Manager, Regional Rollout 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: Manager, Regional Rollout

Location: Asaba, Delta
Employee Type: Permanent
Department: Deployment / / Roll out

Job Description

• As Manager of regional Rollout, you will coordinate and manage all BTS and upgrade deployments across assigned regions from inception to completion.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Foster a culture of high performance and continuous improvement that values learning and commitment to quality among team members.
• Ensure adherence/ compliance with approved site design drawings received from site build contractors (SBCs).
• Approve and send Bill of Quantity (BoQ) for BTS to Senior Manager, Regional Deployment for further approval.
• Prepare detailed project schedules and present to Senior Manager, Regional Deployment for discussion and approval.
• Coordinate with SBCs on sites requiring reticulation works and support the Supply Chain team in search for suitable contractors.
• Give approval to SBCs to commence civil works.
• Work with the Project Management Office (PMO) team on power analyses and tower load analyses and follow up with recommendations on BTS and upgrade sites.
• Calculate detailed material and human resource requirements for projects and present to Senior Manager, Regional Deployment for discussion and approval.
• Ensure sites are built in line with project schedule, budget, and specifications.
• Monitor progress of projects and assigned resources on the field according to project baselines. Highlight major and minor issues to accountable Senior Manager, Regional Deployment.
• Prepare and update daily, weekly, and monthly progress reports on projects and circulate to Senior Manager, Regional Deployment.
• Steer meetings with assigned contractors and team-members to monitor project progress and discuss solutions to problems encountered.
• Ensure successful completion of projects through ongoing collaboration with internal stakeholders across Site Acquisition (SAQ), PMO, Operations, Warehouse, and so on.
• Perform random inspections of project progress on the field.
• Monitor execution of Work in Progress (WIP) sites
• Request for power on sites during rollouts and upgrades.
• Ensure contractors are working according to company specifications.
• Ensure that all Acceptance Test Plan (ATP) documents are signed on time.
• Secure timely sign-offs on Provisional Acceptance Certificates (PACs) and
• Final Acceptance Certificates (FACs).
• Ensure all on-site snags are duly identified and fixed.
• Coordinate site handovers with other internal and external stakeholders.
• Complete documentation of projects.
• Check as-built drawings and ensure that contractors have signed off from sites.
• Promote communication between colleagues for benefit of information flow and to curb any issues that may arise.
• Prepare and submit reports to the Senior Manager, Regional Deployment on all matters relating to the unit.
• Manage relationships with partners and vendors.
• Perform other tasks and duties as assigned by the Senior Manager, Regional Deployment

Functional Competencies:

• Site Acquisition
• Rollout Management
• Site/ Infrastructure Audit
• Project Management
• Enterprise Asset Management
• Logistics Management
• Contract Management

Behavioral Competencies:

• Collaboration & Teamwork

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Telecommunications Engineering or related discipline.
• Professional project management certification, e.g. PMP or PRINCE2, will be an asset.
• +10 years’ relevant experience in the telecoms industry.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.