Job Description
Description
Reporting to the Manager- Fixed Capacity & Optimization, the Engineer- Fixed Capacity and Optimization will be responsible for planning, design & verification of Fixed network infrastructure to support both Regional Internal and External Customers, optimization of Fixed network infrastructure to meet demand and database management of network elements
Key Responsibilities
- Work closely with Business partners and internal stakeholders to capture fixed network and business needs.
- Deliver reliable and resilient fixed network that meets customer demand.
- Capture and monitor fixed capacity available on the ground
- Explore and monitor opportunities for infrastructure sharing with third parties
- Conduct acceptance as per agreed standards and procedures
- Collaborate with rollout team to ensure delivery targets and objectives are met.
- Engage current and potential customers to understand demand on Fixed network with focus on availability and superior experience
- Forecast fibre capacity requirements both for the short and medium term
- Develop and seek approval of efficient design methodology and tools for Fibre networks to ensure high availability and cost efficiency.
- Drive innovation in Fibre design and deployment in line with the best global practices
- Develop and maintain the standards and processes to be used in Fibre planning and deployment
- Enforce standards in the materials used in infrastructure deployment to ensure optimum QoS and network lifespan.
- Plan and validate fibre material requirements
- Conduct audit on materials quality and quantity with the approved suppliers leveraging on emerging global trends
- Monitor and reconcile inventory utilization, setting up timely re-order threshold of material requirements.
- Drive and enforce safe work culture through adoption of EHS standards and processes that ensure zero harm to all stakeholders
- Compile and share GIS network footprint maps with both internal and external stakeholders to enable optimal decision making.
- Maintain an accurate fixed network database of route plans and elements
- Analyze major CAPEX investments in line with business strategy.
- Drive OPEX Savings initiatives
- Coordinate weekly preventive maintenance report reviews to assess and come up with network resiliency measures.
Qualifications:
- Degree in Engineering or related field with relevant technical qualifications
- 3-year experience in GIS based network delivery with at least one year in a busy telecommunication environment
- In-depth understanding of transmission and fixed infrastructure deployment
- Knowledge of transport planning, design and optimization tools
- Certifications in CFOD/S, ITIL, Project management or equivalent
- Member in good standing of a recognized professional body
- Have strong analytical and negotiation skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience in both hardware and software support and configuration
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Work closely with Business partners and internal stakeholders to capture fixed network and business needs.
- Deliver reliable and resilient fixed network that meets customer demand.
- Capture and monitor fixed capacity available on the ground
- Explore and monitor opportunities for infrastructure sharing with third parties
- Conduct acceptance as per agreed standards and procedures
- Collaborate with rollout team to ensure delivery targets and objectives are met.
- Engage current and potential customers to understand demand on Fixed network with focus on availability and superior experience
- Forecast fibre capacity requirements both for the short and medium term
- Develop and seek approval of efficient design methodology and tools for Fibre networks to ensure high availability and cost efficiency.
- Drive innovation in Fibre design and deployment in line with the best global practices
- Develop and maintain the standards and processes to be used in Fibre planning and deployment
- Enforce standards in the materials used in infrastructure deployment to ensure optimum QoS and network lifespan.
- Plan and validate fibre material requirements
- Conduct audit on materials quality and quantity with the approved suppliers leveraging on emerging global trends
- Monitor and reconcile inventory utilization, setting up timely re-order threshold of material requirements.
- Drive and enforce safe work culture through adoption of EHS standards and processes that ensure zero harm to all stakeholders
- Compile and share GIS network footprint maps with both internal and external stakeholders to enable optimal decision making.
- Maintain an accurate fixed network database of route plans and elements
- Analyze major CAPEX investments in line with business strategy.
- Drive OPEX Savings initiatives
- Coordinate weekly preventive maintenance report reviews to assess and come up with network resiliency measures.
Qualifications
Qualifications:
- Degree in Engineering or related field with relevant technical qualifications
- 3-year experience in GIS based network delivery with at least one year in a busy telecommunication environment
- In-depth understanding of transmission and fixed infrastructure deployment
- Knowledge of transport planning, design and optimization tools
- Certifications in CFOD/S, ITIL, Project management or equivalent
- Member in good standing of a recognized professional body
- Have strong analytical and negotiation skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience in both hardware and software support and configuration
About Us
We are the leading telecommunication company in East Africa. Our purpose is to transform lives by connecting people to people, people to opportunities and people to information. We keep over 42 million customers connected and play a critical role in the society, supporting over one million jobs both directly and indirectly while our total economic value was estimated at KES 362 Billion ($ 3.2 billion) for the 12 months through March 2021. We are listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) and with annual revenues of close to KES 298 Billion ($2.5 billion) as at March 2022. We were founded in 1997 as a fully owned subsidiary of Telkom Kenya before a 40 percent acquisition by Vodafone Group PLC in May 2000, and a public offering of 25 percent shares through the NSE in 2008. Under the management of Vodafone Group PLC, we welcomed Michael Joseph, as our first CEO, a few months later in July of 2000. He led the company’s growth to accommodate 16.71 million subscribers from the previous 20,000, largely owing to innovative products like M-PESA in 2007.
About the Team
We are the leading provider of converged communication solutions in Kenya. In addition to providing a broad range of first-class products and services for Telephony, Broadband Internet and Financial services, Safaricom seeks to uplift the welfare of Kenyans through value-added services and support for community projects. To achieve all this, we are ever-reliant on our competent and dependable staff who make it possible for us to achieve greater heights for our customers.
