Role Purpose

To issue and enforce optimisation strategies, in order to deliver  and maintain a high quality radio network

Key Responsibilities

1. Network Optimization
Deliver excellent quality network and ensure that all KPIs are always within their target benchmarks (2G/3G).
Research into features and new optimisation strategies that will lead to quality radio network delivery Cluster KPIs
Overall network KPIs
Cluster POA

2. Cluster KPIs ownership
To take ownership of KPI's of all the cluster. Perform RF parameter optimization, radio features and prepare performance monitoring report.

•   Improvement of radio network performance by adopting the right approach.
•   Network performance statistic data analysis, drive test data analysis, signal tracing data analysis and troubleshooting to improve network performance.
•   Technical support on RNP&O issues and communication with internal customers.
•   Daily 2G/3G optimization based on RNO Tools-MRR,NCS,WNCS,UTR,GPEH,FAS
•   Capacity and Coverage dimensioning for 2G/3G Network
•   KPI definition and management, Create/Customize 2G/3G BO/Optima report templates
•   WCDMA Features Activation and Parameters tuning Cluster KPIs
•   Cluster POA

POA on congested/low utilization sites, CE utilisations, HS, EUL codes blockings

3. Drive test & Benchmarking reports and analysis

To analyze drive test results and to generate reports with recommendations and actions.
To secure quality benchmarking activities. Drive Test Database  reports
Benchmarking reports

4. Customer Complaints

Lead the team in Co-ordinating with Strategic Quality to resolve customer complaints, to propose and to implement actions to improve network quality and coverage.
User Complaints Report

5. Planning

•   Assist the planning/projects teams with placement of new sites.
•   Design radio Site network for capacity and coverage.
•   To prepare, perform, analyze and present network interference studies. Nominal plan
•   Frequency plan
•   Interference report

SCOPE - CONTEXT - COMMUNICATION - DECISION

•   All radio network planning and optimization activities
•   Context

Communication

•   INTERNAL: Planning and Radio Network Engineering, Operations, NOC and Rollout departments
•   EXTERNAL: Other MIC radio teams

Decisions making power
New sites location, change database parameters, change radio physical parameters

Qualification Required & Experience

Knowledge

•   GSM & UMTS, cellular technologies, radio planning, cellular optimization, statistics management, drive testing, optimization and planning tools.

Skills

•   GENERIC: Team building, POA follow up
•   JOB SPECIFIC: radio propagation, frequency planning, radio optimization, understanding of radio features (BSS)
•   OTHER REQUIREMENTS: preferred vendor knowledge (Ericsson)

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

Interested and qualified candidates should

Click Here To Apply Online

Or email us on:

tigo@tigo.com.gh

Closing Date: 30 July, 2014

When you join Tigo, you join a team where your skills, ideas and technical know-how can do more than contribute to the bottom-line. You'll be exposed to enormous experience, great network and a workforce full of talents with youthful exuberance.

At Tigo we are all salesmen and we are responsible for our own development. We consider each vacancy as a development opportunity for Tigo Employees and we develop both the business and people together.