Specialist: Planning & Optimisation

Role title: Specialist: Planning and Optimisation

Contract duration: 3 months

Location: Ermelo Mpumalanga

Role purpose:

• To manage site planning, deliver an optimised radio network and resolve customer queries.

Key accountabilities and decision ownership

• Responsible for planning and optimisation of 2G/3G/LTE/5G sites (indoor, greenfield, rooftops, minis, macros...etc)
• Ensure optimal performance on network quality by monitoring the network statistics through the relevant tools and implementing determined corrective action
• Pro-actively analyse and recommend capacity dimensioning requirements on all network elements
• Pro-actively analyse and verify in-depth network problems by performing relevant traces
• Investigate and rectify all network failures received from regular drive testing routes by outsourcing companies 
• Conduct cluster optimisation of existing network

Core competencies

• Computer applications (e.g. MS Office, MS Teams & MAPINFO, )
• Network Analysis & statistical tools (e.g., U2020, Actix, Sonar, Atoll, Discovery SmartCare, OSS Probes & Crowd Analysis)
• GSM, UMTS , LTE, 5G knowledge
• Network components
• Customer Care

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

• 3 years National Diploma or Degree in Electrical (light current) or Electronic Engineering or a SAQA accredited equivalent
• 3-5 years relevant Telecoms experience
• Telecommunications (GSM, UTRAN, LTE, and 5G) courses are essential