Azaria Milkias

AZARIA MILKIAS Ethiopian | Bole S/C, W03, H.no: 706, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | --| LinkedIn SUMMARY ● Industrious and meticulous with mid-level experience in the Event and Construction industries. ● Renowned in providing exceptional freelance and contractual services to clients with integrity and punctuality ● Highly skilled in utilizing Project Management, Accounting and Architectural/Engineering Softwares ● Eager to learn and utilize trending work methodologies and technologies WORK EXPERIENCE Sign Interiors and Finishing – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Quantity Surveyor - Freelancer January 2014 - May 2017  Collaborated on 20+ projects including residential and commercial interior finishing projects as well as factory renovation works.  Successfully produced comprehensive priced Bill of Quantities (BoQ) with detailed takeoffs.  Carried out in-depth as-built and architectural design drawing measurements to prepare detailed takeoffs and payment requests.  Produced robust Payment Certificate workbook templates that increased project payment request preparation process efficiency by 2x. Zana Landscaping and Design – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Cost Engineer – Freelancer January 2015 - June 2018  Collaborated on 7+ projects including residential and commercial landscape design projects.  Successfully produced comprehensive priced Bill of Quantities (BoQ) with detailed takeoffs.  Carried out construction resources' market price study and produced detailed and easily adjustable unit price analysis templates with realistic productivity ratios that resulted in fair market value unit prices for each Bill of Quantities (BoQ) items. Contract Manager – Freelancer ● Developed construction project contracts for each project and client types based on PPA`s Standard Bid Documents, MoWUD`s and FIDIC`s standard conditions of contract in context of Ethiopian law. ● The contracts served as templates, as they were comprehensive and easily customizable, rendering the contract formulation process highly time efficient. Symmetry Construction – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Project Manager & Finance Manager – Self-Employed March 2015 - March 2019  Aser Park Project - Project Planner & Financial Manager  Branna Paper Factory Expansion Project - Site Supervisor & Cost Engineer  Ethio-Telecom Tower Construction Projects (Bahir Dar & Harar) - Project Coordinator  72sq.m Residential Building Expansion Project - Project Manager  150sq.m Residential Finishing Project - Project Coordinator/Site Supervisor  Prepared 8+ complete tender documents using guidelines and documentation protocols outlined which resulted in highly competitive bids and 2 wins. Ashengo Events and Design – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Chief Operations Officer (COO) - Part-Time August 2017 - Present  Produced the company`s Standard Operations Procedures (SOP) that included a highly detailed event management checklist that helped to streamline the event operations along each stage of the event lifecycle  Developed a comprehensive organizational as well as project team structure detailing the job description, competency grid and personnel performance goals for each role. Resulted in increased competent talent acquisitions rate by 100% and staff satisfaction by over 75% within 2 years of implementation.  Collaborated with grant funding partner in LIWAY program to develop user-friendly budgeting, reporting and performance tracking workbook template that generated transparent and easily auditable budget reports to the satisfaction the funders. Project Manager - Contractual National Theatre Renovation Project April 4, 2019 – May 10, 2019 ● The renovation work of the National Theatre funded by the EU for an annual Europe Day musical concert. The task included planning and monitoring of the sanitary, electrical and carpentry maintenance works along with paint work of the interior premises. Developed a highly detailed site supervision quality control Checklist and Gant Chart schedule that enabled us to successfully complete the project within budget and 3x productivity. Street Heart Project February 9, 2021 – May 9, 2021 ● A street wall mural project funded by EU to AU delegation at three different sites around Pushkin roundabout and Bulgaria area. Undertook the planning and allocating different work packages, soliciting and procurement of machineries, site facilities and raw materials along with conducting on-site management. ● Successfully managed and competed the project, by collaborating with the project team and overcoming the rainy season, within strict time constraint and at high quality standard that was highly commended by the delegation team. EDUCATION Ethiopian Institute of Architecture and Building Construction (EiABC) BSc, Construction Technology and Management Corporate Finance Institute (CFI) ™ Certified, Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA) ® SKILLS ● Project Management (MS Project ● Plan Swift Takeoff-, Primavera P6) ● Quantity Surveying ● Project Contract Management ● Problem Solver INTERESTS ● Financial & Business Analysis ● Architectural Designing Modeling LANGUAGES ● Amharic - Native September 2008 – July 2013 May 2022 – July 2022 ● Cost Engineering ● Project Valuation and Financial Management ● Travel & Tour ● Agronomy/Agribusiness & ● Community Service/Volunteering ● English - Expert