Available for Consulting & Project Engagements · Nigeria

Wole
Badmus

Engineering Consultant

I spent 15+ years inside some of the most demanding industrial operations in the United States — ExxonMobil, BASF, Schwan’s, Igloo. I am bringing that discipline back to Nigeria. To the oil & gas operators and manufacturers who are losing production capacity every day — quietly, and without knowing exactly where.

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Experience
ExxonMobil BASF Schwan’s Igloo
Wole Badmus — Engineering Consultant
15+
Years US Industrial Experience
$200M+
Capital Project Scope
2
Sectors. One Methodology.

What I Do

Two industries.
One engineering discipline.

O&G
Oil & Gas

Asset Reliability &
Maintenance Engineering

Anchored by: ExxonMobil — Maintenance Operations, Planning & Scheduling · MSc Subsea & Mechanical Engineering

My oil & gas foundation is built on direct operational experience in ExxonMobil’s Maintenance Operations group — planning, scheduling, and reliability — combined with a graduate-level understanding of subsea engineering systems. I bring structured, independent analysis to upstream and midstream asset maintenance.

  • Upstream & midstream asset reliability reviews
  • Maintenance programme gap assessment and restructuring
  • Independent failure driver analysis and risk ranking
  • Planning & scheduling system optimisation
  • Capital decision review — independent analysis before commitment
  • Engineering advisory for revamp and retrofit projects
MFG
Manufacturing

Material Handling &
Packaging Automation

Anchored by: BASF · Schwan’s Company · Igloo Products

My manufacturing expertise is hands-on and specific — filling systems, dosing equipment, conveying lines, solids handling, and high-speed packaging automation. Every unplanned stoppage on a Nigerian production line costs money that could have been prevented. I find what is causing it and build the reliability architecture to stop it.

  • Filling & dosing system reliability and PM architecture
  • Packaging automation — stoppage analysis, yield loss, throughput recovery
  • Conveying and solids handling failure diagnostics
  • FMEA-driven preventive maintenance programme development
  • Spare parts strategy aligned to failure frequency and operational risk
  • Capital decision support — recover capacity before expanding it
How I Work
01

Independent. No Agenda.

I arrive with no internal history, no vendor relationships, and no reason to normalize what should not be normal. That neutrality is where the real findings live.

02

Failure Ranked by Impact

I rank failure modes by what they actually cost you in production — not by how loudly they present. The quiet, chronic losses are the most expensive.

03

Capacity Before Capital

My first question is always: can we recover output from what you already have? In most cases, yes. That analysis comes before any capital recommendation.

04

Actionable Deliverables

Every engagement ends with a clear, prioritised plan your team can execute — not a report that sits on a shelf.

05

Knowledge Transfer

I build the reliability structure with your team so they own it after the engagement ends. I am not here to create dependency.

06

Scoped Engagements Only

Short-term diagnostics, programme development, or advisory — scoped to what you need. No open-ended retainers.

Background

My Background

Trained inside the most demanding
industrial operations in the world.

My career spans two complementary worlds — oil & gas and manufacturing — built across 15+ years inside US industrial operations. I have led and supported revamp and retrofit initiatives exceeding $200M in capital scope, developed FMEA-driven maintenance programmes across high-speed production systems, and held engineering roles at the intersection of equipment reliability, throughput economics, and capital governance.

ExxonMobil
Maintenance Operations — Planning & Scheduling
BASF
Technical Expert, Maintenance, Reliability & Material Handling
Schwan’s Company
Senior Packaging Process Engineer
Igloo Products
Manufacturing & Reliability Engineering
Education
MSc — Subsea & Mechanical Engineering
University of Houston

BEng — Mechanical Engineering
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH)
Capital Scope
Led and supported revamp and retrofit initiatives exceeding $200M in capital scope across filling, solids handling, and packaging systems in complex US manufacturing environments.
Academic
Engineering faculty at University of Houston and Indiana State University.
Engagement Model
Consulting and project basis only. Available for on-site and remote engagements across Nigeria. Not seeking full-time employment.

Why Nigeria. Why Now.

Coming home.
With something to give back.

Nigerian oil & gas operators and manufacturers face the same capacity and reliability challenges I spent 15 years solving in the United States — but with far fewer independent experts who have actually worked inside the operations they are advising on.

I am not arriving as an outsider. I understand Nigerian industry, local operational constraints, and procurement realities. What I bring back is the technical discipline and methodology of working inside ExxonMobil and Fortune 500 manufacturers — applied directly to the problems Nigerian operations face every day.

Nigerian roots. US operational pedigree. That combination is rare. And it is exactly what this market needs.

Oil & Gas Targets

NNPC, Seplat Energy, TotalEnergies Nigeria, Shell Nigeria, Oando, Sahara Group — and independent upstream operators seeking structured reliability and maintenance analysis.

Manufacturing Targets

Dangote Group, Nestlé Nigeria, Flour Mills of Nigeria, Unilever Nigeria, Chi Limited, Cadbury Nigeria, Nigerian Breweries — and any facility losing capacity to unresolved reliability gaps.

The Differentiator

Very few Nigerian consultants hold an MSc in Subsea Engineering, direct ExxonMobil operations experience, and hands-on manufacturing reliability credentials simultaneously.

Available Now

Diagnostic reviews, programme development, capital decision support, and advisory. On-site across Nigeria and remote where appropriate.

Work With Me

How to engage me.

Production & Reliability Diagnostic

Short-term on-site engagement. I identify your failure drivers, rank them by production impact, and deliver a prioritised action plan your team can execute immediately.

PM Programme Development

Converting task-based maintenance schedules into component-driven reliability structures — built on FMEA analysis and aligned to actual failure data and operational risk.

Capital Decision Review

Independent engineering analysis before capital is committed. I determine whether capacity can be recovered from existing assets before you invest in new ones.

Engineering Advisory

Ongoing or project-based advisory for revamp, retrofit, or new system integration — across manufacturing or oil & gas operations. On-site or remote.

Ready to find what your operation
is silently losing?

Send an Enquiry

Wole Badmus · Engineering Consultant · Nigeria

wolebadmus1@gmail.com