, QA, QC and Risk management, in accordance with company and contract requirement. Ensuring quality, safety, progress and cost control and initiate necessary corrective actions as and when required.
Using solid people management and network abilities in establishing positive team spirit by inspiring project team as well as that part in company matrix organization.
Establishing lines of communication within projects organization, towards Partners, Subcontractors, Supplies and Clients.
Providing timely & accurate projects performance, progress, monthly reports to the required entities & stakeholders. Both on overall consolidated project portfolio & individual projects basis in accordance with Facilities reporting requirement.
Organizing & supervision of Engineering Implementation, QA & QC, Project Implementation & management trainings.
Fitting all personnel with an Individual Training Plan, in liaison with HR, and to ensure its follow-up.
Managing and supervising preparation of training contracts tenders and to recommend the selection of training contractors.
Review, approve and follow-up the contractors’ training programs, the content of the training modules, the schedule and organization of the training sessions
Managing the construction and implementation of Electrical power overhead line Transmission & Distribution projects according specs and contractual agreements.
Preparing project close-out and “lessons learnt” reports for each project upon completion.


EDUCATION
2010-Till Date- MBA (Advanced Strategic Project Management)- VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY, USA. (IN VIEW)
1998-B.ENGR/SECOND CLASS UPPER HONOR-ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING. UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA; ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA.
1989- General Certificate Of Education (GCE)
1987- WEST AFRICAN SCHOOLS CERTIFICATE (WASC): DORE NUMA OLLEGE, WARRI, DELTA STATE, NIGERIA.
1982- FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE: OMATSOLA PRIMARY SCHOOL, WARRI, DELTA STATE, NIGERIA.

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SPECIAL ATTRIBUTES
Excellent communication and management skills for handling multi-disciplinary teams with staff from multi cultural background.
Demonstrable professional experience in the project management.
Solid track record of successful delivery of Engineering projects against contracts.
Proven interpersonal and relationship building skills
Excellent leadership. Building Project Team into a dedicated and enthusiastic productive unit.
Excellent skills for establishing lines of communication within project organization, towards
Partners, Subcontractors, Suppliers and project stakeholders towards client for efficient project delivery.
Very good decision making attributes, very high technical mind opened to new technologies & very quick synthetic intelligence.
Very high passion for interdisciplinary career & research.
Ability to manage complex issues with multiple interdependencies
Very strong organizational & expediting skills.

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TRAININGS
Verse in MS Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook & Project, IBM Rational Portfolio Manager (RPM), PRIMAVERA, AutoCAD 2004.
PC- Support Engineering.
Roles of Site Engineers & Effective Site supervision.
Engineering Implementation Flow & Quality practices.
HSE policies, regulations, practice & management.
On-site Subcontractor Management & Guidelines.
Strategic Planning of Electrical Power Projects.
Project Management Challenges and Solutions.
Customer/Subcontractor relationship handling and Fundamentals of Project Management.
International Project Management –Practices, effective project delivery strategies, Project control, etc.
Senior Managers Effective Delivery Strategies.
Strategic Planning Through Project Management
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HONORS/AWARDS
1. MOST OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009.
2. BEST DELIVERY PROJECT MANAGER 2007 & 2008.
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REFEREES: Available on request