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Job title : Supervisor – BTS Project.Technology Information
Job Location : Free State, Bloemfontein
Deadline : November 03, 2024
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Mission/ Core purpose of the Job:
- Ensure that all BTS sites in the region are maintained effectively according to relevant procedures, standards, Working Level Agreements and Service Level Agreements
- Ensuring the BTS installation, equipment, upgrades and Field and Tower maintenance is of a high standard as well as the integrity and optimum performance of the radio network, to meet customer demand reflecting MTN brand values in all areas of operation.
- Efficient and effective Governance of the vendors w.r.t quotes, quality, SOW and SLA
Context:
- Highly competitive environment with customer focus as a key differentiating factor
- Rapidly changing and highly regulated environment
- Stakeholder commitment and buy-in
- Delivery of projects requires strict adherence to OHSACT, ISO 9000/14000 set standards and Service Level Agreements
- Multiple equipment vendors and contractors as well as diverse work streams result in a complex area of responsibility.
Key Performance Areas: Core, essential responsibilities / outputs of the position (KPA’s)
Key Tasks:
Control and Supervise:
- Ensures adherence to site and tower maintenance contract
- Road repairs & upgrades
- Overseas tower upgrades and replacements (Wind loading capacity required and end of life cycle)
- Ensures tower refurbishments and painting (Increasing life cycle)
- Makes sure the container repairs are done
- General Civil Repairs (Fence, gate, Aprons)
- Overseas wind loading approvals, MTN and 3rd parties
- Ensure that all towers and antenna structures are kept in good condition and adhere to MTN’s & OHASA’s safety standards
- Conduct BTS Civil and Structural site inspections.
- Manage and approve all quotes pertaining to Scope of Work.
- Ensure that costs remain within budget.
- Transport and set up Mobiles as per requirement.
- Assist Radio Implementation Engineers in acceptance of new towers.
- Assist with general network optimisation – i.e. tilts, azimuths, etc.
- Control and supervise contractors doing preventative Mast maintenance and garden services.
- Maintain a comprehensive Site and tower maintenance database.
Governance Supervision
- Governance meeting minutes are recorded and signed off and added to share point drives for all venders, All actions recorded are completed in the set timeframe at a high quality and standard of work
- Record non-conformance reports and track the process to resolution by all venders
- Assist vendors with training and recommendations on the F&T maintenance SOW
- Perform audits on all vendors in the Region ensuring quality and standards are maintained with recommendations to improve on works in line with costs and time efficiencies.
- Support on key Projects been rolled out including major engineering projects with engagements and part of a professional team
Problem and Change Supervision
- Support the work reference forms work approval process end to end on all EMS and ADHOC works in the Region
- Ensure that costs remain within budget with regards to the maintenance and ADHOC works
- Provide inputs for budgeting
- Assist with general network optimisation – i.e. tilts, azimuths, etc.
- Ensure the vendors comply to rules, regulations, process and standards when works ben performed on MTN BTS sites
Supervisory / Leadership / Managerial Tasks:
- Motivate and recommend corrective actions on the repairs on towers and site maintenance.
- To supervise contractors ensuring due dates and quality are strictly adhered to.
- Focus on service delivery and cost controls
- Enhance team spirit.
- Project Manage regional infrastructure maintenance plan.
- Involve professional specialists on project when required
- Supervise or audit vendors contractors work carried out on the BTS sites/infrastructure.
Role Dependencies:
- Ensure all venders and contractor staff working on MTN’s BTS infrastructure are fully trained meeting OHSA, processes and procedures (includes certifications i.e. work above heights
- Lateral Dimensions: These indicate the areas where the individuals could contribute uniquely in addition to the indicated duties, as
- Well as how they could be affected by others or circumstances not necessarily under their control.
- Creativities (improvement/innovation inherent)
- Improve working methods when identifying problem areas.
- Continuously look for money saving innovative ideas while maintaining good quality standards
- Be proactive on theft solutions and saving initiatives
- Vulnerabilities (control span)
- Dependency on third parties – Telkom, Eskom and other contractors could cause damage to infrastructure.
- Weather – Extreme weather could cause tower failure.
- External Parties – theft of MTN assets or vandalism on BTS sites
- Procurement policies to be applied as work to be carried out with official MTN order
- Collaboration: Refers to formal and informal relationships
- Responsibility towards:
- Direct reports,
- Senior Regional Network Manager – Report on problem areas.
- Matrix reports,
- BTS Implementation and Support Manger, vendors, contractors – Adhere to implementation and support policies, procedures and work methods.
- Key customers,
- Planning & Optimisation, Implementation, Transmission, MSP Vendors, Contractors Network operations various business units. – Build quality.
- Key suppliers,
- MSP vendors, Maintenance Contractor/s
- Relations, etc.
- Discretionary Space: The degree to which individuals are allowed to exercise independent thought and judgement.
- Independent thought and Judgement:
- Perform your own time management.
- Use own discretion where procedures do not apply.
- Make judgment calls that save time and money.
- Make judgment calls to ensure safety of structures.
- Make decisions on relatively minor issues on BTS site maintenance and decisions on major issues in line with BTS specification budget stakeholders and BTS Implementation and Senior Regional Manager
- Authorities:
- Authorise and recommend actions on the repairs on towers and site maintenance.
- Make decisions regarding safe working procedures and the safety of structures.
- Inspect and certify all regional safety equipment.
- Authorise method statements for work to be performed on existing structures in the region.
- Approval of work carried out by venders and contractors on BTS sites as per WLA and SLA’s as per SOW
Minimum Requirements
Education:
- 3 year degree/diploma ( engineering)
- Fluent in English
Experience:
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a related industry; with experience in supervising others
- Working above heights.
- Experience working in a medium organization
- Site OHSA
Training:
- 4 x 4 driving course.
- Rope access training
- Equipment specific training, essential and people skills of role and responsibilities
- Be familiar with all MTN policies and processes
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