Principal Technician at City of Cape Town

Requirements

• Minimum National Diploma in Electrical Engineering (Light current) or equivalent coupled with minimum 8 years of which 5 years is in a senior role in TETRA, Analogue and DMR Two-Way radios repair and maintenance in a Workshop environment.
• Must be able to perform Two-Way Mobile radio installations in any Council vehicles as well as installations of repeaters in a High Site environment.
• Must be able to operate Two-Way radio test set instruments.
• Computer literacy.
• A valid motor vehicle driver’s license.
• Must be physically fit and able bodied to work at heights and to carry heavy equipment and tools.
• Must be willing to work after-hours including overtime and standby

Key Performance Areas

• Responsible for the acquisition, installation, maintenance and operation of the City's ETSI TETRA Radio Trunking Infrastructure including Subscribers and Analogue/DMR systems for the Neighbourhood-Watch and associated infrastructure.
• Responsible for the calibration of Analogue and DMR radio systems to ensure compliance to regulatory and statutory requirements.
• Undertakes technical designs and provides specifications.
• Co-ordinates projects and leads project team.
• Management and controlling movement of all related assets.
• Programming, configuring and troubleshooting of radio equipment and systems.
• Customer relationship management, to maintain sound business values with all stakeholders to ensure service delivery.
• Undertakes tasks and supervision of sub-ordinates for programming, configuring, repairs, and hardware installations of related radio equipment.
• Provides customer in-house training