Assistant Technician: Fibre Operations (Durban) needed at Liquid Intelligent Technologies

Role Purpose

• To assist the Technician: Fiber Operations with the maintenance, repairs and fault finding on the LTSA managed fibre networks to ensure continuous service and network uptime in line with customer Service Level Agreements.

Role Description

• Assist with the maintenance of the Liquid SA fibre assets: All fibre routes in allocated maintenance area. Customer fibre maintenance (FSN and TFR fibre on the railway servitudes).24 Hour standby to manage after hour repair work as required on the all fibre routes. Shift work to ensure 100% support over 24-hour day. Minor civil works to expose buried optic fibre cables and assist with preventative maintenance tasks of Trenching with hand tools (spade and pick).Installation and hauling of new cable. Cleaning and making site safe after repairs. Cleaning of manholes. Adhere to LTSA and Customer Health & Safety requirements. Assist with activities in other Technology areas as and when required (IP, Voice, Transmission and Facilities). Respond timeously to call outs ensuring minimal downtime and adherence to Mean time to Repair rate (MTTR).
• Maintain and manage all equipment issued – good working condition. Maintain quality of work in LTSA Network. Complete work thoroughly, accurately and according to specifications. Comply with all policies and processes. Advise & suggest on continuous improvements. Assist with reports

Requirements

• Grade 10: Essential
• Experience in metro fibre maintenance/operations: Desirable
• 1 year Experience on fibre optic cable maintenance practices and standards: Essential
• 1 year Experience in a Telecommunications environment, preferably in a metro fibre environment: Essential.