Fiber Plant Technicians at MTN Business Kenya Limited
MTN Business Kenya Limited is the business division of MTN Group.
The company focuses on providing corporate communications solutions to small and large businesses through its modern and reliable network infrastructure in the region.
We wish to identify: highly competent, proactive and self driven individuals to fill the below position which is based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Fiber Plant Technicians
Reporting to the Technical Operations Manager, the ideal candidates will be responsible for splicing and record keeping of MTN Business Kenya fiber plant at development/building stage and subsequent maintenance.
The incumbent shall be responsible for:
- Fiber splicing during network expansion.
- Fiber splicing and termination to customer endpoint.
- Troubleshooting fiber plant faults.
- Fiber splicing on maintenance occasioned by fault.
- Schedule and perform regular preventive maintenance on the fibre plant.
- Regular servicing of fiber splicing and maintenance tools/equipment.
- Keep and avail record of fiber pair splicing details on a weekly basis.
- Provide monthly data on fiber plant cable utilisation.
Knowledge, skills and ability required:
- Diploma / Certificate in Computer Science/ Electrical/ Electronics / Information technology
- At least 2 years experience in telecoms or ISP environment.
- Industry certifications in Optical network/ structured cabling technologies would be an added advantage.
- Good experience in fiber plant troubleshooting.
- Experience splicing plant to support ECI, Huawei, ZTE, Tejas (SDH/GPON/Metro Ethernet)
- Experience in OTDR (power and loss/attenuation analysis )
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent planning, analytical and problem solving skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
Application details
Interested candidates who meet the above should send their application and detailed CV, including your qualifications, experience, present position and current remuneration.
The forwarding e-mail and cover letter must clearly indicate the job title on the subject line.
Send your application to hr@mtnbusiness.co.ke by 14th March 2014 before 5:00pm East African time.
MTN Business Kenya reserves the right to accept or reject any application.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted
