Senior Specialist: Radio Planning & Optimisation at Vodacom

Role purpose:

• To manage site planning, deliver an optimized radio network, and resolve customer queries.

Your responsibilities will include:
 

• Lead the RPO team to deliver the New Sites Planning Pipeline & Rollout Projects for the FY.
• Develop innovative RF solutions to resolve customer problems.
• Ensure accuracy and integrity of all related databases and documentation in compliance with Vodacom quality standards.
• Manage all customer related queries until resolved.  Supporting Customer Care, VIP Escalations, PM, Property and EBU/CBU departments.
• Provide input into the evaluation, development needs and maintenance of RPO specialist competencies and performance.
• Support RPO team while conducting drive tests, probing tool and statistical analysis to determine root cause and resolution for problems.
• Conduct optimisation projects for single site, clusters, and network features.
• Provide ad-hoc concise reports and feedback to requesting internal parties

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

Education:

• 3-year degree or National Diploma in Electrical or Electronics in Engineering or 5 to 10 years’ relevant experience.
• Telecommunications (GSM, UTRAN, LTE, and 5G) courses essential.
• A minimum of 5 years of relevant GSM experience (inclusive of 3 years LTE experience) is essential

Core competencies, knowledge and experience:

• Computer applications (e.g., MS Office, MS Teams & MAPINFO)
• Network Performance 
• Network Analysis tools (e.g., U2020, Actix, Sonar, Atoll, OSS, Probes & Crowd Analysis)