Satellite Earth Station RF and Network Technician

Background

·         Avanti is the world's newest satellite operator

·         Funded plans to launch a Ka/Ku band satellite with European coverage in 2010

·         An existing business selling satellite delivered media and satellite Broadband

·         Listed on the London Stock exchange,

Ambition to grow with further satellite projects to use its 3.6Ghz of spectrum at 33.5°

Role

·         Employed by Avanti Communications Limited, the Technician will be primarily based at the Avanti facilities in Goonhilly, with some periods at Avanti offices in London and supplier premises, with visits to other company sites and client locations as necessary.

·         The Technician will be responsible for the quality of work on the ground station of Goonhilly and Land?s End.  .

The Technician will work as a Quality Supervisor to ensure that the contract with BT is fully respected and the work carried out as expected in the Statement Of Work.

Responsibilities

To be responsible for all aspects of the project, including but not limited to:

·         Provide technical support in implementing maintaining and troubleshooting existing equipments.

·         Resource and material acquisition

·         Cabling (RF and network)

·         Identify problems to be investigated if necessary

·         Controlling project execution supporting equipment vendors

·         Tracking and reporting progress

·         Analysing the results based on the achievement

·         Forecasting future trends in the project

·         Daily Earth Station operations

·         Earth Station spares management

·         Close relation with networks team.

·         Support the monitoring of the status and performance of Earth Station and the remote teleports

Ensure reliability of equipments and services through various means of monitoring and control systems

Minimum Skills Required

·         Excellent organisational, management and team working skills, ability to work autonomously with remote supervision

·         Knowledge of Satellite technology and RF Transmissions

·         Technical degree in telecommunications.

·         Knowledge of RF subsystems

·         Experience of working directly with prime contractors and with the ability to discuss and concepts with the prime contractor with authority

·         Provide technical support for new equipment to be installed on site

·         Hardware Hands-on, Installation, Start-up, Troubleshooting, Up-grade of equipment.

·         Fluency in English

·         Good presentation and customer facing skills

·         The ability to efficiently organise and co-ordinate the workload

·         Ability to work independently

·         Proficient in all MS Office packages and knowledge of Microsoft Project.

Networks, TCP/IP

The company operates 24x7 services and this role is required to participate in the on-call rota to support out of office hours emergency support and routine maintenance