Telecommunications Engineer - Edge Telecommunications Int. - Manchester, MAN
(2022-11 - 2026-08)
- Ability to work both independently and in a team environment
- Excellent communication skills and strong customer focus as the roles involve interacting with our customers/clients
- Competent in using manual tools
- Ability to read DBYD (Dial Before You Dig) plans
- Ability to locate underground services
- Ability to operate a Grundomat, jack hammer and other civils equipment
- Machine operation
- Hardware installation
- Installation
- Maintenance and repairs
- Materials testing
- Deadline compliance
- Equipment inspection
- Optic Fibre blowing/floating using technical equipment
- Install, pull, and route fibre optic cables in diverse environments (ducts, trenches, poles, buildings, etc.) adhering to industry standards, specifications, and safety regulations
- Prepare work sites, including setting up safety barriers, cones, and appropriate signage
- Perform roding and roping, and utilise cable pulling equipment
- Interpret and work from engineering diagrams, schematics, and detailed fibre network designs
- Identify and select appropriate fibre optic cables and components for each installation
- Execute splicing of fibre optic cables, ensuring minimal signal loss and optimal performance
- Prepare fibre ends for splicing, including stripping, cleaning, and accurate cleaving
- Operate and maintain fusion splicers, cleavers, and other specialist splicing tools
- Install and manage fibre within various enclosures, splice trays, and distribution frames
- Conduct testing of fibre optic networks using specialised equipment such as Optical Loss Test Sets (OLTS – Power Meter and Light Source)
- Maintain accurate records of all work performed, including splice diagrams, test results, materials used, and time spent
- Complete job sheets, risk assessments, and other administrative documentation meticulously
- Provide regular progress updates to Project Managers and relevant stakeholders
- Installing external telecommunication infrastructure including underground ducts/conduits and pits
- Installing/hauling external telecommunication cables, both aerial/overhead and underground cables
- Installing internal cable trays and data cables
- Installing internal telecommunication devices including switches/routers, NTDs, telephone, and PCs
- Maintaining telecommunication infrastructure including pits and ducts/conduit pipes
- Repairing damaged ducts/conduits pipes
- Maintaining the access network, both copper and fibre cables
- Trenching
- Rod & Roping (Pipe proofing)
- Clearing Blockages in Underground Pipes
- Locating and exposing buried pits and cleaning them
- Building joint closures such as DJL, FJL and BJLs for both aerial and underground cables
- Slicing and testing both copper cables and fibre cables
- Performing optical power meter, OTDR and Insertion Loss Testing of optical fibres
- Perform troubleshooting using the OTDR
- Labelling cables and network devices to required standards
- Scope of works preparation, material ordering and reconciliation
- As-Built Documentation including red lines
- Setting up worksites and traffic management, ensuring the safety of the worksites
- Understanding of Work Health and Safety requirements including Risk Assessments
Civil operative - Edge Telecommunications S.A - Capetown, Western Cape
(2018-09 - 2022-10)
- Followed all safety protocols and procedures
- Operated and monitored production machines, driving product quality standards
- Used work instructions to assemble components in specified sequences
- Manual Trenching for underground duct installation
- Ensured timely completion of all production tasks
- Reinstating trenched area which includes brick paving, hot or cold asphalt paving etc.
- Compiling daily production report
- Interpreting engineering plans and executing the job as per plan
- Making necessary plan changes in the event of unexpected obstacles of planned work
- Operate a Grundomat, compactor, jack hammer roller compactor and various hand tools
