Consultant - Radio Planning & Optimization

Education:

• Bachelors’ degree from a recognized University in any of these fields; Electrical / Telecommunications Engineering
  
• Project management approach such as Prince II or PMBOK an added advantage
  

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in radio planning and optimisation which must include:
  
• Experience across diverse OEM vendors such as ZTE, HUAWEI, ERICSSON
  
• Experience working with subcontractors to deliver on assigned works
  
• Experience working with radio planning tools such as ASSET, MAPINFO, google earth
  
• Strong understanding of different radio network configurations for 2G, 3G, WIFI, WIMAX, LTE
  
• Project Management
  
• Knowledge, Skills and Competencies:
  
• In-depth knowledge of radio propagation principles and techniques
  
• Knowledge of the end- to -end basic telecommunications network
  
• Project Management Skills
  
• 1 year driving experience
  
• Ability to climb and access difficult physical terrain.
  
• Advanced Supervisory skills
  
• Flexibility and Agility regarding problem solving and working hours.
  
• Planning and organizational skills
  
• Communication/reporting skills (verbal and written)
  
• Drive test skills
  

Education:

• Bachelors’ degree from a recognized University in any of these fields; Electrical / Telecommunications Engineering
  
• Project management approach such as Prince II or PMBOK an added advantage
  

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in radio planning and optimisation which must include:
  
• Experience across diverse OEM vendors such as ZTE, HUAWEI, ERICSSON
  
• Experience working with subcontractors to deliver on assigned works
  
• Experience working with radio planning tools such as ASSET, MAPINFO, google earth
  
• Strong understanding of different radio network configurations for 2G, 3G, WIFI, WIMAX, LTE
  
• Project Management
  
• Knowledge, Skills and Competencies:
  
• In-depth knowledge of radio propagation principles and techniques
  
• Knowledge of the end- to -end basic telecommunications network
  
• Project Management Skills
  
• 1 year driving experience
  
• Ability to climb and access difficult physical terrain.
  
• Advanced Supervisory skills
  
• Flexibility and Agility regarding problem solving and working hours.
  
• Planning and organizational skills
  
• Communication/reporting skills (verbal and written)
  
• Drive test skills
  

• Consolidation of capacity requirements for 2G, 3G, LTE, WiMAX, Wi-Fi from the business and site performance KPIs.
  
• Consolidate regional coverage requirements for 2G/3G/LTE/WIMAX/WIFI/5G from Marketing, Sale & Distribution, Customer Service, Radio Planning and other stakeholders for inclusion in the annual budget cycle.
  
• Ensuring that site physical parameters are strategically positioned to meet the predetermined business targets and counter competition.
  
• Ensuring all network related regulatory and group key performance indicator targets are met through liasing with OEM and Managed Services partners
  
• Follow up on site rollout projects for 2G, 3G, LTE, WiMAX, Wi-Fi to ensure that drive tests, configuration and performance checks are properly done.
  
• Evaluation of new equipment like new BTSs, Node Bs, antennas, eNodeBs, new RRUs
  
• Evaluation of new RAN network solutions and technologies such as OPENRAN, network sharing, refarming, spectrum sharing.
  
• Play a supervisory role for major RAN projects such as modernization and site build in terms of the site performance.
  
• Generation of reports on 2G/3G/LTE/WiMAX/Wi-Fi sites performance