OSP Planning and Design Technician at IpNX Nigeria Limited

PURPOSE OF JOB:This role is responsible for delivering outside and inside plant infrastructure plans and designs by carrying out field site surveys, working out appropriate designs and producing lucid and coherent design documents that effectively communicates to every stakeholder and support decision making related to implementing the designs. In addition, the role provides supervisory oversight to planning and design contractors as may be assigned.

REQUIREMENTS:

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Working experience for upwards of 3 years in any fibre outside plant role, and at least one year of which experience must be in outside planning and design.
• Experienced in outside plant construction processes including site surveys, civil works, fibre laying, splicing, and termination as well maintenance and troubleshooting.
• Thorough understanding of fibre cable technologies and FTTH network architectures.
• Competent in the use of fibre testing and handling tools OTDRs, splicing machines, optical power meters, light source, etc.

Educational Qualifications & Functional Skills:

• Minimum requirements is HND in Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering/Computer Science, Information Systems. However, considerable field experience for non- science or engineering backgrounds can be considered.
• Fibre Certifications
• Competent in working with full suite geospatial information system applications QGIS, ArcGIS, etc
• Competent in using spreadsheet applications to perform wide ranging analysis Microsoft Excel
• Competent in use of Computer Aided Design tools AutoCAD, FreeCAD.
• Conversant with regulations, rules and conventions as stipulated by National and local Regulatory Authorities LASIMRA, FCDA, NCC, etc

Other Requirements:

• Customer Focus
• Tech savvy
• Action orientation
• Drive results
• Cultivate Innovation
• Ability to optimize work processes
• Resilience
• Self-development