Eng. Joseph Odongo

Technical Specialist-Roads , UN

Kampala, Uganda

Over 18 years working experience in Road Engineering for development which includes the period in development cooperation programs with the World Bank as a State Based Engineer for the Lakes State of the Republic of South Sudan and International Labour Organization (ILO) of 5 years. He is an expert in Labour based methods for rural road works and a seasoned trainer.

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Area of Expertise:
  • Infrastructure, Technology, Engineering, Science
Professional Experience:

Joseph Odongo has over 22 years working experience in Road Engineering for development which includes the period in development cooperation programs with the World Bank as a State Based Engineer for the Lakes State of the Republic of South Sudan and the International Labour Organization (ILO) of 5 years. He is an expert in Labour based method for rural road works and a seasoned trainer. He has worked in Asia and Africa. Currently, he is a Project Engineer at the War Child Canada Bridge Project and is responsible for overseeing the construction of 34 sets of secondary school structures in north and Southwestern refugee hosting districts in Uganda under the BRIDGE project. He is a Corporate Member of the Uganda Institution of Professional Engineers (PE1046) and a Registered Engineer with the Engineers Registration Board (RE1053) of Uganda.

Education:

MBA TRANSPORT ECONOMICS AND LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT (2017, East and Southern African Management Institute, Tanzania).

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING (Honours, 2003, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda).

Affiliations and Achievements:

Certified Trainer, International Training Center (ITC) of The International Labour Organization (ILO), Turin, Italy, 2019.
Project Management certificate, Galilee International Management Institute (GIMI), Galilee, Israel. Training of Trainers (ToT)
certificate, Eastern and Southern African Management Institute, Arusha, Tanzania (ESAMI, July 2006). Certificate of Construction Project Management (CPM), Eastern and Southern African Management
Institute, Arusha, Tanzania (ESAMI, May 2008). Labor Based Training Certificate,
Mt. Elgon Labor Based Training Center, Ministry of Works and Transport, Uganda (August 2006). Certificate of French Language
Level A1. Certificate of design of digital
training, September 2021(ILO). Certificate of Internal governance by the ILO, February 2018. Certificate of advanced security in
the field, October 2017.

Available for:

  • Consulting assignments
  • Job opportunities
  • Being headhunted – make me an offer

Years of Experience:

15-20 years

Highest Qualification:

Masters

Languages:

English, French, Spanish, Swahili

Nationality:

Uganda

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