Field Mentor

The client is looking for a number of Field Mentor’s to work a 6 month rolling contract based in South Africa (East London).

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Attend with ASP teams on sites for training and coaching purposes.
• Work on the captured GAPs by ASP Mentors during theoretical & practical training.
• Provide daily reports to ASP Manager & ASP Mentor about the progress of the ASP teams.
• Identify site readiness with ASP team (Civil Work & Power work) as part of training.
• Make sure that ASP team verified site survey data onsite.
• Make sure that team lead verified material delivered with SMR and raised up if any deviation.
• Make sure that the team is ready for EHS pre-work check and close it in a short time.
• Make sure that site installation is done according to MOPs prepared by ASP Mentor and site documentation shared by project and according to Ericsson and customer quality standards.
• Support team in on site commissioning and troubleshooting with back-office integration team.
• Make sure that team uploads all data/photos required in RSC Pre-PAT FTR session.
• Make sure that team cleared all snags or observations raised by RSC team during QA/FTR session.
• Make sure that team performed SRS and IMK/ESI test and send the logs to project team.
• Support team to manage material dismantling and packing.
• Support ASP team in customer site acceptance.
• Supervising, managing & training ASP team installations practices specifically covering, RF and Transmission fault-finding e.g., VSWR, sector swaps, tilts, replacing connectors, RF cabling, IF cabling, integration and testing on the Radio Access Network and Transmission Network.
• Perform Quality measures and Audits for teams performance & knowledge acquiring.
• Oversee and identify the possible risks that may affect H&S, workflow, quality, performance, etc, and must report all risks identified on time in the proper means of communication to emergency.

Background and Experience:

Ericsson Radio Knowledge:

• RBS 6000 Installation.
• RBS 6000 (2G/3G/LTE) script loading.
• RBS 6000 (2G/3G/LTE) alarm clearance.
• RBS 6000 (2G/3G/LTE) Fault finding.
• Transmission knowledge (preferable)
• RF installation, RF Fault Finding& RF Testing (VSWR/DTF etc.)
• Civil background and Civil Quality.
• Technical Site Surveys + TSSR.
• Site surveying and site planning.
• Telecommunications equipment installation standards.
• Basic software commissioning.

Transmission Knowledge is additional:

• Equipment, Mini link TN, 20P, 20PB, 6P series, MMU Series, Mini link 6600 series.
• MW Antenna types, and size (0.3m 0.6m, 0.9m, 1.2m and above)
• Mini link TN/66 series installation and commissioning.
• MW Mini link configurations and configuration types.
• Types of configurations (1+0, 2+0,2+2, 4+0, e.t.c)
• MW link troubleshooting skills.
• VLAN configurations.

Qualifications, experience and knowledge:

• The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 3 to 5 years’ experience in GSM Field, installation, Integration, Troubleshooting.
• NQF level 4 qualification and experience / RAN/Transmission equipment experience.
• EHS complied with & certified for field courses (Risk Assessment, Medical Fitness certificate, Basic Working at height and in case of self-driving we will need to add Defensive driving, First Aid, Fire Fighting).
• Candidate will bring his laptop for reports required and other tasks.

Please note: Due to the urgency of the role the client is looking for consultants based in South Africa.