Engineer - Network Planning and Optimization.Network Technologies
MTN Benin
Telecommunications · 501-1,000 employees
About the role
The engineer will design, plan, and optimize the radio access network to ensure coverage, capacity, and quality of service. They will also manage network performance, conduct site surveys, and provide technical guidance to improve customer experience.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must hold a degree or diploma in Electrical or Electronic Engineering and possess at least three years of relevant experience. Proficiency in network performance analysis, drive testing, and the use of planning tools like TEOCO is required.
Full description
Values & Visions
We at MTN BENIN are a purpose and value-led organization.
At MTN BENIN, we believe that understanding our people’s needs and aspirations is key to creating experiences that delight you at work, every day. We are committed to fostering an environment where every member of our Y’ello Family is heard, understood, and empowered to live an inspired life.
Our values keep us grounded and moving in the right direction. Most importantly, they keep us honest. It is not something we claim to be. It is in our DNA.
As an organization, we consider it our mission to create an exciting and rewarding place to work, where our people can be themselves, thrive in positivity and ignite their full potential. A workplace that boosts creativity and innovation, improves productivity, and ultimately drives meaningful results. A workplace that is built on relationships and achieving a purpose that is bigger than us. This is what we want you to experience with us!
Our commitments go beyond an organizational promise. It is in our leadership and managerial ethos to meaningfully partner with our employees, customers and stakeholders with a vision to realize our shared goals.
We are delighted that you are considering us as your career partner to make a mark in the world. We look forward to your application!
Responsibilities
- Interface with CEM team, CES team to improve to identify the worst performance area (Cells), prepare the improvement action and follow-up
- Improve customer experience by customer complaint management
- Forecast traffic growth, predict user demand, and design network architecture for RAN
- Conduct geographical and site surveys to determine the best locations for Sites deployment
- Track key performance indicators (KPIs), analyze drive test or traffic data, and identify bottlenecks like dropped calls, high latency, or low data throughput. Provide technical guidance and oversight to Managed Services teams, ensuring the timely identification and resolution of network issues
- Drive long-term network evolution through strategic upgrade planning, technology assessment, and scalability initiatives to support emerging technologies and growing traffic demands.
- Regular (Daily, Weekly, Monthly and quarterly) Reporting with Technology, Business, MTN group, ARCEP and other stakeholders
- Perform Regular drive (SSV, Benchmarking, Audit….), post-trait the logs and product the drive test report with recommendation
Interface with MTN Business, RACA and ARCEP as technical support for devices strategy selection and compliance.
Qualifications
Education:
- Degree level or Diploma in Electrical/ Electronic Engineering
- Relevant network professional certifications
Work Experience:
- Three-years relevant experience in Planning, Optimisation, Reporting, Field
- investigation & Discovery, Asset Enterprise (TEOCO Planning tool).
- Proficiency in analysis of Network performance statistics.
- Good analytical skills
- Strong Understanding of GSM Radio Access Network Functionality and Traffic Cases.
- Strong knowledge of Radio Network performance analysis, optimization or planning.
- Principles and procedures for drive testing & analysis of drive test data for optimization.
Good language skills, ability to read and understand, prepare documents, presentations and reports in both French & English
