Description
Fibre Operations Build Manager
Dublin, Ireland.
Purpose:
- To lead fibre build and construction activities for Ireland fibre deployments
- To provide technical expertise on all aspects of fibre build and construction; this includes all civils (including re-instatement), cabling and splicing/testing activities, plus production/completion of associated (as-built) documentation;
- To establish and lead the internal and third party sub-contractor teams to deliver the build programme based on individual customer needs and guidelines; select and on-board the chosen civils/cabling sub-contractors to ensure build readiness;
- To lead and line manage the civils/cabling supervisors to ensure control and management of the 3rd party civils/cabling sub-contractors and to meet OHS, Construction, build quality, productivity and efficiency targets;
- To liaise with Local Authorities and residents as appropriate to ensure compliance with local requirements; To ensure that the correct liaison with local authorities and residents have taken place and local requirements are adhered to. Attending any meetings as required.
Responsibilities:
- Manage internal and third party sub-contract teams to construct high quality FTTX and B2B networks in Ireland;
- Be responsible for new build, customer connections, network upgrades, diversionary works, customised solutions, defects and 24x7 fibre network maintenance;
- Provide Real Time point of escalation for field staff and the supervisors;
- Manage project demand and build/construction resources to ensure deliverables are tracked and completed on or before agreed timescales. Report on project deliverables to project managers;
- Setup and manage an effective quality control and "right first time" verification process for fibre build/construction by internal and third party teams;
- Deliver network build/construction programme to agreed quality of service and financial targets;
- Keep up-to-date on fibre services deployment and construction innovations in Ireland to drive improvements in cost, quality and timescales;
Skills:
- Detailed experience of fixed and cable operator network build guidelines and ways of working, including GPON, FTTX and HFC networks;
- An in-depth knowledge of Roads Permits and traffic management, and its ancillary legislation and the various Codes of Practice;
- An in-depth knowledge "Avoiding danger from underground services";
- Good network within Ireland fibre services industry - both suppliers and customers;
- Excellent understanding of fibre network architectures and network topologies;
- 5+ years of network build experience in Ireland fibre services industry;
- Excellent knowledge of FTTx topology including mixed networks with GPON, G.Fast, VDSL, HFC, DOCSIS;
- Strong knowledge of available passive components applicable to FTTx networks and FTTx deployment technologies;
- Extensive experience with civil engineering and telecoms deployment, including Detailed Design and As-Built Engineering;
- Extensive experience conducting quality control of fibre engineering build/construction;
- Experience of managing OSP civils operatives and cabling/splicing engineers;
- Solid understanding of OSP network build key drivers affecting cost in OSP network roll outs;
- Analytical and demonstrates ability to solve build/construction and/or operations related problems;
- Profound understanding of customer challenges within fibre network domain;
- Ability to gain confidence with the customer;
- Demonstrates active listening skills with customers and internal teams;
- Shows personal accountability and result oriented behaviour at all times;
- Actively builds and maintains a wide contact network with customers, suppliers, competitors and colleagues;
- Good knowledge of network build from exchange/head end to customer premises;
KEY: Fibre, Delivery Manager, Project Manager, FTTx, FTTH, FTTC, Deployment, Build Manager, Ireland, Dublin, ROI, Virgin Media, SKY, TalkTalk, Vodafone.