OSP Maintenance Engineer - Telecom at IpNX Nigeria Limited

ipNX is one of Nigeria’s fastest growing Information and Communications Technology companies, serving a multitude of needs across enterprises, small businesses and residents with innovative, world-class services. Our ability to identify, satisfy and exceed today’s market needs is a testament to over a decade of experience, our commitment, drive and passion realized through highly skilled and well seasoned professionals.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: OSP Maintenance Engineer - Telecom

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

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.
• 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
• 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

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.

Salary
N240,000 / Month.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Application Deadline 8th October, 2023.