OFC (Optical Fiber Cable) Engineer / Consultant at Swift Networks Limited

Our company, Swift Networks is an Indigenous Internet Service Provider Company with outlets spread all over Lagos State. Our core services are the provision of high speed internet services, telephony and IP - VPN services to both residential and enterprise subscribers.

We are recruiting to fill the below position:

Job Title: OFC (Optical Fiber Cable) Engineer / Consultant

Reports to: Head of Network Project
Location: Lagos
Direct Reports: Field Team

Job Descriptions

• Design of metro fiber rings in cities and planning expansion of existing metro networks to cover future capacity requirements
• Monitoring of OFC laying & termination, verification of MB’s, correction of As-built diagrams, issuance of Bills, OFC testing with OTDR and Power/Laser Source meter and PAT issuance
• Design of Outside Plant Construction for Access (GPON, FTTx / FTTB), Metro and Backbone.
• Creating project budgets for Outside Plant Construction for Access (GPON, FTTx/FTTB), Metro and Backbone Fiber links
• Installations of Multivendor ( preferred Huawei ) ODF/ONU/ONT/OLT & SDH/DWDM
• Quality control of Fiber project at all Steps of implementation & acceptance and definition of following Fiber Optics OSP Parameter, ( Manhole, Route Marker, HDPE & PVC Duct, Bridge Attachments, Crossings ( road, drainage, streams, railway etc...), Blowing & Pulling, Splicing, Joint Box, ODF / DDF, Site Entrance etc...
• Plotting of Fiber Route on GIS based software maps ( Google Earth, Mapinfo etc...)
• Inspection, approval and Signing-off of all Implementation and as-build-drawings steps and documentation.
• Optimization of backbone performance and losses by reducing extra cable joints
• Power debugging, OSNR improvement and new software/hardware upgrades in order to meet capacity and quality requirements
• Transmission support provisioning to IT, MW & BSS teams for Ethernet over SDH and re-routing of BTS sites
• Co-ordination with contractors and vendors for conducting PAT, fiber route surveys and smooth OAM activities of the network
• First point of contact for NOC for all the equipment and Fiber Transmission Network related outages
• Technical discussion and problem resolutions with vendor and contractors

Requirements

• Minimum 7 year of documented experience of work in OFC Transmission department in mobile networks. ( Preferably majority of the experience should be of Africa Telecom Industry)
• Business oriented and good interpersonal skills, preferably with experience from the consulting world
• Expertise in Fiber Optic Cable, GPON, FTTX / FTTB, Commissioning, Integration, Rollout, Project Planning, Project Management, SDH, FTTx, Transmission, Vendor Management, Contract Management, Quality Assurance, Survey Design, Acceptance Testing, Fiber Optics OSP
• Low level understanding of OFC & DWDM Theory & testing equipment features & usage in industry
• Min education level required Bachelor's Degree in Communication Science or related discipline ( Upper Grade Second Division )
• Ability to work independently and to build up good customer relations
• Generation of regular reports/ presentations for the management

Application Closing Date
12:00pm, 24th March, 2015.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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