Project Engineer - RAN at Airtel Nigeria

Airtel Nigeria (Airtel Networks Limited) is a leading telecommunications services provider in Nigeria headquartered in Lagos, the commercial nerve-centre of Nigeria. The telco ranks amongst the top four mobile service providers in terms of subscribers with a customer base of more than 39.8 million. The company's product offerings include 2G, 3G and 4G wireless services, mobile commerce and enterprise services.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Project Engineer - RAN

Job Identification: 302
Location: Lagos
Job type: Full-time

Responsibilities
To ensure Sites & Erlangs deployment as stipulated in Annual Operating Plan:

• Drive projects end to end from SO issuance to RFI to addition of sites in MAPA.
• Create Project trackers to effectively track milestones and ensure continuous improvement.
• Evaluate all Service Level agreements, partner with all stakeholders to achieve positive customer experience and optimize costs.
• Operate as single point of Contact for all ZTE and Nokia RAN projects.

Speed of Execution of Roll outs & Installation and Commissioning of Core Network (Customer):

• Ensure that the speed to market exceeds competition and first-time resolution (FTR).
• Determine and manage strict timelines and quality delivery for RAN deployment with all stakeholders.
• Propose and review expansion of RAN projects as per network priorities by collaborating with planning, commercial and other stakeholders.
• Establish systemic process for the supervision of installation of new network elements with future capacity plan.

Logistics and Project Management:

• Establish departmental process to align to PMI process for all projects and enforce strict adherence.
• Partner and Supply Chain Management:
• Provide support and ensure effective process of Partner management of Service Provider and Infrastructure vendors. Establish procedure for improving rollout and governance of Partners.
• Regulatory and Statutory Compliance:
• Ensure all statutory permissions required for deployment have been approved and documented.

Requirements

• 8-10 years’ experience in the Telecom sector.
• 5-8 years in deployment of GSM and/or 3G.
• Experience of managing multiple complex Network projects simultaneously.
• Critical Thinking Skills
• Business Acumen
• Eye for details
• Environmental Knowledge
• Communication skills
• Project management 
• Process Quality.
• Evidence of successful project delivery with wide geographical spread.
• Experience in Site Planning and Use of Map Info and planning tools.
• Any university degree In Engineering.
• Professional qualification in Project Management Techniques (Added advantage).
• Strong Numeric skills

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Application Deadline 21st January, 2025; 00:59 AM