Delivery Manager

Job Title – Delivery Manager – Network Rollout

Job Location – Reading, Berkshire

Job Role:

This role is for a delivery manager for Network rollouts for key mobile operators in the UK. We require experience in design and build delivery management to build new base stations.

Responsibilities

  • To act as the Build/Design tech lead across the team providing technical support, direction and guidance to all members of the team, thereby contributing to the overall delivery of the team’s objectives
  • Support all Build/design activity.
  • Manage, on behalf of the various clients, budgets associated with all Build/design activity.
  • Seek opportunities for efficiency & cost saving by driving a culture of cost-awareness & innovation.
  • Direct, govern and act as a point of escalation with 3rd party suppliers.
  • Deliver results and achieve SLA/KPI performance by focusing on effective execution of work. Continually looking for revised ways of working leading to improved performance.
  • Lead by example and continually look for ways to improve performance.
  • Interface with different project work streams to ensure efficient handover between milestones.
  • Lead and develop a highly motivated team.
  • Attend regular meetings with the client and 3rd party suppliers to ensure the end to end delivery of the service.
  • Create and manage a quality plan to monitor and audit the processes to ensure deliverables are fault free.
  • Ensure all dependencies are monitored and delivered in accordance with the agreed timespans to support the overall project plan.

Experience

  • Must have recent experience Delivering the rollout of a project
  • Must have recent Build experience
  • Must have recent Design experience
  • Last role been in a Telecoms environment
  • Willing to travel

Delivery Manager

Job Title – ADC Delivery Manager

Job Location – Reading

Job Role:

We are looking for an experienced Acquisition, Design and Construction Delivery Manager who will lead and coordinate Delivery requirements with respect to ADC activities and support Commercial and Technical topics relating to Network Rollout (NRO) of our clients Radio Products, achieving Build Completion.

You will be involved in planning and management of the ADC services needed to secure an efficient delivery process and a timely customer acceptance supporting the Customer Delivery Lead as the need arises via a team of ADC project managers. You must therefore have good people management skills motivating the team to deliver against targets.

The Delivery Manager Lead ADC will ensure work is executed as per the project requirements and will act as a point of contact for delivery activities towards the Customer Delivery Organisation, Third Parties assigned by our client, and their Project Organisation and internal Partners.

The role is primarily to provide services relating to the Acquisition, Design and Construction of the clients LTE & 5G RAN solutions but may also include In Building, Infrastructure and Antenna line solutions. This role is suited to candidates with a proficient background in NRO RAN swap projects with experience and awareness of acquisition of cell sites, cell site design or construction management. Suitable candidates must have expert knowledge of MBNL ADC processes and policies and have worked at a strategy level in the delivery of ADC services

Responsibilities:

  • Accountable for ADC service delivery for the deployment of the clients equipment from site instruction through to site build acceptance.
  • Organise and coordinate the rollout of sites, ensuring that they are delivered in line with the contractual requirements.
  • Manage the clients Third parties to deliver sites through a controlled program of works ensuring that all implementation works are undertaken to budget and within SLA.
  • Ensure Delivery critical metric measurements are in place and continually reported on. Act on relevant metrics by investigating and implementing corrective actions, participate in Customer Delivery meetings and issue associated reports.
  • Actively handle issues or dependencies throughout the delivery cycle that may impact the commencement or acceptance of a site deployment Ensure site deployments align with all Health & Safety, CDM, ICNIRP and any other legislative requirements applicable to on site work (and any changes to these requirements)
  • Ensure planning information is maintained in the project tools and that all documentation is handled in a structured manner and uploaded to the required repositories.
  • Support New Product Introductions and ensure they are transferred effectively into the Delivery process. This is to include acting as a Delivery Subject Matter Specialist towards FOA’s, Trials or Proof of Concepts.
  • Assessment of Customer Change Requests (CCR’s) Promote use of the clients Global methods and technology solutions to maximise delivery efficiency

