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Work History
Education
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Gabriel Kwasi Botchway

Accra

Summary

Hands-on Project Manager recognized for flawless execution and finding solutions to complex problems. Communicative and reliable professional polished in developing scopes and objectives and maintaining comprehensive project documentation. Commended for unexcelled record of completing critical projects on schedule and within budget.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Project Manager

U-TON ENGINEERING LTD
Accra
01.2024 - Current
  • Identified risks associated with each project and developed strategies for mitigating those risks.
  • Built and established strong partnerships with teams, vendors and contractors.
  • Implemented effective communication protocols between internal teams working on different aspects of a given project.
  • Developed and updated project plans to document objectives, technologies, schedules, and funding.
  • Delivered over 100 km of MTN's Metro and Backbone Optical Network across Ghana.
  • Made changes to project scope and cost and implemented most effective change management processes to keep project up-to-date.
  • Worked successfully with diverse group of coworkers to accomplish goals and address issues related to our products and services.

Quality Assurance Manager

U-TON Engineering Company Limited
01.2022 - 12.2023
  • Leading five cross-functional and geographically diverse teams in building and assuring the health, safety, and quality of MTN's Metro Fiber Network across the country.
  • Liaise directly with top government officials from the local assembly, local regulatory and permitting authority for inspection and successful grant of a permit for OSP and ISP work.
  • Supervised the build of over 15 km of CSquared Fiber Network, interlinking national cameras and PoP sites.
  • Increasing civil work output, but redesigning the workflow processes, including the method of reporting.
  • Completed various financial and quality audits for different departments.
  • Trained and mentored quality assurance staff, enhancing their skills and knowledge in quality standards and best practices.

Site Supervisor

U-TON Engineering Company Limited
02.2019 - 01.2022
  • Supervised the safe and efficient build of over 50 km of CSquared fiber network interlinking national cameras, ANPRs, PoP sites, and offices.
  • Carried out technical site surveys in planning for the interconnection of over 400 national cameras, ANPRs, PoP sites, and offices on over 60 km of CSquared fiber network.
  • Built several FTTx capacity-carrying networks for MTN to the satisfaction of clients and standards in health and safety.
  • Mediated and successfully carried out talks and negotiations with property owners for a smooth working environment.
  • Certifying that network-required thresholds are met for every built link before handover to the client.
  • Provided guidance and support to contractors on technical matters related to their scope of work.
  • Complied with safety procedures and monitored team members for adherence to safety protocols on job sites.
  • Participated in job site meetings with contractors, owners, designers, and engineers, as necessary.
  • Ensured that all personnel wore appropriate personal protective equipment while working at construction sites.
  • Supervised a team of 50 construction workers, providing guidance, and resolving issues as they arose.
  • Controlled access at the site during working hours; monitored visitors' movements while they were on the premises.

NOC Lead & Maintenance Engineer

Jai Mai Communications Limited
10.2016 - 01.2019
  • Led a team of six Network Operating Center staff members carrying out a 24-hour shift system of monitoring, fixing, and reporting on CSquared Network's health.
  • Coordinated three teams of on-field fiber engineers in carrying out both preventive and corrective maintenance.
  • Carrying out various training programs and individual targeted team development training for both the NOC staff and the on-field engineers.
  • Reporting daily on risks observed during daily preventive maintenance patrols of the CSquared Network, which helped reduce the risk of downtime to customers.
  • Compiling daily Preventive Maintenance and Corrective Maintenance updates for a weekly presentation and analysis with clients on the network's state.
  • Plan and report corrective maintenance work, reconciling material BOQ, and cost of fix.

NOC & Maintenance

Jai Mai Communications Limited
10.2016 - 03.2016
  • As part of the On-field Maintenance team, we carried out both preventive and corrective maintenance on the CSquared Network, resolving faults within the apportioned time.
  • Support and Liaised facilitate the channel of communication between the on-field team and the NOC team.
  • Performed troubleshooting on complex systems to identify root cause of problems.
  • Developed and implemented strategies for improving network performance.
  • Conducted regular maintenance activities on all networking equipment.
  • Assisted in the design of high-availability solutions for mission critical applications.
  • Identified potential areas of improvement in the existing network infrastructure.
  • Maintained and monitored system security protocols, policies, and procedures.

Education

PMP Project Management Certificate Program -

Cambridge Center For Excellence
Accra
12.2020

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Communication

All Nations University College
Koforidua
11.2014

Skills

  • Network Planning
  • Comprehensive Network Assessment
  • Systematic Problem Solving
  • Proficient in OTDR Usage
  • Strategic Leadership
  • Project Management
  • Client Relationship Management
  • Negotiation
  • Risk Management
  • Technical Administration
  • Feasibility analysis
  • Project development
  • Workforce training
  • Project tracking
  • Systems implementation
  • Permit processing
  • Planning and scheduling

Additional Information

I have been active in personnel development for recruits, sharing my experience on the job with them to help them advance in their pursuit of technical excellence.

References

  • Mr. Divine Anyomi, MTN Consultant, Fiber Project, Divine.Anyomi@mtn.com, +233242149391
  • Mr. George Darkwa, Frm. Chief Administrator | Jai Mai Communications, +233245423177
  • Mr. Kwame Awuku-Yeboah, Network Maintenance Engineer | C Squared, 7th Floor, Accra Financial Centre, Accra, +23324994800

Timeline

Project Manager

U-TON ENGINEERING LTD
01.2024 - Current

Quality Assurance Manager

U-TON Engineering Company Limited
01.2022 - 12.2023

Site Supervisor

U-TON Engineering Company Limited
02.2019 - 01.2022

NOC Lead & Maintenance Engineer

Jai Mai Communications Limited
10.2016 - 01.2019

NOC & Maintenance

Jai Mai Communications Limited
10.2016 - 03.2016

PMP Project Management Certificate Program -

Cambridge Center For Excellence

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Communication

All Nations University College

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