Telecom Engineer at Alternate Doors

Our Client, an ICT company that prides itself in delivery of cost-effective future proof solutions, backed by exemplary customer service is currently recruiting a Telecom Engineer.

Job Responsibilities 

Being the Solution Expert – Unified Communications Solutions, you are Directly Accountable for:

Project Planning & Management

• Project planning: develop specific timelines for projects to deliver an accurate budget.
• Staff deployment: develop and maintain a technician scheduling platform.
• Project management: set appropriate project milestones and maintain them through effective communication with Account Manager, Project Manager and Client.
• Process management: develop and maintain effective analytics to measure profitability and efficiency.
• Plan, organize, and direct activities concerned with the installation of communications systems.
• Schedule the project in logical steps and budget time required to meet deadlines.
• Provide direction and clear installation standards for other technical staff.
• Confer with supervisory personnel, owners, contractors, and design professionals to discuss and resolve matters such as work procedures, complaints, and installation problems.

Operational Management

• Perform equipment installation on voice and data communications equipment, software, hardware and networks in customer sites throughout Africa.
• Receive and review work orders, identify any inaccuracies, omissions, or incompatibilities in equipment components.
• Follow up with other staff to resolve problems.
• Installation and connection of a wide variety of cable types (e.g. Twisted pair, fiber optics, co-ax, etc.), which carry data between various computer devices, including but not limited to local area network cabling, and antenna cabling.
• Connect cabling and switches to phone lines.
• Install programmable and non-programmable transceivers, terminal servers, access points, and other electronic components.
• Perform point-to-point and multi-drop communications installations.
• Test, calibrate and adjust components, where necessary to ensure effective and efficient transfer of data.
• Complete work, update work orders insuring that all changes i.e. Additions/deletions are correctly documented and forward to project management for billing.

Organizational Alignment

• Reports to the Product Manager.
• Dealing with Internal and External customers to improve business profitability.
• This position may be assigned to support a Client account relations role.

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Business Information Technology / Telecommunication and Information Technology / Electrical and Electronic Engineering or a Higher National Diploma in Telecommunication / Electrical & Electronic Engineering or a Minimum 5 years’ Telecommunication Installation industry experience.
• Extensive certification in Professional Routing and Switching courses.

Knowledge Requirements

• Project Management and Audit Reviews.
• Routing and Switching.
• Products Knowledge
• Structured Cabling Installation & Configuration.