Closing: Mar 21, 2023
This position has expiredPublished: Mar 14, 2023 (15 days ago)
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Purpose of the Job
- The Team Lead, Projects will be responsible for coordinating award-to-deployment activities for projects, in line with standard deployment process and project management principles.
- The TL will also manage customers/stakeholders expectation by proactively notifying them about project issues and their overall impact on schedule & expected delivery dates.
- The role will involve routine visits/spot checks at project sites to ensure on-site challenges are resolved in a timely manner, while meeting scope, quality and project delivery dates.
Educational Qualifications & Functional Skills: Academic
- Candidates should possess a Degree or HND in Telecoms, Engineering or Applied Sciences.
- Project Management Certification required. Certifications in Fibre Optic Cabling, CFOT or FOA will be an added advantage.
Work Experience:
- At least 4 years working in the telecommunications industry, with experience in fiber network deployment
- FTTH and P2P fiber maintenance experience i.e. ability to splice and terminate fiber using splice machines, test, analyze & resolve fiber link issues using OTDR, Light Source/Power Meters (LSPM) & VFL, properly identify fiber cores by colour & codes.
- Good experience working in organizations with integrated OSS/BSS applications.
Functional Skills:
- Proven track record of leading field teams to successfully deliver fibre projects (FTTH/P2P) in Estates/MTU, within city high streets and on major highways.
- Sound knowledge of telecom industry best practices, norms, technical requirements & documentation for fiber projects (FTTH & P2P).
- An inherent culture of network documentation (as-build drawing, OTDR test, splice report sheets, e.t.c.)
- Familiar with HSE standards and practices, including Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) skills.
- Excellent quality assurance & cost management skills.
- Proficient use of design soft wares e.g. AutoCAD, Visio, GIS tools e.t.c.
- Proficient use of data analytics software, e.g. Excel, Word, Google live sheets.
- Excellent communication skills (written & oral).
- Ability to solve complex problems in record time using honed analytical skills.
- Capacity to provide adequate leadership to project supervisors & contractor teams.
- Have a result-focused team with bias for meeting project delivery targets, over and above a fixation on activities.
- Have a strong culture of effective planning with end-to-end view/understanding of project objectives, assumptions and risks.
- Tech & automation savvy.
- Have a strong bias for innovation & systems-thinking.
- Display customer centricity in response to requests, project delivery speed, team and stakeholder engagement.
Other Requirements:
- Bias for Action
- Result Oriented
- Customer Focus
- Tech savvy
- Highly innovative
- Ability to optimize work processes
- Resilience
- Self development
- Nimble Learning
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Resume using the Job Title as the subject of the email.
Responsibilities
Purpose of the Job
- The Team Lead, Projects will be responsible for coordinating award-to-deployment activities for projects, in line with standard deployment process and project management principles.
- The TL will also manage customers/stakeholders expectation by proactively notifying them about project issues and their overall impact on schedule & expected delivery dates.
- The role will involve routine visits/spot checks at project sites to ensure on-site challenges are resolved in a timely manner, while meeting scope, quality and project delivery dates.
Educational Qualifications & Functional Skills: Academic
- Candidates should possess a Degree or HND in Telecoms, Engineering or Applied Sciences.
- Project Management Certification required. Certifications in Fibre Optic Cabling, CFOT or FOA will be an added advantage.
Work Experience:
- At least 4 years working in the telecommunications industry, with experience in fiber network deployment
- FTTH and P2P fiber maintenance experience i.e. ability to splice and terminate fiber using splice machines, test, analyze & resolve fiber link issues using OTDR, Light Source/Power Meters (LSPM) & VFL, properly identify fiber cores by colour & codes.
- Good experience working in organizations with integrated OSS/BSS applications.
Functional Skills:
- Proven track record of leading field teams to successfully deliver fibre projects (FTTH/P2P) in Estates/MTU, within city high streets and on major highways.
- Sound knowledge of telecom industry best practices, norms, technical requirements & documentation for fiber projects (FTTH & P2P).
- An inherent culture of network documentation (as-build drawing, OTDR test, splice report sheets, e.t.c.)
- Familiar with HSE standards and practices, including Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) skills.
- Excellent quality assurance & cost management skills.
- Proficient use of design soft wares e.g. AutoCAD, Visio, GIS tools e.t.c.
- Proficient use of data analytics software, e.g. Excel, Word, Google live sheets.
