Daniel Odoch (Eng) PE, R.Eng

Daniel Odoch (Eng) PE, R.Eng

Civil Engineer & Project Manager

Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
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About

Seasoned and Licensed Civil/Structural engineer and project manager with over a decade of experience in Oil and Gas E&I, structural steel & Concrete, Passive telecom infrastructure, Roads construction of Civil/ Infrastructure engineering and project management.

With a strong background in infrastructure design and construction, he has held several project roles as assistant team leader, Resident Engineer (client Representative), Technical Lead and project manager among other projects. Fortified with a degree and Masters, he has accomplished major design and construction projects in Oil and Gas EI/, pipeline, Complex Multi storey building/malls, telecom towers retrofits/ construction, road construction and several design reviews in hydraulics and pipeline distributions.

An ardent Engineer with a penchant for senior and international roles and business development, with an intersection of project commercials. With an extensive knowledge in using design applications of AutoCAD, SAP 2000, ProtaStructures, Tekla Structures, AutoCivil3D, Oracle Primavera, MS Project Management tools, i stand to share these much built skills in any Engineering and Technical roles.

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Experience

  • Civil Project Engineer

    Quadrante Engineering Group

    - Present 2 years 3 months

    Buliisa, Uganda

    Tilenga Project: Total/MOTA Engil:
    Design and reviews of oil wellpad enabling infrastructures (Cellars, rig walk slabs, hydrological designs for stormwater reviews, Earthworks design, geotechnical reviews among others)
    Feasibility and technical studies
    Workshops and design reviews of various enabling infrastructure design
    Construction Supervision, Procurement (RFPs) and budgeting support for various components
    Reporting, stakeholder engagement, and QA procedures

  • Senior Civil Engineer and Project Manager

    E-Struct Associates and Project Manager

    - Present 5 years 5 months

    Uganda

    Structural Civil Engineer and Project Manager designing and carrying construction supervision of key infrastructure or multi storey commercial buildings, residential building and steel-Concrete fused design for residential buildings.
    Expert Construction Manager, Project manager, Design and Contract manager in the field of Highways, structures, Hydrology and Projects.

  • PROESS Ltd., Uganda Graphic

    Assistant Team Leader Highways

    PROESS Ltd., Uganda

    - 7 years 2 months

    PROESS Consultants

    • Supervising and coordinating teams during reconnaissance site visits (inception), road surveys, materials and geotechnical investigations, traffic counts and hydrological surveys for design works.
    • Preparing and issuing instructions for scheduled activities and meetings on behalf of Team leader
    • Preparing designs and supervising a team of design engineers in preparing designs for proposed roads in accordance with the TOR and technical design Manuals
    • Reviewing all Pavement…

    • Supervising and coordinating teams during reconnaissance site visits (inception), road surveys, materials and geotechnical investigations, traffic counts and hydrological surveys for design works.
    • Preparing and issuing instructions for scheduled activities and meetings on behalf of Team leader
    • Preparing designs and supervising a team of design engineers in preparing designs for proposed roads in accordance with the TOR and technical design Manuals
    • Reviewing all Pavement designs, alignment designs, drainage designs, Bills of quantities and calculations made by design engineers before forwarding them for approval by the Team Leader
    • Developing Base design standards to be used during design in line with the TOR and parameters to be used as well as including procedures and schematics for design
    • Preparing an economic evaluation report for economic appraisals for all the roads using RED model for low volume roads recommended by World Bank
    • Preparing inception report, monthly progress reports, design report, attending meetings and making presentation to IFAD Engineers and MOLG Engineers regarding progress of project and problems during project life
    • Preparing bidding documents, Engineer’s costs estimate and participating in tendering when called upon by the client

  • American Tower

    American Tower

    5 years 11 months

    • American Tower Graphic

      Project Manager

      American Tower

      - 5 years 11 months

      Uganda

      As a Project Manager, I am responsible for executing planned projects on ATC Uganda infrastructure. I am involved in aiding delivery of Amendments and new projects ranging from 4G LTE rollouts, Longhaul Microwave Projects role out, New MicroWave links swaps, general power upgrades, 2G/3G GSM Upgrades, while ensuring revenue generation and establishing a strong relationship with clients and various vendors. I am further involved in multi million dollar projects while ensuring all planned CAPEX…

