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Seacom is seeking an experienced consultant to lead the planning, design and implementation of a submarine cable landing station, the beach manhole and fronthaul.

The consultant will act as the technical and strategic advisor, ensuring seamless integration between the submarine cable system and the fronthaul infrastructure, while managing stakeholders, contractors, and regulatory processes

This role is a 12-month Fixed Term Contract with possible renewal based on performance.

The successful candidate will report to the Director & Head of Network Operations and will be responsible for, inter alia, the following:

Key Responsibility: 

Feasibility & Planning

• Conduct site selection, environmental impact assessments, and permitting.
• Prepare cost models and project feasibility reports.
• Risk Management
• In-depth understanding of municipal and environmental regulations
• Thorough understanding of South African construction regulations
• Knowledge of wayleave or servitude application process

Design & Engineering

• Define landing station architecture (Engineering building designs, datacenter architecture for cooling, racks, fire systems, BMS, feeding equipment, SLTE and backup systems).
• Ensure compliance with international submarine cable standards and local regulations.
• Draft technical specifications and engineering documentation.

Project Execution

• Oversee procurement and contractor management for marine and terrestrial segments / fronthaul.
• Supervise installation of submarine cable, beach manhole, and fronthaul.
• Supervise installation of the Cable Landing station and related ancillaries based on the customer scope of works
• Coordinate testing, commissioning, and acceptance procedures for the entire solution.
• Delivery of the project on time, on budget and to the customers complete satisfaction.
• Monitor, compile, and submit project reports to internal management capturing the status of the project in line with PMO processes.
• Accurately communicating project status and performance through the tiered management system daily, weekly, and monthly as required.
• Ensure health, safety, environment, sustainability, and security objectives are achieved throughout the lifecycle of the project along with all legal and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure projects are executed in accordance with Seacom’s policies and procedures and that the governance is maintained throughout the project.

Operations & Maintenance

• Establish operational readiness plans, staffing, and training.
• Implement cable protection and awareness programs with local authorities.
• Develop maintenance schedules and fault response protocols.

Stakeholder Management

• Act as interface between project owner, regulators, contractors and other stakeholders.
• Technical Leading role during RFPs, tenders, and contract clarifications.
• Represent project interests in local and international submarine cable committees.
• Laise with external stakeholders (government departments (Municipalities, Transnet & Eskom), architects, civil teams, HVAC, and electrical contractors)
• Laise with internal stakeholders (cable station teams, senior management, and heads of departments)

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Telecommunications Engineering or related field

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

• 10+ years in optical transport/DWDM Systems
• 10+ years’ experience in submarine cable projects (Installation, upgrades, SLTE/SIE Solutions)
• Knowledge of repeated systems, branching units, power feeding, and subsea fiber infrastructure.
• Knowledge of survey methods for terrestrial and Subsea networks, cable burial, and protection techniques
• Expertise in coherent transmission (100G/400G/800G+),OTN, Carrier Ethernet, and IP networking
• Civil Engineering
• Power, cooling, fire system, data center design

REQUIRED KEY COMPETENCIES/ATTRIBUTES:

• Problem solving and decision making
• Excellent documentation, presentation and language skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Process Improvement
• High-Site Topology & Backhaul Resiliency
• Zero-Notice Dynamic Failover
• Architecting
• Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Problem-solving and risk management capabilities.
• Ability to mentor and train operational staff

Interested people should please submit an updated and condensed CV by clicking Apply Now.