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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

Core Tasks:

• 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

Key Responsibility: Design & Engineering

Core Tasks:

• 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.

Key Responsibility: Project Execution

Core Tasks:

• 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.

Key Responsibility: Operations & Maintenance

Core Tasks:

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

Key Responsibility: Stakeholder Management

Core Tasks:

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.