Facility Engineer at MainOne

Department: Technical
Job Type: Permanent

Responsibilities
The Facility Engineer will be responsible for the following functions:

• Perform 1st line troubleshooting of faults involving the generators and other facilities
• Provisioning of power and installation of AC & DC equipment.
• Prepare accurate daily, weekly and Monthly reports.
• Ensuring that safety and health standards at work are adhered to.
• Acts as the primary contact for all third party (facilities) related issues (emergencies and repairs).
• Ensure 100% availability of power and manage diesel supply and replenishment process in all MainOne POPs.
• Maintenance of all MainOne and third party POP facilities as well as service coordination and service providers’ management.
• Ability to respond to Emergency/Call out to attend to power related issues on 3rd party Pops.
• Carry out regular assessment of POP facilities to determine items that are due for replacement or repair and initiate appropriate action.
• Follow up with 3rd Party Engineers (Transmission/OSP/IP) to resolve issues on sites.
• To provide a cover up for shift Engineers when need be.

Qualifications, Skills & Competencies

• B.Sc/HND in any relevant discipline.
• Minimum of +5 years in telecom facility operations & maintenance experience.
• Proficiency in the use of MS Office tools.
• Facilities management.
• Project management.
• Excellent people skills.
• Must be customer service oriented.
• Contract/vendor management skills
• Good interpersonal relationship.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Proficiency in working with AC and DC power systems.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and multi-task.

Demands of the Job

• Ability and willingness to work long hours and meet tight schedules.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work under pressure and ability to deal with stress.
• Willingness to take initiative and resolve problem.
• Ability to work with all levels of the organisation.
• Ability to be spontaneous and handle last minute tasks.
• Ability to work well independently within a fast paced, result oriented environment.
• Ability to pay attention to details.
• Creativity and Innovative Ideas.