SAMUEL GRANT QUANSAH
Project Manager/Quantity Surveyor/Data Scientist
Rahway,NJ
Summary
Accomplished project management professional with a proven track record of success, distinguished by exceptional communication, organizational, and analytical skills. Proficient in data and spatial analysis, project estimating, architectural drafting, and agile project management.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
PMI-Project Manager
1
1
Professional Scrum Master (PSM 1)
1
1
Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO 1)
2
2
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Project Manager/Estimator/Government Liaison
China Geo Engineering Corporation
Accra, Ghana
11.2009 - Current
- Applied extensive expertise in Project Development Lifecycle methodologies and Agile project management techniques to manage multiple project teams.
- Estimating and Quantity Surveying. Skilled in project estimating (i.e's using NRM1, NRM2 and as a guide), cost analysis and contract management using FIDIC, JCT, NEC contract management frameworks.
- Updated and monitored project schedules ensuring activities/tasks were within scope, and budgetary requirements using both Microsoft Project and Primavera P6. Performed earn value management for top managements attention.
Hospitality Manager
Holroyd Howe
London, UK
02.2006 - 03.2007
- Booked large groups of people for seminars, conferences and other events and offered the best services.
- Cultivated long-lasting relationships with outside vendors including florists and restaurants so that guests could secure valuable deals on services.
- Coordinated with the wait staff, ensuring that buffet stations in the dining room were always kept clean and dishes were refilled quickly.
- Handled guest complaints in most effective manner possible and offered complimentary services for hardship cases.
- Performed site evaluations, customer surveys and team audits.
- Recognized by management for providing exceptional customer service.
- Improved operations by working with team members and customers to find workable solutions.
- Worked closely with team members to deliver project requirements, develop solutions and meet deadlines.
Education
Master of Science - Quantity Surveying And Commercial Management
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, Scotland 09.2021 - 09.2023
MBA - Oil And Gas Management
Coventry University
United Kingdom07.2015
Master of Science - Information Technology And International Business
University Of Dundee
Scotland10.2008
Bachelor of Science - Geomatic Engineering
Kwame Nkrumah University Of Science And Technology
Kumasi - Ghana04.2005
Skills
- Strategic planning
- Project management
- Project estimating using PlanSwift and MS Excel
- Data Analysis using python
- Data visualization using Tableau
- Spatial Analysis using ArcGis
- Project scheduling using both MS Project and Primavera P6
- Portfolio Management
- Architectural drafting using AutoCad and Revit
- Social media savvy
Affiliations
- Member, Project Manager(PMI)
Certification
- Project Management Professional, PMI PMP
- Scrum.org, Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO 1)
2023 - Scrum.org, Professional Scrum Master (PSM 1)
2023 - Executive Certificate - Procurement and Contract Management
- Certificate – Managing Safely, Institution of Occupational Safety and Health - UK
- Certificate CITB – Construction Skills Health and Safety, UK
- Certificate in International Business Negotiation Ability Improvement for developing Countries Sponsor: Ministry of Commence and Organized by Academy for International Business Officials in Beijing, China.
Timeline
Master of Science - Quantity Surveying And Commercial Management
Heriot-Watt University
09.2021 - 09.2023
Project Manager/Estimator/Government Liaison
China Geo Engineering Corporation
11.2009 - Current
Hospitality Manager
Holroyd Howe
02.2006 - 03.2007
- Project Management Professional, PMI PMP
- Executive Certificate - Procurement and Contract Management
- Certificate – Managing Safely, Institution of Occupational Safety and Health - UK
- Certificate CITB – Construction Skills Health and Safety, UK
- Certificate in International Business Negotiation Ability Improvement for developing Countries Sponsor: Ministry of Commence and Organized by Academy for International Business Officials in Beijing, China.
MBA - Oil And Gas Management
Coventry University
Master of Science - Information Technology And International Business
University Of Dundee
Bachelor of Science - Geomatic Engineering
Kwame Nkrumah University Of Science And Technology