Cluster Engineer at Altius Infracom Ltd (2025-12 – Present)
- Maintain telecom tower infrastructure in the assigned cluster of sites.
- Ensure proper condition of tower structure, shelters, and equipment rooms.
- Monitor site health and prevent outages.
- Maintain SMPS, battery bank, DG set, and electrical systems.
- Ensure 24×7 power availability at telecom sites.
- Monitor power consumption and battery backup performance.
- Plan and execute scheduled preventive maintenance for cluster sites.
- Check earthing, aviation lights, feeder cables, and grounding systems.
- Maintain safety standards at tower sites.
- Respond to site alarms or faults reported by telecom operators.
- Troubleshoot power, infrastructure, or site-related issues quickly.
- Coordinate with technicians and vendors to restore services.
- Manage field technicians and maintenance vendors.
- Ensure maintenance work is completed as per ATC standards.
- Verify work quality and site safety.
- Conduct regular site inspections within the cluster.
- Check tower safety, structural condition, and equipment installation.
- Ensure compliance with company guidelines.
- Coordinate with operators like Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea for site access, fault resolution, and new equipment installation.
- Maintain cluster maintenance reports.
- Update fault tickets and preventive maintenance records.
- Submit reports to regional operations teams.
- Support new tower installation and tenant equipment deployment.
- Ensure proper power and infrastructure readiness before operator installation.
Field Maintenance Engineer at NR Switch N Radio Services (Bharti Airtel) (2020-03 – 2025-11)
- Maintain BTS / telecom tower equipment.
- Check and maintain 2G / 3G / 4G / 5G network equipment.
- Ensure network uptime and minimize downtime.
- Identify faults in RRU, BBU, transmission equipment, power systems, and antennas.
- Use diagnostic tools to find the root cause.
- Restore the site quickly to normal operation.
- Perform scheduled preventive maintenance (PM) on telecom sites.
- Inspect cables, connectors, grounding, and equipment health.
- Replace faulty parts before failure occurs.
- Maintain microwave links and fiber connectivity.
- Check signal quality, alignment, and alarms.
- Monitor alarms from the Network Operations Center (NOC).
- Visit the site when there is a major alarm or outage.
- Prepare site visit reports, maintenance logs, and fault reports.
- Update maintenance activity in company systems.
- Follow electrical safety and tower climbing safety procedures.
- Use proper PPE while working on telecom towers.
Project Engineer at Evolve Technologies (Ericsson India) (2018-04 – 2020-02)
- Plan telecom rollout projects like new site deployment, network expansion, and technology upgrades (2G/3G/4G/).
- Prepare project timelines, manpower plans, and material requirements.
- Conduct site survey for new telecom sites.
- Check power availability, tower structure, space for equipment, and transmission feasibility.
- Prepare and submit site survey reports.
- Supervise installation of BTS / eNodeB, antennas and RF cables, microwave or fiber transmission links.
- Manage vendors, riggers, and installation teams.
- Ensure installation follows Airtel technical standards and safety rules.
- Inspect installation quality for proper RF cable routing, correct antenna alignment, and proper earthing and grounding.
- Conduct equipment testing and commissioning.
- Coordinate with Network Operations / OMCR team for site integration.
OMCR Engineer at Aircel Cellular (2017-07 – 2018-03)
- Monitor telecom network performance from the control room.
- Track alarms from BTS, transmission, and power systems.
- Ensure 24×7 network uptime.
- Identify and analyze network alarms such as BTS down, transmission failure, power failure, and link down.
- Prioritize critical alarms.
- Create trouble tickets for network faults.
- Assign the issue to field engineers or maintenance teams.
- Track the ticket until the issue is resolved.
- Coordinate with field maintenance engineers for site troubleshooting.
- Guide technicians on fault resolution.
- Ensure quick restoration of services.
- Monitor network KPIs such as call drops, signal quality, and traffic load.
- Report performance issues to higher management.
- Handle major network outages.
- Escalate critical issues to senior engineers and management.
- Prepare daily network reports and outage reports.
- Maintain logs of alarms, incidents, and resolutions.
