Tony Odita
Dr. Tony A. Odita studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ilorin, Ilorin Kwara state, and has a Masters in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Morgan State University, USA. He also recently obtained his Doctoral (Ph.D.) in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the same university in the US.
Tony has attended several courses in engineering and leadership training both in Africa, Europe, and the United States of America and has various certificates in Oil and Gas, Engineering Design and Construction, and Project management which has added to his wealth of experience. He has over 23 years of Technical and Construction experience in the Oil and Gas industry which is the upstream sector (exploration and production) and the downstream sector (Fuels and Lubricants) with special expertise in execution engineering, construction, and installation, for both shallow and deepwater assets.
He worked in various departments of Mobil Oil Nigeria Plc. rising through ranks and positions such as Tactical Pricing Advisor for West Africa cluster, Production Supervisor, and Production Manager with over (46) forty-six staff reporting to him, he later resigned and joined the Esso Exploration & Production Ltd also an ExxonMobil Subsidiary as a Project interface Manager.
As the Project Interface Manager for the Deepwater ExxonMobil Projects Development Group for over 10 years, where he was responsible for Managing Construction/Execution Projects, Interfacing with both external & internal within the company, Co-Venture Partners, Government Stakeholders, and the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR).
Tony also worked with Northbridge Energy LLC as the Group Head Engineering reporting to the Managing Director, where he was managing the Engineering division and was responsible for the strategic focus of the company to enhance processes and procedures, create new processes and procedures to cater to small and large value EPC (Engineering Procurement and Construction) project. He led a team of multiple discipline design engineers in the proper execution of engineering-related activities for various projects, Involvement in detailed design calculations, preparation of engineering data sheets & specifications, shop fabrication drawings, and troubleshooting of design problems resulting from shop and field capabilities, Pre-award activities such as preliminary design, preparation of tender and material take-offs, cost estimation of material, plant & preliminaries, collaborating with commercial / procurement in preparation of quotation, material sourcing & vendor development., etc.
Prior to the completion of his doctorate in May 2020, Tony worked at ExxonMobil as a Project manager and execution support consultant and was responsible for the completion of the assigned work scope consistent with the project objectives and also engage the Project Team and functional resources to verify that the design & construction is consistent with project specifications & standards. He also serves as an interface between the project Team & Contractor and ensures smooth transitions between project stages and Leads Project Management Team (PMT) in applying Project Management Systems.
During his working career, Tony developed key competencies
in Leadership, interpersonal skills, Selling skills, Design/Execution
Engineering, Construction Management, Site Safety, Commissioning/Start-up,
Contracting/Subcontracting, and Cost & Schedule just to mention a few.
He also did his Doctoral Graduate Internship on Risk & Reliability with NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland USA. The Project work was on the Model-Based Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) Initiative (MBSMAI) using MADe and MagicDraw System Engineering tools to ascertain Reliability, Risk, and Safety, Produced and Evaluated Software Assurance (SWA) Artifacts, Reliability artifacts (e.g., FMECA, LLA, and FTA), Safety & Quality artifacts using Models of a Single Mission.
Tony has a rich pedigree in upstream and in downstream business, planning, development, and construction/execution of onshore and offshore Greenfield and Brownfield.