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Abiola Akinpelu

Abiola Akinpelu

Manchester,Lancashire

Summary

Committed manager with exceptional leadership, organisational skills and communication abilities leads high-performing cross-functional teams. Leads projects, company operations and business growth. With experience in BIM and IPD project integration models, Contract administration and an environmental sustainability enthusiast

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
6
6
Certification

Work history

Project support officer

Aconique Business Limited
Manchester
01.2024 - Current

Responsibilities

  • Improved operations by generating project status reports and identifying issues for corrective action.
  • Tracked and communicated project status, timelines and action items from project inception to delivery.
  • Led and managed administrative staff to maintain smooth daily operations.
  • Defined project scope, milestones and task allocation to establish and maintain clear progress plans.
  • Analysed and resolved complex resource management issues for optimised scheduling.
  • Trained and mentored junior team members, leveraging previous experiences in boosting project progress.
  • Oversaw facility maintenance and allocated needed resources to meet standards.
  • Determined project schedules and kept projects on track using proactive adjustments to workflow.

Project Manager

AJ Civils (Nig) Ltd
Lagos, Nigeria
05.2020 - 12.2023

Projects

  • Construction of 32-rooms Phase 2 & 3 Mojirola Guest House, Ikire
  • Construction of Multi-purpose Hall and Multi-level Car park for Ama-Akins School of Vocational Studies, Osogbo


Responsibilities

  • Prepared and managed project plans from end to end, meeting required milestones.
  • Led meetings with both client and internal teams to facilitate and drive project completion and provide status updates.
  • Managed workforce planning, compiling information for informed decision-making.
  • Delivered on projects' key objectives with agreed budgets, timelines and standards.
  • Evaluated project risks and feasibility, identifying issues and proactively implementing proposed solutions.
  • Identified and managed budget, timescale and scope changes, recommending actions and improvements to meet project goals.
  • Assured project documentation followed internal quality standards.
  • Drafted accurate monthly management reports to illustrate project timelines and progress.

Site Engineer | Project Manager

Oyo State Road Maintenance Agency
, Nigeria
08.2019 - 05.2020

Projects

  • Maintenance & Repair work on Eleyele Bridge, Ibadan
  • 20km asphalt tarring and drainage construction Alao-Akala way, Ibadan


Responsibilities

  • Supervised site work to verify quality and safety standards ahead of sign off.
  • Estimated labour and material requirements to enable accurate budget planning.
  • Documented daily progress, incidents and issue resolutions for accurate site records.
  • Checked technical drawings for adherence to standards, maintaining operational compliance.
  • Prepared and reviewed engineering specifications, scopes of work, schedules of payments and associated documents.
  • Inspected sites to verify safety and environmental conformance ahead of work commencement.
  • Motivated teams to deadline through regular site visits and inspections, problem-solving accordingly and eliminating bottlenecks.
  • Prevented project delays through carefully considered risk and feasibility assessments.
  • Established project materials and methods to maximise construction productivity.

Project Support Officer

Slava-Yeditepe Construction Company
Osogbo, Nigeria
07.2013 - 01.2015

Project

  • Construction of 17.1km Oba Adesoji Aderemi East bypass project


Responsibility

  • Managed risk and interdependencies and anticipated and communicated their impact on the project
  • Provide quality assurance by ensuring that correct materials in appropriate portions are used and design is followed
  • Tracked and communicated project status, timelines and action items from project inception to delivery.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to draft strategic, realistic project schedules and plans.
  • Supervised and coordinated In-situ tests being done on project sites
  • Reporting on material testing on construction materials
  • Improved operations by generating project status reports and identifying issues for corrective action.
  • Write report of issue and highlight report of the project for the stakeholders.

Education

Master of Science - Construction Project Management

Birmingham City University
Birmingham
01.2024 -

Bachelor of Engineering - Civil Engineering

Osun State University
Osun State, Nigeria
09.2010 - 02.2019

Skills

  • Planning and control; Project scope and deliverables definition, planning using WBS and milestone tracking
  • Project documentation development (Business case, PID, SoR etc) and management in the project library
  • Requirements engineering and business process mapping experience - elicitation using appropriate techniques such as Workshop facilitations, interviews/meetings; analysis and documentation
  • Risk, Actions, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies (RAAID); identification and management
  • Change control and configuration management, version control, naming conventions, management of the end-to-end change control process
  • Stakeholder engagement; stakeholder identification and management at junior, mid and senior levels using appropriate tools
  • Project status and management information reporting
  • IT Proficiency in the use MS office packages including; Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook & Project
  • Conferencing tools: MS Teams, Zoom
  • Leadership skills
  • Schedule management
  • Project Management
  • Strategic planning
  • Contract management
  • Physical resource management
  • Facility management
  • Agile project coordination
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Project risk management
  • Project feasibility studies
  • Workflow optimisation
  • Portfolio Management
  • Cost control
  • Contract review and recommendations
  • Construction project expertise
  • Project development and lifecycle
  • Budgeting and forecasting
  • Lean practices
  • Project planning
  • Project deadline management

Affiliations

  • Green Construction
  • Biophilic Designs
  • Timber buildings
  • BIM 5D

Certification

  • British Project Management Academy - Project Management Professional
  • National Examination Board for Occupational Safety & Health (NEBOSH) - NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational Safety, Health and Environment
  • Rahn Wesley Institute of Management - Introduction to Quality Management
  • British International Safety Organization - HSE Level 1,2,3

Languages

English
Native

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Project support officer

Aconique Business Limited
01.2024 - Current

Master of Science - Construction Project Management

Birmingham City University
01.2024 -

Project Manager

AJ Civils (Nig) Ltd
05.2020 - 12.2023

Site Engineer | Project Manager

Oyo State Road Maintenance Agency
08.2019 - 05.2020

Project Support Officer

Slava-Yeditepe Construction Company
07.2013 - 01.2015

Bachelor of Engineering - Civil Engineering

Osun State University
09.2010 - 02.2019

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