Manager, Regional Rollout at IHS Towers

 Job Description

• As Manager, Regional Rollout, you will coordinate and manage all BTS and upgrade deployments across assigned region 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

Behavioural 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.