OSP Design Supervisor at SWAP Consulting

Division/Department:    Network Planning

ORGANISATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
Directly reports to:    Team lead, FTTH Design
Directly supervises:    None

WORKING CONDITIONS.
STATUS: Contract
WORK SCHEDULE: 8am-5pm
TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS: Occasional

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: None

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
General responsibility:

Site Survey and Design
1.    Conduct Site surveys for study and planning of new FTTH deployment.
2.    Prepare Low Level Design of Civil and Fiber Infrastructure for Optical Distribution Network (ODN) deployment to cover future demands.
3.    FTTH Optical Distribution Network (ODN) planning, Cost estimation, Route Selection, fiber Management and Fiber Link Power Budgeting.
4.    Prepare detailed FTTH design drawings including duct layouts and cabling layouts.
5.    Preparation of BoM for FTTH OSP projects.
6.    Preparation of High Level project scope description.
7.    Preparation of fiber cabling plan and splice plans for FTTH projects
8.    Review of as-built drawings with FTTH roll-out team to ensure conformity with original design.
9.    Planning and site selection of Central Offices (CO)
10.    Design of Central Offices’ civil and fiber infrastructure.

Project Related Activities

11.    Pre-project discussions and co-ordination with FTTH roll-out team and OSP vendors.
12.    Joint site walk-throughs with OSP Supervisor and contractor after kickoff meetings.
13.    Conduct joint surveys with project team to resolve variation and change in scope issues.
14.    Revise designs and BOMs and send in the documents for variation or scope change approval.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (KPI)
•    Accuracy of OSP design (measured by level of modification by Team lead required on the design before final submission to Head, Network Services Business Unit).
•    Accuracy of Bill of Materials within tolerance limits.
•    The percentage of time site surveys are done within schedule without un-necessary re-visits.
•    Accuracy of High level Descriptions (measured by level of modification required after submission to Team Lead)
•    Accuracy of Fibre Splice Plans

JOB SPECIFICATIONS
Academic and Professional:   
Minimum requirements is HND in Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering/Computer Science, Information Systems. However, field experience for  Non- science or engineering backgrounds can be considered.

Experience:   
Minimum 2years
   
Skills
•    Experience using CAD (Autocad, Visio)  and Microsoft office software
•    Excellent communication skill
•    Analytical and problem solving skills
•    Prioritizing work
•    Generating & maintaining accurate records
•    Outside Plant Fibre experience – site surveys, fibre laying, splicing, termination, troubleshooting.
•    Ability to use fibre tools e.g optical power metre, light source and OTDR.

Knowledge
•    General Networking
•    Fibre Optic Technology
•    FTTH Network Architecture   

Personal Attributes
•    Analytical ability
•    Creativity & Flexibility
•    Ability to work under pressure
•    Honesty & Integrity
•    Experimental inclination