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Airtel Zambia Recruiting Engineers

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Airtel Zambia is the number ONE service provider covering every district in Zambia and offering the widest range of tariffs & Value Added Services on the market suiting all our subscribers.

Airtel Zambia is currently looking for suitably qualified person to fill in the following  positions:

1) Transmission Operations Senior Engineer

Job Purpose

Reporting to: Network Operations Manager

The Main Duties Will Be To:

  •  Ensuring transmission network up-time and performance. Coordinate with partners on day-to-day basis in order to resolve temporary, short term and long term issues.
  •  Regular KPIs delivery assurance
  •  Implement Transmission network redundancy processes to avoid single point of failure
  •  Responsible for repair & replacement of all transmission elements across NW
  •  Partner close coordination to review transmission KPIs, performance of each backbone health
  •  Day-to-day LoS, Interference analysis and recommendations
  •  Repair and Replacement management
  •  Regulatory Compliance

Required Skills and Knowledge

  •  Bachelor’s Degree in Telecommunication Engineering
  •  Able to operate in a performance driven organization
  •  Relevant Experience (Type of experience and minimum number of years)
  •  Should have in-depth work experience on Various Transmission Systems including NEC, E///, NSN, Huawei technologies.
  •  Able to understand the transmission architecture and its limitations
  •  Should able to review MW, Optical technologies performance and work towards ensuring error-free transmission network
  •  Should have sound knowledge on transmission system dimension aspects and hands on experience on TDM, FE tech
  •  6-10 years’ experience with concentrated experience of 4-6 years in GSM telecom industry with hands-on in Access Network (Transmission) domain and specific to NEW, Ericsson, NSN and Huawei.
  •  Work experience in TRM system features/ functions, parameter knowledge and Optimization skill sets.
  •  Deep understanding of all TRM KPIs

Other requirements (Behavioral etc.)

Business awareness
Excellent interpersonal skills
Excellent and effective communications skills, both orally and in writing
Customer Oriented
Good team player.
Strong Co-ordination & Review Management Skill
Thorough end to end knowledge to micro manage problems
Strong Driving Ability
Immaculate convincing powers so that is able to drive MS & MC Partners.
Strong Inter Group Communication and Interpersonal skills.
Team Player and Needs to transfer skills

2) Network Quality Senior Engineer

Job Purpose:

Reporting to: Network Quality Manager

Main Duties:

Accountable for ensuring Network Quality of Service
Coordination with TSG, CSD team to capture and analyse the customer complaints and resolution
Daily basis NW performance check and corrective initiatives.
Tracking of Optimization activities and close coordination with Partners, Sub-Contractors in order to ensure right implementation.
Quality assurance coordination for all new implementation and Changes/ Modification.
Parameter Change Control and adherence to Approval Management. Pre & Post Changes assurance.
Regulatory KPIs measurement and assurance to meet all KPIs
ZBM coordination, Zonal Partner team coordination
MAPA values and formula assurance

Required Skills and Knowledge

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics and Communications OR IT/Computer Science
  •  Able to operate in a performance driven organization
  •  Should have led technical function of a similar scale
  •  Relevant Experience (Type of experience and minimum number of years)
  •  6-9 years’ experience with concentrated experience of >4 years in GSM telecom industry with hands-on in 3G, 2G RAN/CORE domain and specific to Ericsson, NSN and Huawei.
  •  Work experience in RAN system Quality and RAN Optimization skill sets.
  •  Deep understanding of 2G & 3G RAN KPIs

Other requirements (Behavioral etc.)

  • Business awareness
  •  Excellent interpersonal skills
  •  Excellent and effective communications skills, both orally and in writing
  •  Customer Oriented
  •  Good team player.
  •  Strong Co-ordination & Review Management Skill
  •  Thorough end to end knowledge to micro manage problems
  •  Strong Driving Ability
  •  Immaculate convincing powers so that is able to drive MS & MC Partners.
  •  Strong Inter Group Communication and Interpersonal skills.
  •  Team Player and Needs to transfer skills

Closing date
Suitable candidates are required to send their application & Curriculum vitae to [email protected]. Closing date for applications is Friday 17th April, 2015.