Odongo Gerald

Hardworking and detail-oriented Land Surveyor with an eagerness to working collaboratively with teams to achieve strategic goals. Critical thinker continuously looking at ways to improve processes by application of knowledge in engineering and geodetic survey to provide solutions both at field and in office. My objective is to obtain a challenging position as a Land Surveyor where I can utilize my technical knowledge, analytical skills, and passion for Geomatics and Engineering to deliver reliable services in the construction industry.

Senior Surveyor - Samcrete Egypt Engineers & Contractors - UPGRADE OF KABALE-L. BUNYONYI & KISOROMGAHINGA (33KM) TO ASPHALT

(2026-01 - 2026-06)

• Supervision of survey works and teams
• Preparation of method statements for all survey works
• Approval of computed project earthworks quantities, structures, and pavement works
• Periodic checks on project controls for tolerances
• Checks on all survey equipment for calibration
• Review and approval of shop drawings
• Monitoring progress of survey works
• Training survey teams
• Recommendation for recruitment of survey teams to meet project requirements
• Preparation of reports for submission to project manager

Surveyor - Samcrete Egypt Engineers & Contractors - UPGRADE OF KABALE-L. BUNYONYI & KISOROMGAHINGA (33KM) TO ASPHALT

(2025-05 - 2026-01)

• Supervision of all survey works
• Quality control and quality assurance in establishment of project control points
• Detailed topographic surveys for detailed design
• Coordination with Quantity Surveyor and planners for productive work output
• Liaising with Site Engineers and Project Manager in efficient execution of works
• Reporting on all project survey works to the Chief Surveyor and project manager
• Review of all shop drawings for construction fitness
• Assessing survey team productivity and appraisals
• Planning material and equipment requirement for survey works

Surveyor - Sadeem Al Kuwait (UGANDA) - UPGRADE OF RWEKUNYE-APAC ROAD (90.9km) TO ASPHALT

(2024-02 - 2025-05)

• Supervision of measurements for laying of asphalt
• Controlling levels for construction of pavement layers, G7 & G15, Sub base and Base
• Quality control and assurance of pavement layers through checks on preliminary and final levels in correspondence with design levels
• Maintaining quality of project benchmarks through periodic static observations/data processing and heighting
• Supervision of measurement for swamp section construction/ treatment including control of excavation and rock fill
• Design and Drafting of CAD drawings of sections of road and structures as required
• Controlling construction of structures such as box, pipe culverts, service ducts in accordance with design drawings
• Review of CAD drawings for structures to ascertain construction fitness
• Controlling earthworks and computation of earthwork quantities as required in AutoCAD Civil 3D
• Design and review of grading schedules

Surveyor - Sadeem Al Kuwait (UGANDA) - USMID UPGRADE OF APAC MUNICIPAL ROADS(1.36km) TO ASPHALT

(2023-08 - 2024-02)

• Observation and monumentation of project controls
• Topographic surveys for feasibility studies and preliminary design of roads and associated structures
• Verification of shop drawings and addressing issues before approval for construction
• Setting out of road centerlines and extents for bush clearing and grubbing, top soil removal and road bed preparation
• Quality assurance and control through analyses of various survey data to ensure project is within agreed tolerances
• Controlling earthworks to ensure minimal loss of material
• Controlling pavement layers to limit loss of material and minimal deviations from design levels
• Monitoring levels for excavation for drainage systems including pipe culverts, u drains
• Setting out and verification of levels for laying pipe culverts, construction of u-drains, access roads, kerbstones
• Liaising with Project Engineer and Chief Surveyor to address design issues and adjustments as per site conditions

Assistant Surveyor - Sadeem Al Kuwait (UGANDA) - UPGRADE OF RWEKUNYE-APAC CORRIDOR (90.9km) TO ASPHALT

(2023-01 - 2023-08)

• Interpretation and verification of construction shop drawings
• Static GNSS observation for horizontal control extension
• Benchmark heighting with dumpy and digital levels for vertical control extension
• RTK GNSS observation for topographic, as built, and setting out surveys
• Operation of total station equipment for setting out of structures such as pipe, box culverts, service ducts
• Controlling levels of pavement layers and culvert structures using dumpy level
• Engagement with project engineer in surveys for swamp treatment
• Relocation surveys for water lines, electricity poles
• Boundary surveys for compensation of project affected persons
• Operation of DJI drone equipment for stockpile inventory observation and computations for monthly volumes
• Use of AutoCAD Civil 3D for analyses of survey data and provision of timely project deliverables

Undergraduate Student Surveyor - Spot Surveyors and Engineering Consultants - Kampala, Kyebando

(2022-04 - 2022-05)

• Production of detailed maps showing locations of boundaries and topographical features based on data collected from field surveys
• Compiled, adjusted and updated GNSS data using AutoCAD and TBC
• Used GNSS equipment and digital level equipment to complete field surveys
• Observation and monumentation of controls for proposed Lugazi railway sleeper factory project

Land Surveyor - Mara Safari Lodge - Kidepo National Park, Karenga

(2022-01 - 2022-05)

• Collection, adjustment, manipulation and storage of GNSS observations for production of topographic maps
• Construction setting out and quality control through conducting as-built surveys

Undergraduate Student Surveyor - Nationwide Survey Consultants Limited - Lira, Uganda

(2020-12 - 2021-01)

• Collection of field data using GNSS equipment, total station, levels
• Adjustment of field observations and production of topographic maps
• Setting out of building structures and road alignment

Bachelors of Science - Surveying and Land Information Systems - Kyambogo University (2018-08 - 2023-05)

UACE - St. Mary's College (2016-02 - 2017-11)

UCE - St. Joseph's College (2012-02 - 2015-11)