OSP Maintenance Supervisor at IpNX Nigeria Limited

Job Summary

• The Outside Plant (OSP) Supervisor oversees maintenance of ipNX fiber optic & civil work activities on the outside plant network.
• The OSP Supervisor will be involved in the day -to- day maintenance and management of the outside plant, taking into consideration customer and Local authority organizations in the maintenance of the fiber outside plant.
• The role is expected to involve a significant element of on -site attendance.

Responsibilities

• Corporate Customers: Restore service failures within 3hours of its occurrence Implementation and integration of new projects and ensure all open incident tickets are closed within this timeframe.
• Retail Customers: Restore service failures within 12 hours of its occurrence.
• Incident Management Communication: Provide prompt feedback for input into the OTRS application with information relating to activities being carried out to resolve customer service incidents.
• Proactively identify, plan and execute preventive maintenance action on the fibre network.
• Audit and collate information for the fiber outside plant network. Prepare the as maintained documents within region/sub-region managed for the O &M Unit.
• Ensure weekly support status reports are done and submitted timely for review
• Activate FOS Customer requests within 3 days of sign up.Sign-off the Customer Feedback Form, prepare and submit post-activation report.

Qualifications / Experience

• University Degree in Telecoms, Engineering or Applied Sciences.
• At least 2 years in telecommunications industry, with experience in Fiber network deployments. and outside plant maintenance.
• Experience in civil works supervision & quality control.
• Experience in processing ROW License with Local Authorities/State Regulatory Agencies.
• User experience for Microsoft Office Tools including a good working knowledge of Microsoft Project.
• User experience for Visio/AutoCAD/GIS tools is desired.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to solve complex problems in the shortest available time using honed analytical skills.
• Good interpersonal skills with customers, vendors, team members and local community
• Proven track records of maintenance and management of metro and/or long-distance fibre optic infrastructure.
• Sound knowledge of telecom industry best practices, norms and technical requirements with regard to fibre & civil work maintenance.
• FTTx and/or P2P fibre deployment and maintenance experience are distinct advantages i.e. fibre termination using fusion splice machines, testing & analyzing fibre links with OTDR and Light Source/Power Meters (LSPM), identifying fibre cores with VFLs.
• Capable of understanding fibre network architectures, designs & splice plans.
• An inherent culture of documenting concise and accurate “As-Is” status of network elements and splice configuration, in a consistent manner.
• Familiarity with the requirements of Health & Safety legislation in Nigeria.