Latest Jobs at IpNX Nigeria Limited

Responsibilities

• The Maintenance Quality Control 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.
• Corporate Customers: Restore service failures within 3 hours of its occurrence- Implementation and integration of new projects and ensure all open incident tickets are closed within this time-frame.
• Retail Customers: Restore service failures within 8 hours of its occurrence.  Field to base Communication: Provide prompt feedback for input into the OTRS application with information relating to activities being carried out to resolve customer service incidents.
• Proactively drive MSPs to identify, plan and execute preventive maintenance action on the fiber network.
• Enforce active engagement of construction works (road and real estate) by MSPs to mitigate damage to ipNX fiber infrastructure.
• Enforce active monitoring of trenching activities by other PTOs along our fiber route
• Audit and collate information for the fiber wire-line network.
• Prepare and submit the as-maintained documents after every network activity.
• Provide network data for processing change request approvals
• Provide monthly cabinet utilization report
• Ensure weekly support status reports are done and submitted timely for review.
• Submit as-is fiber break-fix report per ticket
• Submit monthly cabinet utilization report
• Submit out of scope BOM and supporting document for PO approvals
• Assessment, Acceptance test and Hand-over Documentation from project deployment team and MSPs which includes, Installation of Poles, Hand-Hole and duct calibration

Educational Qualifications & Functional Skills

• University Degree in Telecoms, Engineering or Applied Sciences with 3-5 years experience.
• Proven track records of maintenance and management of metro and/or long distance fiber optic infrastructure.
• Sound knowledge of telecom industry best practices, norms and technical requirements with regard to fiber & civil work maintenance.
• FTTx and/or P2P fiber deployment and maintenance experience are distinct advantages i.e. fiber termination using fusion splice machines, testing & analyzing fiber links with OTDR and Light Source/Power Meters (LSPM), identifying fiber cores with VFLs.
• Capable of understanding fiber 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.

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Purpose of the Job

• The GIS Specialist position supports the drive to acquire capability for large scale management and operation of fibre outside and inside plant infrastructure assets through its life cycle of producing both operational and strategic plans and designs, deployment, service provisioning, maintenance and general administration.
• The role will primarily manage specific GIS applications and infrastructure that has been acquired and deployed so that value can continually be derived to support competitive business objectives.
• Develop deep insights into geospatial relationships and dependencies in order to proactively meet customer needs.

Organizational Chart

• Head, Planning & Design.

Deliverables
Expected Key Results:

• Effective GIS operations
• Creates, tests and enhances GIS operations; develops and administers web based applications.
• Provides technical support for the implementation and operation of GIS projects
• Operates and maintains GIS software and web-based
• applications
• Installs and tests GIS web software and maintains GIS web server.
• Prepares GIS datasets, maps and database reports
• GIS Modeling & Analysis
• Evaluates user requirements for GIS; identifies and implements applications
• Prepares GIS databases, maps, database reports and specialized queries in support of various projects
• Performs GIS analysis, modeling and reporting to support decision making
• Generates, maintains and disseminates GIS layers
• Designs GIS enterprise database and enforces data standards
• GIS working knowledge dissemination
• Conducts or coordinates end-user training
• Trains users on new and existing QGIS application, modules and products
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with associates and customers
• Incisive GIS-Based Reporting
• Writes and maintains reports; programs database reports, forms and queries
• Prepares written and oral presentations
• Support diverse GIS business application areas
• Seek out areas of need for applying GIS tools and resources to meet and resolve business requirement
• Demonstrate (Key competencies).

Educational Qualifications & Functional Skills

• Degree in Computer Science, Geoinformatics, Geography, Surveying, Engineering or related field (2.2/Upper Credit Minimum)
• Extensive knowledge and ability to perform a diverse array of complex GIS related work
• Experience with mapping tools such as QGIS and Carto
• Proficiency with database programming languages such as SQL, R and Python
• Experience with GPS measuring tools
• Outstanding quantitative skill set, attention to detail and good problem-solving skills
• Analytical mindset, be able to multitask, think intuitively
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Good project management skills and possess troubleshooting ability.

Work Experience:

• Considerable knowledge and experience of automated mapping and information processing methods and techniques
• Considerable knowledge and experience of the capabilities of automated mapping and geographic information processing systems
• Considerable knowledge and experience of cartographic principles, automated mapping, geographic information system (GIS) database design and structure
• Considerable knowledge and experience of geographic information system (GIS) hardware and software components, data communication and network methods and techniques
• Considerable knowledge and experience to prepare a variety of correspondence and complex reports
• Considerable experience in using spreadsheet and
• CAD applications like Microsoft Excel and LibreCalc, AutoCAD and FreeCAD, etc.

Other Requirements:

• Customer Focus
• Tech savvy
• Action orientation
• Drive results
• Cultivate Innovation
• Ability to optimize work processes
• Resilience
• Self Development
• Nimble Learning Dimensions.

Financial Dimensions:

• Budget: Yes. Contributes by providing data as may be requested
• PO Approval: Not required.

Other Dimensions:

• No. of vendors: Will work with vendors from time to time
• No. of direct reports: None for now.

Impact of position
Impact on customers (Please select one of the options below):
Type of customers

• Mainly Internal x Mainly External Internal & External
• Approvals
• Reporting Manager
• Functional Head
• HR.