FRANK WORDY DZOKOTO
Accra
Summary
In quest for professional advancement and personal fulfillment, I seek an invigorating and competitive environment to leverage abilities and make impactful contributions. My ambition is to optimize skills, knowledge, and technical expertise to enhance the value I offer.
I possess adept project management skills encompassing Agile and Waterfall methodologies, ensuring end-to-end project success. Effective communication empowers me to solve challenges collaboratively and uphold a cohesive team dynamic.
My meticulous attention to detail, combined with precise time management, guarantees accurate project milestones and on-time deliveries without compromising quality. I excel in fostering positive relationships with subcontractors and clients, evident through successful leadership of teams exceeding 100 members.
Communication is a cornerstone of my approach, facilitating seamless information exchange for efficient project management and fruitful client interactions. My problem-solving proficiency often leads to innovative strategies that optimize project outcomes.
Rooted in an extensive understanding of site development and construction processes, I navigate challenges effectively and adhere to regulatory requirements. Proficiency in building codes, construction specifications, and blueprints ensures compliance.
In my commitment to excellence, I intend not only to meet but consistently exceed expectations. By merging dedication, expertise, and creativity, I am poised to redefine possibilities in the field of construction engineering.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
CIVIL/GEOTECHNICAL TECHNICIAN
BONIMAC CIVIL/GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING LIMITED
10.2016 - Current
- Ensure all dykes, dumps, and supporting structures are built to design specifications
- Conduct field tours in mine with client engineers to review project status and address issues
- Communicate design and specification changes from over 30 client engineering departments to monitoring team
- Know and understand work procedures relevant to job appointments of monitoring team
- Conduct ,manage Soil engineering and earthworks quality control testing
- Communicate with geotechnical engineers regarding status and results of field investigations, testing, and inspection
- Compile daily geotechnical construction reports
- Provide client representatives with field and lab testing results and monitor sub-contractor adherence to design specifications
- Communicate with all parties when required design specifications are not met
- Provide recommendations to clients on options to improve quality and performance and act as liaison between engineering teams
- Self-motivated, with strong sense of personal responsibility
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in team environment
CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER
ESSAKANE GOLD MINES
01.2008 - 12.2015
- Perform materials testing, including on-site tests, soil sampling, and data collection
- Perform laboratory testing of soils and concrete in strict accordance with applicable standards, including documentation and reporting of results
- Undertake civil construction inspections, including QC & QA monitoring to confirm compliance with approved drawings and contract specifications
- Be responsible for material quantity control
- Oversee all construction and maintenance and operations of activities on site, achieving 95% of projects on time or ahead of schedule
- Visited construction sites daily to evaluate work quality.
- Set work schedules, coordinated site facilities and monitored progress.
- Estimated costs associated with labor, equipment and materials required to produce specific designs.
- Assisted project team with conflict resolution between owner, contractor and subcontractor.
- Helped to solve site problems by applying technical expertise in site inspection, Quality Assurance, and Construction Management areas.
- Reviewed construction work against technical designs and drawings to assess compliance.
- Audited sites to collect and analyze structural, electrical, and engineering data.
- Used variety of hand and power tools to complete tasks.
- Created project schedules and worked with contractors to ensure work is completed properly and on time
- Determined elevation levels and grade of construction grounds
- Set work schedules, coordinated site facilities, and monitored progress
SITE CONTROLLER
ERICSSON AB GHANA
01.2006 - 10.2008
- Responsible for orchestrating, overseeing, and executing spectrum of geotechnical analyses and studies encompassing deep foundations, earth retaining systems, ground improvement protocols, utility and abutment construction, embankments, and cut slopes.
- Supervised and guided endeavors spanning various civil engineering domains, inclusive of network-related ventures and other implementation undertakings like fiber and Radio Network installations, switch deployments, and data center preparations.
- Exercised adept leadership in ensuring Quality Assurance/Quality Control, and meticulous supervision of entire gamut of construction activities. Oversight ranged from initial site layout and excavation to intricate tasks such as earthworks, steel reinforcement placement, concrete casting, site development, tower erection, obstruction lighting, electrical setups, grounding systems, and comprehensive Site Acceptance Tests (PAT/FAT), culminating in rooftop installations and BSC building management.
- Demonstrated proficiency in formulating comprehensive snagging lists pinpointing defects for swift rectification, thereby upholding impeccable project standards.
- Efficiently orchestrated coordination of civil project packages (Telecom) in collaboration with accountable sub-contractors, vigilantly tracking progress in relation to project timelines and budgets. In face of diverse trends, adeptly employed proactive corrective measures to ensure project trajectory alignment.
- Exercised meticulous oversight by meticulously reviewing and approving all technical site surveys prior to telecom implementation.
- Directed and harmonized multifaceted installation and commissioning activities concerning Telecom equipment.
- Collaborated closely with cohort of more than 40 executives to conceptualize and establish annual budgets, concurrently tracking real-time expenditures against projected disbursements.
- Determine appropriate foundation types (e.g., shallow foundations, deep foundations) based on soil analysis and load requirements.
- Diligently executed Identify suitable locations for telecom towers, equipment shelters, and other infrastructure based on technical and regulatory considerations.
- Reviewed documents and data to give accurate presentations and forecasts to upper management
Education
PMP - Project Management
Cambridge Centre of Excellence
Accra Ghana West Africa08.2023
Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering Technology
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science And Technology
Accra Ghana West Africa05.2010
Diploma - Civil Engineering
Cape Coast Technical University
Accra Ghana West Africa2004
Skills
- Good understanding of Microsoft Project
- Good analytical minded and problem-solving skills
- Good knowledge of ArcGIS
- Good at project planning and execution including risk management
- Hardworking and safety consciousness
- Proficient in using Microsoft Office (Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Excellent communication skills, including speaking, listening, reading, and writing to express thoughts clearly and understand thoughts of others
- Management skills
- Exceptional creativity
- Work supervision
- Report writing
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Timeline
CIVIL/GEOTECHNICAL TECHNICIAN
BONIMAC CIVIL/GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING LIMITED
10.2016 - Current
CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER
ESSAKANE GOLD MINES
01.2008 - 12.2015
SITE CONTROLLER
ERICSSON AB GHANA
01.2006 - 10.2008
PMP - Project Management
Cambridge Centre of Excellence
Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering Technology
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science And Technology
Diploma - Civil Engineering
Cape Coast Technical University
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