• Application Deadline: Mon, 9 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: OSP Planning and Design Technician


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 2 - 5 years


• Location Abuja


• Job Field Engineering / Technical 
  

Responsibilities

• Conduct Site surveys for study and planning of new FTTH deployment.


• Prepare Low Level Design of Civil and Fiber Infrastructure for Optical Distribution Network (ODN) deployment to cover future demands.


• FTTH Optical Distribution Network (ODN) planning, Cost estimation, Route Selection, fiber Management and Fiber Link Power Budgeting.


• Prepare detailed FTTH design drawings including duct layouts and cabling layouts.


• Preparation of BoM for FTTH OSP projects.


• Preparation of High Level project scope description.


• Preparation of fiber cabling plan and splice plans for FTTH projects.


• Review of as-built drawings with FTTH roll-out team to ensure conformity with original design.


• Planning and site selection of Central Offices (CO)


• Design of Central Offices’ civil and fiber infrastructure


• Pre-project discussions and co-ordination with FTTH roll-out team and OSP vendors.


• Joint site walk-throughs with OSP Supervisor and contractor after kickoff meetings.


• Conduct joint surveys with project team to resolve variation and change in scope issues.


• Revise designs and BOMs and send in the documents for variation or scope change approval.


• Accuracy of OSP design (measured by level of modification by Team lead required on the design before final submission to Head, Network Services Business Unit).


• Accuracy of Bill of Materials within tolerance limits.


• The percentage of time site surveys are done within schedule without unnecessary re-visits.


• Accuracy of High-level Descriptions (measured by level of modification required after submission to Team Lead)


• Accuracy of Fibre Splice Plans

Qualifications and Experience

• HND in Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering/Computer Science, Information Systems with 2 - 5 years of work experience. 


• However, field experience for non-science or engineering backgrounds can be considered.


• Experience using CAD (Autocad, Visio) and Microsoft Office software.


• Excellent communication skills.


• Analytical and problem-solving skills.


• Prioritizing work.


• Generating & maintaining accurate records.


• Outside Plant Fibre experience – site surveys, fibre laying, splicing, termination, troubleshooting.


• Ability to use fibre tools e.g optical power metre, light source and OTDR.