Kazeem Olatunde Olabode
Halifax,NS
Summary
I am a strategic minded individual with quality experience in construction, planning, coordination, administration, supervision, management, and maintenance. My technical expertise and leadership skills foster teamwork, communication, and a safe working environment conducive to collaborative ideas and innovative thinking. Through my work experience, I have led several high value projects ensuring that all regulations, policies, and procedures, as well as collective agreements were followed.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Manager
Nova Scotia Power
06.2022
- Manage project coordination and progress
- Support and monitor project schedules
- Ensure effective communication with key project stakeholders
- Coordinate and attend site meetings
- Track and follow up on open action items.
- Achieved project deadlines by coordinating with contractors to manage performance
- Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives
- Developed and initiated projects, managed costs, and monitored performance
Project Manager
ALL STAR Rebar Nova Scotia Ltd (OSCO GROUP)
11.2021 - 06.2022
- Prepare and review change orders
- Manage project coordination and progress
- Prepare and monitor project schedules
- Ensure effective communication with key project stakeholders
- Manage staff performance
- Coordinate and attend site meetings
- Track and follow up on open action items.
- Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large projects
- Achieved project deadlines by coordinating with contractors to manage performance
- Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives
- Developed and implemented strategic project plans to meet business objectives
Design Engineer
Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
03.2020 - 09.2020
- Prepared and reviewed project estimates
- Reviewed project design drawings and standards
- Evaluated analysis of bridge structures.
Project Manager
Slava Bogu Nigeria Limited
05.2018 - 07.2019
- Ensured that project management processes and procedures are implemented to support the successful completion of the project
- Reviewed design drawings
- Liaised with field operations, scheduling, execution of contracts, and site management
- Prepared and managed project budget, financial reporting, and payment certification
- Researched issues, provided technical solid knowledge and inspection to maintain quality control
- Estimated material requirements to generate project scope and budget
- Completed overall planning, scheduling, and resourcing
- Coordinated tendering process including research of subcontractors and suppliers
- Ensured all deliverables complied with contract requirements
- Managed Contractor Safety documentation
- Worked closely with members of the project team, as well as other technical and operating groups, to ensure projects are successfully implemented
- Supported procurement activities, including preparing RFP packages, responding to RFIs, and participating in proposal evaluations
- Identified improvement opportunities and manage improvement requests from the stakeholders
- Facilitated process improvement workshops
- Gathered data, perform analytics & solicit field input.
Civil/ Project Engineer
P W Nigeria Limited
10.2007 - 05.2018
- Coordinated and supervised construction work on-site to ensure project quality and progress while adhering to all safety regulations
- Prepared project estimates
- Forecasted and cost controls, project documentation management, procurement processes, environmental and safety management
- Ensured all deliverables complied with contract requirements, project reporting, project commissioning, and closeout
- Prepared and managed project budget, financial reporting, and payment certification
- Facilitated weekly and monthly status reports
- Prepared construction methodology with alternative methods according to different site conditions
- Managed changes to the schedule, scope, and budget
- Monitored project performance and ensure appropriate action is taken to address risks and issues
- Monitored personal safety and that of co-workers, by observing and ensuring compliance with all Occupational Health and Safety Rules and Regulations
- Provided status reports and perform presentations for key stakeholder groups
- Utilized project management methodology to implement continuous improvement
- Coached and supported project team members on the use of continuous improvement tools and methodologies.
Safety Supervisor Rep.
Smitco Flooring Limited
- Enforced the company occupational health and safety act and regulations
- Coordinated Safety meetings, Staff orientation, and toolbox talk
- Ensured proper documentation, including safety documentation, is created, maintained, and archived
- Educated all employees to take precautions and adhere to safety rules to protect themselves
- Established and coordinated Joint Occupational health and safety committee meetings
- Kept abreast of industry development, standards, regulations, codes.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering Degree, Major in Civil Engineering - Civil Engineering
Bayero University, Kano
Nigeria12.2005
Construction Safety Supervisor Certificate - Safety
Construction Safety Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia, Canada02.2020
Skills
- Project and Client Management
- Capital Planning and Maintenance
- Quality Assurance and Control
- Data Analysis and Negotiation
- Project Schedule Coordination
- Project Coordination
- Master and Elementary Estimation
- Time and Risk Management
- Health and Safety Coordination
- Technical Report Writing
Professional Development Training
- Professional Engineering Designation (P. Eng.)
- Orientation and Communication skills for Engineers in NS (Mod. I, ii and iii)
- Member of American Society of Civil Engineers, USA
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Certification
- PMP - Project Management Professional
- Professional Engineer - Engineer Nova Scotia
- Construction Safety Supervisor Certificate- Construction Safety Nova Scotia
- Member, American Society of Civil engineers
- Member, Canadian Dam Association
Timeline
Project Manager
Nova Scotia Power
06.2022
Project Manager
ALL STAR Rebar Nova Scotia Ltd (OSCO GROUP)
11.2021 - 06.2022
Design Engineer
Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
03.2020 - 09.2020
Project Manager
Slava Bogu Nigeria Limited
05.2018 - 07.2019
Civil/ Project Engineer
P W Nigeria Limited
10.2007 - 05.2018
Safety Supervisor Rep.
Smitco Flooring Limited
Bachelor of Engineering Degree, Major in Civil Engineering - Civil Engineering
Bayero University, Kano
Construction Safety Supervisor Certificate - Safety
Construction Safety Nova Scotia
- PMP - Project Management Professional
- Professional Engineer - Engineer Nova Scotia
- Construction Safety Supervisor Certificate- Construction Safety Nova Scotia
- Member, American Society of Civil engineers
- Member, Canadian Dam Association
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