Consultant: ROW - Cape Town at Liquid Intelligent Technologies

Role Purpose

• To be responsible for all outgoing and incoming Right of Way applications for LTSA South Region. To liaise between business, municipalities, consultants and contractors on the right of way to connect clients to our network and expand the Liquid Telecom Network.

Role Description

ROW APPROVALS – OUTGOING ROW’S

• Manage of Outgoing ROW’S for the provisioning of new services to enterprise and managed services customers. Managing the ROW requests in preparation and submission of Wayleave Notifications (Excavation and trenchless technology of new network infrastructure).
• Manage outgoing “Right of Way” notifications within agreed SLA’S (Municipalities and other Operators).Manage and resolve all municipal and stakeholder disputes and consult legal counsel where support is needed. Ensure weekly visits are done to all stake holders (utilities and road authorities).
• Liaison and point of contact for Professional Engineering Consultants. Manage and approve proposed ROW plans for civil work in the public road reserves. Support OSP Planning office with providing input into proposed plans to minimize rejections by municipal entities. Manage municipal wayleave account statements.
•  Manage and ensure that contractors pay the wayleave fees on time. Manage municipal performance bank guarantees and ensure timeous renewals. Manage and verify contractor quotations with reference to As Built wayleave claims. Update and maintain project database for assigned workload including scheduling, forecasting and tracking of major tasks and milestones. 
• Engage with contractors and engineering consultants to ensure additional requirements are met (drill plans, engineering drawings, method statements, reports).Ensuring the verification and submission of all necessary site-specific information. Managing TAT’S and ensure that BPM Tasking is updated. Effectively deal with customer escalations and complaints. Ensuring compliance in wayleave processes in line with stakeholder requirements. 
• Manage the processing of Incoming ROW’S from other Operators & Utilities. Manage incoming “Right of Way” approvals within reasonable SLA’s (Municipalities and other Operators).Verifying external applicant’s proposed route against existing network. Dealing and communicating with external incoming wayleave applicants (completion dates, urgent applications, general enquiries etc.).

ROW APPROVALS – INCOMING ROW’S

• Dropping off as well as collecting of external wayleaves (mostly City departments),Ensure that the risk of infrastructure damage is minimized by providing the most accurate information and properly marked designs when responding back to stakeholders. Manage TAT and ensure that BPM Tasking is updated.

REPORTING AND ANALYSIS

• Ensure efficient use of various ERP tools used by the organization to support functional analysis and reporting. Manage business risk by ensuring an accurate database for all aspects of the business. Manage civil work progress with reference to quality complaints to minimize potential public liability claims, Manage all stakeholder complaints and provide regular progress updates.

Requirements

• 3-year Technical Qualification or relevant technical experience               Essential
• 5 years ICT environment                                                                Desirable
• 5 years Telecommunications environment                                                 Essential
• 6 years Technical experience and relevant technical certification          Desirable
• ROW Processes – Incoming and Outgoing                                                  Essential
• OSP planning                                                                                           Desirable
• All Appointments are subject to the Labour Legislation in the respective country.