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JOB SPECIFICATIONS / DESCRIPTIONSSaudi Arabia

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Job Title: Wireline Access Network Design Director

JOB SPECIFICATIONS 

Education:   MSc in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, Electronics or equivalent from arecognized university.

Experience Required:   A minimum of 12 years relevant experience in wireline access network design

  A minimum of 5 years relevant managerial experience

Background:   My client has a contract with a network operator in Saudi Arabia for the execution of

network design activities. To this end, a team of approx 140 consultants is co-located

with and works on a daily basis with the operator and equipment vendors to achieve the

operators’ objectives. The Wireline Access design director will manage a team of about

20 consultants in the wireline area in support of FTTH and VDSL roll-outs.

  The ideal candidate will come from a Tier 1 or 2 public Telecom network operator

where he has been involved with the planning, design and engineering of the fixed

access network in the broadest sense. He has been leading a team of engineers

responsible for design of fiber and copper OSP as well as access electronics for FTTx

and xDSL

Key Responsibilities  Design and Engineering of:

o  xDSL Access Nodes, both for CO as well as street deployment

o  GPON Access Nodes, for Greenfield as well as brownfield deployment

o  OSP infrastructure, copper as well as fiber

o  Civil works related to cable as well as equipment placement  Estimated 2012 project volumes

o  500.000 homes passed with GPON

o  1800 VDSLAM street cabinets

  Produce all related detailed design and method of procedure documents for above

mentioned projects.

  Prepare the design plans for migration of legacy (TDM, ATM) access nodes to NGN

network solutions, e.g. RAN replacement, LE replacement

  Develop future access network strategies, access architecture development and network

roadmaps in order to meet the business targets for service delivery as well as reducing

OPEX and CAPEX.  Leverage a strong knowledge of technology trends for the selection of the most cost

effective and best practice access network solutions.

  Develop access network BoQs and request for quotations, participate in price and scope

negotiations with vendors to finalize the annual project scope and budgets.

  Create and apply necessary processes and procedures to maintain and improve the work

efficiency/performance.

  Support implementation activities of access related projects

Expertise and Skills  Solid, deep technical understanding of all design and engineering aspects for wireline

access nodes and networks including copper and fiber OSP  In depth knowledge of traditional copper solutions and architecture

  In depth knowledge of FTTx solutions and architecture, GPON as well as PtP

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  Experience with network planning/design for access networks

  Experience with access networks civil works planning / design

  Experience with copper migration / cutover scenarios, both in CO as well as street

cabinets

  Experience with NSN, Huawei, and Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson and Fujitsu equipment

ranges

  Ability to manage a multi-national team of engineers in a challenging, culturally diverse

environment

  Ability to deal with tight deadlines and multiple concurrent urgent issues

Reporting:  Directly reporting to the Project Director

  Close cooperation (“partnership”) with Wireline Design Director of the operator,

sharing organizational objectives

Place of work  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Languages  Fluent in English, speaking and writing

  Arabic would be an advantage