Experience:

  • Minimum of 10 years’ experience in leading and running ADC services within a NRO Swap project environment.
  • Planning and organisation skills for large projects.
  • Experience in handling third party suppliers in the delivery of DICI rollout services.
  • Commercial awareness and experience of delivering to budgets.
  • Excellent leading and supervising skills combined with a results-oriented demeanour.
  • Effective communication and facilitation skills.
  • Delivering results and meeting customer expectations.
  • Flexible with the ability to lead change and resolve ambiguity
  • Experience in resolving challenges with perseverance to overcome multiple obstacles.
  • Prepared to travel throughout the UK to customer offices.
  • Ericsson Radio Product knowledge
  • Knowledge/Experience of local authority planning in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and also site acquisition experience gained in a utilities or telecom environment.
  • Knowledge/Experience of Civils, Towers, Antenna Line Systems (from BTS to antenna) including testing
  • Excellent IT skills e.g. MS Office and workflow concepts

Product & Solutions Engineer

Product and Solutions Engineer

Are you a seasoned solutions & product design veteran within the mobile telecoms sector?

Are you looking for a long-term role, with a company that actively invests in the careers and professional development of their employees?

Our Client, a Europe leading specialist in tower operation and mobile network infrastructure provision, are seeking a knowledgeable Product and Solutions Engineer to join their team, working within their office in Reading (3 days in office 2 days remote)

Reporting to the Head of Product & Solutions, you will be part of a team whose purpose is to help create products and solutions to sell to both MNO’s (mobile network operators) and other customers across the UK. To achieve this, you will collaborate with other teams within the business to assess customer requirements and provide the technical input which leads to the creation of desired products, solutions, services, and capabilities.

The Product and Solutions Engineer will also be responsible for:

  • Capturing and assessing detailed customer requirements, and work with the sales team to identify and create customised solutions, based on common products, components, and capabilities
  • Identifying and engaging with suitable potential suppliers and partners
  • Developing and maintaining relationships with customers & suppliers at SME level
  • Leading projects and work in a virtual team
  • Assessing the business impact that certain technical choices have
  • Producing documentation, including requirements specifications, and product/solution specifications
  • Undertaking design and costing of new products and solutions, at each stage of design maturity
  • Developing business cases to meet Client’s rules/financial hurdles
  • Performing technical testing and arranging trials as required
  • Supporting the sales team with all technical related queries
  • Functioning as a Subject Matter Expert and providing Technology insight – including opportunities and threats. Continual research of current and emerging technologies and proposing changes where needed

We would welcome applications from people with the following skills and experience:

  • Demonstrable experience within Telecoms industry ideally 5 years+ working within, or closely with MNOs.
  • Degree level education in an engineering or other relevant discipline
  • A solid understanding of:
    • RF environment for macro sites and small cells
    • Site design and deployment, including a working knowledge of acquisition, design, and planning requirements for both rooftop and greenfield deployment
    • Structural aspects for site design
    • Small Cell deployment
    • In building cellular systems
  • A deeper knowledge in one (or more) of the following would also be desirable:
    • DAS systems
    • Open RAN
    • Private networks
    • Connectivity
    • Network architecture
    • 5G
    • Wi-Fi
    • Data networks
  • Knowledge of GIS/Mapping tools at an intermediate level would be advantageous
  • Able to lead projects and work in a virtual team and work with customers & suppliers at SME level
  • Ability to present ideas in a clear, user-friendly way
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Availability to travel when required for the role

Interested and want to know more? Click Apply* today!

Location: Reading (RG1) – 3 days working in the office, 2 days remote

Employment type: Permanent

Salary Expectation: £52,000£62,000 per annum + bonus and employee benefits

Start Date: ASAP

*Please note our client’s offices, alongside our own, close for Christmas but your application will be reviewed on our return, which will be from the 4th of January onwards.