CHIDI AJOGWU
Lively-Sudbury,Canada
Summary
Enthusiastic, results-driven technology professional with strong analytical and problem-solving skills in improving company costs and performance, also self-motivated, willing to take initiative and able to learn new concepts quickly with the willingness to accept new challenges. Worked across diverse industries - Oil & Gas, Finance, Tech, Hydro & Mining industries.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Remote Monitoring Specialist (Condition Monitoring Specialist)
Sandvik Mining & Rock Solutions
Lively-Sudbury, Canada
01.2022 - Current
- Responsible for measuring Sandvik clients' equipment fleet reliability and condition monitoring, as well as making recommendations to improve performance of equipment based on various digital tools.
- Provided engineering and technical remote monitoring support for operations involving Sandvik's Loaders, Trucks and Drill rigs at client underground and surface mine sites.
- Provided valuable input for condition monitoring, bad actor identification, Productivity & Reliability Center Maintenance analysis, probable root cause analysis, identification of critical items, and direct predictive maintenance routines in support of the equipment reliability and production availability.
- Created end-user training materials for operator unit violations training which in turn reduced unit violations by 20% in the quarter of 2023.
- Provided weekly equipment health score reports as well as additional day to day ad hoc reports for predictive maintenance purposes which increased MTBF by 50%.
- Provided engineering, human-reliability factors, process, and systemic solutions to complex reliability & asset availability challenges.
- Provided valuable input to technical leadership at all levels of the mines, with special emphasis on interacting with Operations and Maintenance crews.
Technical Business Analyst
Grepco ltd
Aberdeen, UK
01.2020 - 01.2022
- Collecting and analysing data to evaluate business performance and client experience, for identifying areas needing improvement.
- Created end-user training manuals for clients' employees on how to use the latest technology products.
- Designed high fidelity wireframes for dashboard development for monitoring multiple data streams from multiple clients.
- Developed a training curriculum for new hires that boosts productivity by 70% among large oil servicing companies.
- Regularly involved in troubleshooting system malfunctions, and other routine tasks to provide analysis and recommendations for resolution, prevention, and knowledge sharing.
IT Operations Analyst - Remote
TD Bank
London, Canada
01.2019 - 01.2020
- Assisted TD employees and contractors with service desk issues, thereby increasing service availability and reducing downtimes.
- Provided seamless technical support and customer service by remoting into client's workstation to assist with Remote Access Service, RSA token, telephony, application, and other connectivity issues.
- Assisted clients in setting up and activating their corporate mobile devices (Blackberry, IPAD) and/or Bring Your Own Device (BYOD).
Drilling Performance Engineer
Odfjell Drilling UK ltd
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
01.2014 - 01.2018
- Co-operating with drilling management and clients to develop and determine goals, KPI's, Lessons Learned and action plans, with regard to drilling and maintenance operations.
- Maintained systematic transfer of operational experience for all operations.
- Ensured drilling operations support software system was being utilized to its fullest.
- Secured optimal utilization of available IT tools in collaboration with the offshore organization, clients and third parties.
- Promoted new technology that can improve operational efficiency.
Material & Logistics Coordinator
Odfjell Drilling UK ltd
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
01.2014 - 01.2018
- Responsible for recording all Odfjell Drilling equipment movements to and from client Offshore platforms.
- Ensured tracking of all equipment is accounted for and accurate.
- Assisted in the control of non conformance reports connected to material logistics.
- Created training materials (hardcopy & videos), technical reports and prepared document packs.
- Ensured that all material movements are carried out in an efficient, cost effective and safe manner.
- Carried out other admin duties.
Solutions Engineer
National Oilwell Varco
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
01.2012 - 01.2014
- Worked as both offshore and onshore personnel responsible for gathering drilling tools performance data for OEMs, interpreting the data for clients, and acted as the bridge between sales and technical teams, essential for assisting the sales team with technical details needed for equipment sales.
- Supported Marketing/Sales through various proposals and sales meetings.
- Provided excellent customer support on product feature upgrades.
- Prepared proposals and product line presentations.
