Job Title: Senior Manager – Engineering
Recruiter: Hamilton Lloyd and Associates
Job Ref #: VAC2222
LOCATION: Lagos Island, Nigeria
REMUNERATION: Negotiable but Very Attractive
Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer. The successful candidate will co-ordinate the affairs of the Technical Department which includes the Interconnect, and IT Departments.
Specific responsibilities will include:
• Providing first line of contact with the Technical Partners of the company.
• Project implementation and technical supervision of subcontractors or service partners.
• Point of purchase and negotiation management support.
• Project and department budgeting, productivity reporting and record keeping.
• Manage technical relationships with other telecom operators.
• Regular analysis, maintenance and distribution of traffic and activity logs and other key documents
• Ensure that agreed engineering performance targets are reached.
• Providing assistance and directive to managers and staff of the Technical group, and managing other material resources of the group.
• Assigning work and responsibilities to members of the Technical group.
• Ensuring that proper operation and maintenance schedules of the, Power, Switching, Transmission and Information Systems equipment are strictly adhered to and of internationally agreed standards.
• Develop and ensure compliance with processes and procedures for the Technical group.
• Providing a continuous pipeline of competent managers within the company.
• Setting targets for staff within the Technical group and providing assistance in ensuring that these targets are met.
• Provide appropriate platform to ensure proficiency by providing adequate training for staff of the Technical group.
• Regular planning sessions with Head of departments to keep abreast of innovations in technology and network upgrades and expansion costs and negotiating these options relative to cost and service delivery.
• Close coordination with the Heads of departments to ensure that business imperatives are addressed in the planning, expansion and operation of the network.
• Acting as watch dog in matters of company technical ethics and abiding by regulations and standards as set by the regulators.
• Build out the company's national network infrastructure for interconnectivity and ensure their optimal utilization and uptime
• regular reporting to management on departmental issues, functions and projects related developments
• and other functions as assigned
QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND ATTRIBUTES:
• Good first degree in Engineering [Telecoms or Electrical / Electronics] from a reputable institution, higher degree will be an added advantage.
• Minimum 10 years working experience with 5 years in managerial capacity in a similar role.
• Candidate must have strong strategic orientation, demonstrable leadership and interpersonal skills.
Deadline: 25th June, 2013.
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