Department: Engineering
Location: Johannesburg
Job Objective
Plan 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 & Responsibilities
- Plan and design of new access, metro and core duct and fibre routes, spurs and PoP sites entries, Fttx
- Liaise with internal Project Managers and 3rd party suppliers that ensure fibre networks are designed and deployed according to design
- 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 the designed plans
- Plan wayleaves and manage rights of way
- Assist with management & planning of the 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
Minimum Qualification
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent work experience) in a technical field
Experience & Skills:
- Requires a minimum of 3 years’ technical experience in the telecom industry with at least 2 years in network engineering, network fibre design or equivalent role
- Knowledge of platforms including Ducts, Fibre, DWDM (10/40/100G), OTN
- Knowledge in supporting TX equipment, i.e. Alcatel, Adva, Ciena, Infinera, Tejas Networks, etc
- Quality assurance auditing & testing, manage and mitigate the 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 communication skills evidenced by work history and accomplishments
- Excellent communications and soft skills, including the ability to listen to and summarise 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
How to apply
Interested candidates are encouraged to apply by submitting their updated CV including three referees. The deadline for application is on or before 30 May 2025. Applications should be sent to [email protected] indicating the job position in the Subject Line.
