Data Centre, Power Management & Passive Design Engineer
Airtel Africa Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
Telecommunications · 51-200 employees
About the role
The engineer is responsible for the maintenance, performance monitoring, and quality assurance of passive infrastructure at core data center and telecommunication sites. They also manage project BOQ validation, contractor performance, and the implementation of OPEX reduction initiatives.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Bachelor of Engineering degree or a related field and possess at least 3 years of relevant experience. Strong analytical, leadership, and negotiation skills are required to manage site operations and contractor performance effectively.
Full description
Why Airtel Africa?
At Airtel Africa, we act with passion, energy, and a can-do attitude. Innovation with an entrepreneurial spirit drive us. If you like “ordinary”, then we are not for you.
We champion diversity. We anticipate, adapt, and deliver solutions that enrich the lives of communities we serve. we roll up our sleeves to win with our customers.
By choosing Airtel, you choose to be part of a winning team. All this in addition to a brilliant opportunity to build a career in your field of expertise, across our different operating companies in Africa.
Airtel Africa is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and remain fully committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
Responsibilities
Purpose of the Job
- Passive Outage analysis, trouble shooting, RCA and reporting
- Routine Power audits, checks and reporting
- Preventive, Predictive & corrective maintenance implementation and supervision
- On site passive routine systems checks and reporting
- Responsible and accountable for Passive spares at Core locations
- RFI for new equipment addition
- Redundant equipment removal
- Equipment documentation
- Redundancy assurance from rack level
- Taking stock of customer (internal/external) requests
- Reviewing customer requirements
- Core location Access management
- Monitors the performance of passive contractors and ensures delivery within the agreed SLAs
- Activity planning, impact analysis and quality assurance
- Make routine visits to review contractor performance
- Ensures Core locations standards are adhered to by all Location users
- Passive Survey and RFI support
- Project BOQs Validation
- Suggests and innovates OPEX reduction projects.
- Implements, monitors and supervisors key OPEX reduction projects.
- PUE improvement and maintenance
- Fuel management and reporting
- Ensure adherence to the company processes
- Ensures compliance to partner contracts and escalates where improvements are required
- Ensures Occupational health and safety standards adherence at all core locations
- Data Centre and Telecommunication facilities standards assurance
- TIER 3 + Standards assurance
Qualifications
Must have:
- Bachelor of Engineering degree or related fields
- Professional Certification will be an added advantage
- At least 3 years’ experience
Skills and Competencies critical to the role:
- Exhibits good level of creativity and resourcefulness.
- Is able to guide and transfer knowledge
- Analytical and Presentation skills
- Negotiation skills
- Leadership Skills