      As a Project Manager, I am responsible for executing planned projects on ATC Uganda infrastructure. I am involved in aiding delivery of Amendments and new projects ranging from 4G LTE rollouts, Longhaul Microwave Projects role out, New MicroWave links swaps, general power upgrades, 2G/3G GSM Upgrades, while ensuring revenue generation and establishing a strong relationship with clients and various vendors. I am further involved in multi million dollar projects while ensuring all planned CAPEX is implemented within defined project parameters.
      • Involved in carrying out due diligence to new business start up in new potential Opco
      • Managing execution of multi millions projects through converting MTN (U) requests into deliverables within specified timelines while incorporating all the knowledge areas of Project manageable. Some of these projects include;4G LTE 2015, Longhaul Project 2015, Longhaul Backbone 2014, GPON, among others.
      • Ensuring Control on CAPEX, OPEX and Budgeting.
      • Ensure proper planning of projects through breaking down scopes into manageable deliverables and tracking delivery through various project management software/ tools.
      • Managing and contribution to the business organic revenue to meet target EBITDA.
      • Participating in the technical procurement committees and technical reviews.

    • American Tower Graphic

      Project Manager

      American Tower

      - 5 years 11 months

      Uganda

  • Graduate Engineer

    Multiplan Consulting Engineers

    - 2 years 6 months

    Kampala

    • Designed Heavy Duty pavement for Malaba trailer and highway trucks terminal of 40,000m2 area, with weekly movement of 6,000 of terminal and highway trucks using manual from Structural Design of Heavy Duty Pavements for Ports and Other Industries, British Ports Association.
    • Supervised construction works for Routine Maintenance of package 11 UNRA Gravel roads which included Tororo-Nagongera (20Km), Magodes-Busumbu-Munamba (22Km), Munamba-Magale (8Km) and Tororo- Busia Road (27Km)
    • Was…

    • Designed Heavy Duty pavement for Malaba trailer and highway trucks terminal of 40,000m2 area, with weekly movement of 6,000 of terminal and highway trucks using manual from Structural Design of Heavy Duty Pavements for Ports and Other Industries, British Ports Association.
    • Supervised construction works for Routine Maintenance of package 11 UNRA Gravel roads which included Tororo-Nagongera (20Km), Magodes-Busumbu-Munamba (22Km), Munamba-Magale (8Km) and Tororo- Busia Road (27Km)
    • Was project engineer and supervised routine mechanized maintenance of Masindi-Biiso road (58km). Works included: Heavy gravelling, pot hole patching and repair of shoulders and drainage facilities
    • Carrying out reconnaissance field studies and preparing technical proposals for works in line with Terms of Reference, preparing project reports, checking contractors’ Interim payment Certificates, attending pre-bid meetings,
    • Participated in technical audits for Soroti-Dokolo road and Gayaza-Zirobwe road. Technical audit included field visits, reviewing all issued instructions, checking interim certificates and comparing with base values to check for over payments.
    • Was Traffic Engineer and supervised traffic counts and OD surveys for redesign of Ntinda, Nakawa and Nankulabye junctions in Kampala for UNRA and JICA .
    • Participated in the design for proposed portal frame warehouses at Wau, Western Bahel-el-gazel, Sudan using method of plastic analysis of frame structures for UN
    • Carried out structural design for residential apartments for proposed Estate development in Bongoma, Kenya, residential in Wakiso district among others.

Education

  • Liverpool John Moores University Graphic

    Liverpool John Moores University

    Master's degree Structural Engineering

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  • American Institute of Project Management

    Certified Associate Project Manager Project Management A

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  • Uganda Management Institute

    Post Graduate Diploma Project Planning and Management A

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  • Makerere University

    Bsc. Civil Engineering Highways, Structures and Management

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