Specialist, Tower Loading at IHS Towers

IHS Towers is the largest independent mobile telecommunications infrastructure provider in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Founded in 2001, IHS provides services across the full tower value chain - colocation on owned towers, deployment and managed services.

Today IHS Towers has operations in Nigeria, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Zambia and Rwanda. Following the recent acquisitions of MTN and Etisalat’s tower portfolios in Nigeria, IHS owns over 23,300 towers in Africa.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Specialist, Tower Loading

Location: Victoria Island, Lagos

Job Description

• As Specialist, Tower Loading, you will perform loading analyses for tower projects, ensuring completeness and correctness of recommendations by modifying and testing various tower loading scenarios.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Analyze tower loading and enumerate tower loading issues.
• Review tower loading analysis inputs/ documents submitted by user functions for correctness and completeness.
• Conduct site visits to determine and communicate the need for further analyses of tower loading.
• Provide adequate recommendations on tower load in relation to capacity to accommodate additional active equipment.
• Use approved software to perform tower structural and loading analysis, including checking structural reports submitted by vendors for appraisal.
• Review, verify and upload all documents sent by tower auditors on Affectli.
• Maintain an up-to-date Tower Loading Analysis database.
• Analyze physical/ structural defects of towers based on site visit reports submitted by user functions.
• Enhance the safety of life and property by making sure that towers are not overloaded.
• Conduct spot checks of sites as and when necessary to ensure that construction and correction of towers are progressing according to plan.
• Attend to all vendors concerning issues related to tower construction and correction.
• Attend meetings with vendors for clarification and to solve any issue that may arise on planned projects.
• Promote communication between colleagues for the benefit of information flow and to curb any problems that may arise.
• Prepare and submit reports to the Senior Specialist, Design on all matters pertaining to job area.
• Manage relationships with partners/vendors
• Performs other tasks and duties as assigned by the Senior Specialist, Design.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil / Structural Engineering or any related discipline. Advanced Specialist Master’s or relevant project management certifications, e,g. PMP and PRINCE2, will be an asset.
• +5-7 years’ cognate experience in the telecoms industry.

Functional Competencies:

• Tower Design 
• Project Management 
• Capital Optimization 
• Logistics Management 
• Contract Management 

Behavioural Competencies:

• Collaboration & Teamwork 

Application Closing Date
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