Junior Fibre Planner at WIOCC Nigeria Limited

WIOCC is the leading player in the deployment of carrier-scale, future-proofed network infrastructure into Africa. We have the flexibility and scale to meet the ever-growing demand for reliable, high-speed capacity throughout Africa, driven by end consumers, enterprise users and the ecosystem that supports them. Our policy of continual investment in our network to create Africa’s first, truly hyperscale network infrastructure means ongoing investment for growth, ensuring our readiness to meet the future data volume demands of end users throughout Africa.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Junior Fibre Planner

Location: Lagos
Job type: Full-time (On-site)
Reporting Line: Senior Fibre Planner

Job Description

• Plan FTTX, access and core fibre routes to make use of existing ducts and where required new routes. To be acknowledged as 3rd level technical competence relating to network fibre planning.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Planning of new access and core duct and fibre routes, spurs and PoP sites
• Liaise with internal Project Managers and 3rd part suppliers for the execution of designed plans
• Assist with management and planning of overall fibre network, including auditing and record management
• Assist other departments and lead and report on projects as requested
• Ensuring network design aligns with NetSuite as appropriate
• Do technical site surveys for FTTX networks

Minimum Qualifications

• 2 years of experience in fibre planning

Experience and Skills:

• Requires minimum of 2 year’s technical experience in telecom industry with at least 2 years
• Knowledge of platforms including Ducts, Fibre, GPON networks
• Knowledge in supporting TX equipment
• Quality assurance auditing & testing, manage and mitigate network risk register
• Optical networking experience including OTDR, optical link budget calculations, fibre types and testing
• Experience in Google Earth, QGIS and OSS systems
• Effective written and verbal communications skills evidenced by work history and accomplishments
• Excellent communications and soft skills, including ability to listen to and summarize and concisely share key information with Clients
• Must use B/OSS tools effectively to record information accurately and concisely in a timely manner
• Demonstrate ability to manage multiple priorities and solve problems in a fast-paced environment
• Strong analytical skills and able to collate and interpret data from various sources
• Excellent English language communicator with a natural aptitude for dealing with people
• Excellent network diagnostic and problem-solving skills

Attributes:

• Client focused, relationship builder
• Integrity, honest with high ethical standards
• Boundless, passionate, and flexible
• Personal excellence, accuracy, and attention to detail
• Collaborative, achieve results through teamwork and partnerships

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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