Telecom Planning and Design Engineer at IpNX Nigeria Limited

Description 

• This requires a brief description of why the role exists and how it connects to the overall strategy of the business. On looking at the purpose of the role, we can also view to strategic intent for the role and the likely accountabilities.

Site Survey and Design:

• Conduct site surveys for study and planning of new FTTH deployment.
• Prepare Low-Level Design of Civil and Fiber Infrastructure for Optical Distribution Network (ODN) deployment to cover future demands.
• FTTH Optical Distribution Network (ODN) planning, cost estimation, route selection, fiber management, and fiber link power budgeting.
• Prepare detailed FTTH design drawings, including duct layouts and cabling layouts.
• Preparation of BoM for FTTH OSP projects.
• Preparation of High-Level project scope description.
• Preparation of fiber cabling plan and splice plans for FTTH projects.
• Review as-built drawings with FTTH roll-out team to ensure conformity with the original design.
• Planning and site selection of Central Offices (CO).
• Design of Central Offices’ civil and fiber infrastructure.

Project Related Activities:

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

Accuracy of Planning and Design:

• Accuracy of OSP design (measured by the level of modification required by the Team Lead before final submission to the Head, Network Services Business Unit).
• Accuracy of Bill of Materials within tolerance limits.
• Percentage of time site surveys are done within schedule without unnecessary revisits.
• Accuracy of High-level Descriptions (measured by the level of modification required after submission to Team Lead).
• Accuracy of Fiber Splice Plans.

Educational Qualifications & Functional Skills

• HND in Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering/Computer Science, Information Systems.
• Field experience for non-science or engineering backgrounds can be considered.

Work Experience:

• Experience using CAD (Autocad, Visio) and Microsoft Office software.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Prioritizing work.
• Generating and maintaining accurate records.
• Outside Plant Fiber experience – site surveys, fiber laying, splicing, termination, troubleshooting.
• Ability to use fiber tools (e.g., optical power meter, light source, and OTDR).