Fibre Supervisors
| Job Type | Permanent Full Time |
| Area | Dumfries, ScotlandDumfries and Galloway, ScotlandFalkirk, ScotlandFife, ScotlandGlasgow, ScotlandInverness, ScotlandStirling, Scotland |
| Sector | TelecommunicationsCivil EngineeringConstructionEngineeringEnergy & UtilitiesHighways & Roads |
| Salary | £35,00-40,000 plus company van and fuel card |
| Start Date | |
| Advertiser | Smartcity Recruiters |
| Job Ref | SCR-FSS-SCR |
| Job Views | 21 |
- Description
- Position: Fibre Supervisors
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
About the Role
Our client is focused on the design, build and maintenance of telecom infrastructure for key clients in the fixed telecom market. Working collaboratively with their clients, our client brings commitment, innovation, teamwork and accountability to deliver long- term partnerships.
They are a part of the Telecom Division of their group. We deliver a range of essential infrastructure services to the utilities, transport, data and telecom sectors across the UK and Ireland.
We are looking for a Fibre Supervisors to be part of our Fibre Cities Team covering Glasgow and the Scottish Central Belt
What will you be doing?
Your role will be to work as part of our delivery team who are responsible for the end-to-end delivery of our FTTP (fibre to the premise) build programme. The successful candidate would need to be from a strong flex / fibre background and have experience on the Openreach network.
We are currently looking to recruit Fibre Supervisors to work in Glasgow, to work on our new FTTP projects.
The Purpose of this position is to ensure a scheduled programme of work is delivered on time, to budget in a safe, quality manner across all products. The Supervisor oversees the day-to-day operational duties of the field engineers (both supply chain and direct labour) and ensure quality service is being performed. They are also responsible for co-ordination, delegation, supervision & quality control of onsite works, including responsibility for performance.
As Supervisor, your duties & responsibilities will be:
- Demonstrate a structured and consistent approach to the Supervision of all Field Operatives across both Fibre whether they are Direct Labour or Sub-Contractor resources.
- Responsible for ‘on the day’ delivery of all works within the project bid in a Safe, Quality and On Time manner.
- Identify areas for improvement at a supplier level providing feedback to the management team.
- Support the delivery of the business units KPI’s, identifying area for improvements.
- Stakeholder management within the customer base at operational level.
- Provide direction and governance through the supply chain to deliver improvements in line with any agreed streetworks, quality or safety improvement plans.
- Manage HA stakeholders and attend relevant streetworks meetings as and when required.
- Feedback risk to the management team in line with our KPI’s and strategy.
- Sponsor and support new ways of working which would improve delivery and service then support any activities being undertaken to implement change.
- Embed works mobile and whereabouts adherence with our supply chain.
- Ensure supplier resource, commitments are in place as per works volume, business critical items.
- Review quality of proposed fibre build designs identifying changes that can be made to improve efficiency and cost of build.
- Assess quality of paperwork returned from intrusive surveys. Challenging sub-standard returns and also highlighting alternative solutions that could be explored.
- Monitor progress of work throughout the fibre build highlighting risks to wider project team as they develop within the field.
- Provide coaching and support to delivery teams working in the field to ensure all works are to the latest quality standards as set out within Openreach build policy.
- Perform a final build audit ahead of structures being handed over to the customer highlighting any defects and working with wider project team to arrange remedial works to take place.
- Audit the light loss returns of all structures via the new OMNSI test system implemented by Openreach to ensure proper testing processes are being followed in the field.
Skills & Knowledge Requirements
- A proven track record of working at a Supervisory level within the Telecoms Industry or other similar utilities would be advantageous.
- Ability to provide management to field-based teams working remotely.
- A basic understanding of both financial and commercial activities and dependencies.
- Ability to understand and implement agreed plans which support the needs of the business and support operational effectiveness.
- The ability to work collaboratively with Stakeholders both within the client arena and the supply chain.
- An ability to understand and operate within a process driven environment.
- NRSWA accredited.
- A basic knowledge of fibre surveying is desirable.
- Experience working on fibre builds at an operative level with N23 accreditation would be a great advantage.
Salary – Excellent rates