- Excellent communication skills (written & oral).
- Ability to solve complex problems in record time using honed analytical skills.
- Capacity to provide adequate leadership to project supervisors & contractor teams.
- Have a result-focused team with bias for meeting project delivery targets, over and above a fixation on activities.
- Have a strong culture of effective planning with end-to-end view/understanding of project objectives, assumptions and risks.
- Tech & automation savvy.
- Have a strong bias for innovation & systems-thinking.
- Display customer centricity in response to requests, project delivery speed, team and stakeholder engagement.
Other Requirements:
- Bias for Action
- Result Oriented
- Customer Focus
- Tech savvy
- Highly innovative
- Ability to optimize work processes
- Resilience
- Self development
- Nimble Learning
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Resume using the Job Title as the subject of the email.
Key Activities
- Effective Project Deployment Coordination
- Assign projects to project supervisors, within 4hrs of award, taking note of supervisors work load, excellent knowledge of project area & experience. Head, Deployment Team Lead, Projects Project Supervisors
- Ensure project design pack is reviewed, its objective + assumptions clearly understood by both project supervisor & contractor in order to avert scope creeps, delivery delays/failure & revenue loss.
- Ensure project work plan and notification letters are ready within 48hrs of project award.
- Ensure project supervisor + Contractor holds project kick-off meeting with Estate/Facility management within 72hrs of award. And work plan/ notification letters shared with EM/FM and/or High Street residents thereafter.
- Drive the use of work collaboration tools e.g. whatsapp chats, emails, live sheets, CUG calls, data sheets, e.t.c to effectively drive project activities.
- Ensure contractor submits invoice to finance within 48hrs of award. Initiate and track payment requests.
- Ensure quick approval of store requests, variation requests and community fee payments.
- Accurate & Consistent Reporting of Project Status
- Share daily project activity outcomes with project stakeholders via the project live sheet and/or emails.
- Share weekly project status summary report to stakeholders, showing results, challenges, reason for missed delivery dates and realistic revised dates.
- Generate performance data showing accurate measure of TATs (Turnaround Times) of:
- Award-to-PO issuance
- Payment request-to-fulfillment
- Access issue escalation-to-resolution
- Purchase request-tofulfillment
- variation request-to-approval, e.t.c.
- Award-to-PO issuance
- Submit monthly performance data showing project score cards in sheets & graphs.
- Use operational data to preempt project delays and fix process/activity bottlenecks.
- Proactive Control of Project Risk & Issues.
- Keep a list of anticipated project risks (risk register) and execute deliberate actions to avert them.
- Keep a live sheet of project material list, their availability in store and consumption rate. Use this data to trigger advance-warning of material stock-out, way ahead of reorder cycle.
- Keep a list of cabinet resource issues that may delay the integration of new MST/P2P circuitsto the network, right from the project award. Share list with maintenance unit and drive action until timely resolution.
- Quickly escalate variation request and track until approval.
- Routinely visit project sites to enforce work method, work rate, quality, & scope.
- Actively engage Estate/Facility management to avert project complaints/escalations.
- Quality Assurance and Scope Control
- Ensure that project supervisor and contractor have an excellent understanding of project objectives, assumptions and risks.
- Ensure work plan contains details about work method, quality & scope compliance.
- Validate, approve & qualify variation request.
- Ensure variation does not exceed cost limits.
- Ensure pre-installation site reviews are done for each project.
- Ensure physical measurements are done on site before signing out of cables and MSTs to avert variation.
- Ensure milestones checks/tests are done and reported upon completion of duct works & hand-hole/Pole works, respectively.
- Ensure hand-over tests and reports are done & passed upon project completion.
- Documentation, Test and Completion Reports Compliance
- Ensure all network element is properly tagged/labeled on-site. Labels must align with SRS, design & as-built drawings.
- Verify, store & share all acceptance test documents within 48hrs of project completion (e.g splice report sheet, OTDR trace, as-built drawing, and milestone/hand-over test reports).
- Ensure all completion reports are processed & stored within 5 days of project completion (e.g. JCCs, audit reports, e.t.c.)
- Ensure uniformity of MST numbering on design drawing, splice reports and as-built drawings.
- Ensure final payment request is made and track it to fulfillment.
- Continually leverage on business processes, data analytics and automation to drive project coordination & data/report gathering.
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