Civils Supervisor (Fibre)

Leinster  ‐ Onsite
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Description

Job Title - Civils Supervisor (Fibre)

Job Location - Leinster, Ireland

Job Role:

  • To supervise and line manage the civils/cabling/splicing gangs to ensure control and management of the 3rd party civils/cabling sub-contractors, on-site;
  • To meet OHS, construction, build quality, productivity and efficiency targets;
  • To manage any welfare requirements of the civils/cabling/splicing gangs;
  • To liaise with local authorities and residents as appropriate to ensure compliance with local requirements prior to and during any construction;
  • To ensure that the correct liaison with local authorities and residents has taken place and any local requirements are adhered to.
  • To attend any meetings as required, on-site or at the local authorities' premises;
  • To provide technical expertise and be the single point of contact/escalation 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 within agreed timescales;
  • To manage and track the build/construction team deliverables, ensuring compliance with OHS, contract obligations, and achievement of SLAs and KPIs;
  • To deliver the agreed monthly site audit documentation and implement any corrective action/continuous improvement plans;
  • To provide regular progress updates of individual jobs to the fibre services teams as required;
  • To be an on-call supervisor (scheduled as part of the agreed rota) to manage any fibre network maintenance call outs to satisfactory resolution. This includes providing regular reports and customer updates.
  • To Liaise with the ASP and agree a programme of work to meet customer deadlines
  • Manage client and third party sub-contract teams on-site to construct high quality FTTX and B2B fibre networks in Ireland; including project/site induction, work schedules and ongoing project communication, such as tool box talks, stand down meetings and OHS requirements
  • Ensure and assure safe systems of works are followed and adhered to for the entire duration of the work/project;
  • Provide Real Time point of escalation for field staff and the civils/cabling/splicing gangs to resolve any issues and problems in a timely and professional manner; Assist with clearing and resolving any issues on site;
  • Ensure that the gangs complete work safely and in a timely and professional manner to agreed timescales, project processes and procedures.
  • 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;
  • Ensure all permit conditions are being met on site;
  • Keep accurate daily records of works planned and issues encountered;
  • Keep up-to-date on fibre services deployment and construction innovations in Ireland to drive improvements in cost, quality, innovation, efficiency and deadlines.
  • To measure completed works with the sub-contractor & to authorise measure sheets.
  • To ensure all fibre installations meet the customer specifications when tested.

Experience:

  • Detailed experience of Irish fixed and cable operator network build guidelines and ways of working, including GPON, FTTX and HFC networks;
  • Good network within Irish fibre services industry - both suppliers and customers;
  • Excellent understanding of fibre network architectures and network topologies;
  • 5+ years of network build experience in the Irish fibre services industry or civils industry;
  • 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 work as part of an on-call rota, including night work as part of a 24x7 SLA;
  • 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, Local Authorities/Councils, competitors and colleagues;
  • Good knowledge of network build from exchange/head end to customer premises;
  • Good knowledge of private wayleave and customer consents;
  • Knowledge of the various trench excavation methods, including but not limited to: manual digging, top-cutting, mechanical trenching, narrow trenching, mole-ploughing, directional-drilling;
  • Good knowledge of backfill & reinstatement materials & their associated approval status.
  • Good knowledge of the traffic management
  • Good knowledge of TMA and permitting/noticing legislations

Start date
May 2017
Duration
6 months
From
Comvergent Limited
Published at
11.04.2017
Project ID:
1323641
Contract type
Freelance
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