Implementation Engineer - Transmission (Microwave, Fiber, DXX & IP) at Airtel Nigeria

Airtel Nigeria (Airtel Networks Limited), a leading mobile telecommunication services provider in Nigeria and a member of Airtel Africa Group, is committed to providing innovative, exciting, affordable and quality mobile services to Nigerians, giving them the freedom to communicate, rise above their daily challenges and drive economic and social development.

Airtel Nigeria is recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Implementation Engineer – Transmission (Microwave, Fiber, DXX & IP)

Job ID: 6379073
Location: Nigeria - Nigeria

Job Purpose
This is a vital position to support network unit to do planning and providing technical solutions for connecting cell sites and enterprise customer locations. This person will be interacting with the Partners’ teams’ very extensively. Robust, flexible and state of art fiber and microwave transmission network planning & delivery is the essence of the role.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for deployment of transmission links through microwave or fiber as per the solution document of a project
• Assessing material availability for each project and escalating the issues for shortages well in advance.
• Coordinating with internal teams and customers for RFI and verifying it before giving a site to partners of link installations
• Coordinating with partners for quality and timely deployment
• Prepare Commissioning & AT procedure for the transmission projects
• Checking AT of the last mile links, IP networks, including fiber & DXX as per agreed procedure with the customer.
• Troubleshooting with the partners in case of technical problems.
• Escalating the problems and bottlenecks as soon as it is noticed.
• Interfacing with the customers for handover and integration with customer’s systems
• Ensure end to end testing is completed with the customer and links are handed over to customers with formal sign-off.
• Circulating daily & weekly progress reports as required
• Visiting sites and customers as required
• Adherence to the plan as per solution document

Desired Skills & Experience

• Bachelor of Engineering Degree or Diploma in Electronics Engineering
• Sound knowledge of Transmission of Mobile & Enterprise Network - Installation, integration, testing and operations.
• Troubleshooting skills
• Minimum 3 years for Graduate Engineers and 5 years for Higher Diploma Engineers.
• Relevant experience in installation & operations of enterprise network domains.
• Flexible and dedicated
• Ability to innovate and deliver value to business
• Ability to manage an outsourcing partner to effectively deliver on SLAs
• Impeccable integrity and character
• Go-getter

Application Closing Date
24th July, 2013

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online