Outside Plant Maintenance Supervisor at ipNX Nigeria Limited

ipNX is one of Nigeria’s fastest growing Information and Communications Technology companies, serving a multitude of needs across enterprises, small businesses and residents with innovative, world-class services. Our ability to identify, satisfy and exceed today’s market needs is a testament to over a decade of experience, our commitment, drive and passion realized through highly skilled and well seasoned professionals.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Outside Plant Maintenance Supervisor

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• The Outside Plant (OSP) Supervisor oversees maintenance of ipNX fiber optic & civil work activities on the outside plant network.
• The OSP Supervisor will be involved in the day-to-day maintenance and management of the outside plant, taking into consideration Customer and Local Authority organizations in the maintenance of the fiber outside plant. The role is expected to involve a significant element of on-site attendance.
• Corporate Customers: Restore service failures within 3 hours of its occurrence - Implementation and integration of new projects and ensure all open incident tickets are closed within this time-frame.
• Retail Customers: Restore service failures within 12 hours of its occurrence.
• Incident Management Communication: Provide prompt feedback for input into the OTRS application with information relating to activities being carried out to resolve customer service incidents. Provide operational data for FTTH Network Monitoring and analysis work that feeds into the improvement of fiber break-fix MTTR.
• Audit and collate information for the fiber outside plant network. Prepare the as-maintained documents within region/sub-region managed for the O&M Unit.
• Ensure weekly support status reports are done and submitted timely for review.
• Activate FOS Customer requests within 3 days of signup.
• Sign-off the Customer Feedback Form, prepare and submit post-activation report.

Educational Qualifications & Functional Skills:
Academic:

• University Degree in Telecoms, Engineering, or Applied Sciences.

Experience:

• At least 3 years in the telecommunications industry, with experience in Fiber network deployments and outside plant maintenance.

Functional Skills:

• Proven track records of maintenance and management of metro and/or long-distance fiber optic infrastructure.
• Sound knowledge of telecom industry best practices, norms, and technical requirements with regard to fiber & civil work maintenance.
• FTTx and/or P2P fiber deployment and maintenance experience are distinct advantages, i.e., fiber termination using fusion splice machines, testing & analyzing fiber links with OTDR and Light Source/Power Meters (LSPM), identifying fiber cores with VFLs.
• Capable of understanding fiber network architectures, designs & splice plans.
• An inherent culture of documenting concise and accurate "As-Is" status of network elements and splice configuration, in a consistent manner.
• Familiarity with the requirements of Health & Safety legislation in Nigeria.
• Experience in civil works supervision & quality control.
• Experience in processing ROW License with Local Authorities/State Regulatory Agencies.
• User experience for Microsoft Office Tools, including a good working knowledge of Microsoft Project.
• User experience for Visio/AutoCAD/GIS tools is desired.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to solve complex problems in the shortest available time using honed analytical skills.
• Good interpersonal skills with customers, vendors, team members, and the local community.

Application Closing Date
28th December, 2023.