- Analyzed real-time and recorded-mode datasets for drilling optimisation.
- Gathered tool performance data from competitors and regularly performed market share.
- Created, reviewed and updated product documentation, manuals, references etc.
- Generated detailed performance summary report at the end of job.
- Assisted account managers with technical details required for sales.
Drilling Real-Time Data Analyst
Baker Hughes Inc.
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
01.2010 - 01.2012
- Seamlessly monitored and provided support in real-time from UK data operations hub, for drilling operations on offshore drilling rigs across North America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
- Provided technical solutions for various real time transmission protocols; WITS & WITSML.
- Responded to and solved clients' requests via telephone and remote access means.
- Ensured seamless flow of data from rig site to data centre and to clients' locations respectively.
- Provided QC/QA for the data streamed.
- Ensured continuous delivery of real-time data in accordance with the established service level agreements.
- Participated in User Acceptance Testing of new applications and services.
Welltest Data Acquisition Engineer
Expro North Sea UK ltd
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
01.2008 - 01.2010
- Responsible for well test/reservoir data acquisition, real time monitoring and data analysis on offshore rigs and platforms.
- Well test/reservoir data acquisition, real time monitoring and data analysis.
- Well intervention data acquisition, real time monitoring and data analysis.
- Sand production data acquisition, real time monitoring and data analysis.
- Calibration & servicing of PT Gauges and other data acquisition transducers.
- Installation of PT Gauges and other data acquisition transducers onsite.
- End of wells report writing and QC/QA before submission to clients.
Mudlogger
Schlumberger UK Plc
, United Kingdom
01.2007 - 01.2008
- Carrying out data acquisition and real time monitoring of drilling operations.
- Collected drill samples for formation logging and evaluation.
- Generated formation/lithology logs using industry software applications.
- Involved in calibrating & servicing of mud logging data acquisition transducers.
- Generated daily field reports to Client requirements.
Junior Wellsite Geologist
AK-Ruwatsan
Akwa Ibom, Nigeria
01.2005 - 01.2006
- Responsible for acquiring, sampling and logging of borehole drilled cuttings and collecting of water samples for hydro-chemical tests for regional water development planning and environmental management.
- Also performed data documentation and archiving for future use.
Education
Master's degree - Oil & Gas Engineering
ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY
Aberdeen, Scotland, UKGradCert - Petroleum Data Management
ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY
Aberdeen, Scotland, UKEnergy Data Management -
ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY
Aberdeen, Scotland, UKBSc - Geology
UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA
Skills
- Linux
- Git
- AWS
- Kanban
- Trello
- Jira
- Confluence
- Miro
- Figma
- ServiceDesk
- Power BI
- MS suite
- Excellent communication skills
- Can-do attitude
- Ability to multi task
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Time management skills
- Organisational skills
- Attention to detail
- Highly numerate
Certification
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Foundational
- Scrum.org Certified Professional Scrum Master (PSM)
References
Available on request.
Timeline
Remote Monitoring Specialist (Condition Monitoring Specialist)
Sandvik Mining & Rock Solutions
01.2022 - Current
Technical Business Analyst
Grepco ltd
01.2020 - 01.2022
IT Operations Analyst - Remote
TD Bank
01.2019 - 01.2020
Drilling Performance Engineer
Odfjell Drilling UK ltd
01.2014 - 01.2018
Material & Logistics Coordinator
Odfjell Drilling UK ltd
01.2014 - 01.2018
Solutions Engineer
National Oilwell Varco
01.2012 - 01.2014
Drilling Real-Time Data Analyst
Baker Hughes Inc.
01.2010 - 01.2012
Welltest Data Acquisition Engineer
Expro North Sea UK ltd
01.2008 - 01.2010
Mudlogger
Schlumberger UK Plc
01.2007 - 01.2008
Junior Wellsite Geologist
AK-Ruwatsan
01.2005 - 01.2006
Master's degree - Oil & Gas Engineering
ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY
GradCert - Petroleum Data Management
ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY
Energy Data Management -
ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY
BSc - Geology
UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA
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