Fixed Network Line Planner

Key Responsibilities

Fixed Network & Service Planning

• Perform end-to-end routing and service planning for customer connections.
• Plan fixed-network lines, circuits, and customer/service connections.
• Determine technically appropriate network routes based on network topology, infrastructure, and available resources.
• Allocate required ports, interfaces, and time slots.
• Analyse existing transport and access-network infrastructure and available capacity.
• Optimise the utilisation of transport and access-network resources.
• Monitor network capacity and identify current and future capacity constraints.
• Propose technically appropriate solutions to address network capacity limitations.
• Assess the impact of new services and connections on existing network resources.

Implementation & Commissioning Support

• Create switching, provisioning, and change orders as required.
• Prepare detailed implementation and switching instructions.
• Validate planning data prior to implementation.
• Support network implementation and commissioning activities.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical queries during commissioning.
• Support network migrations, expansions, and technology upgrades.
• Coordinate with relevant engineering, operations, and implementation teams to ensure successful service delivery.

Network Documentation & Inventory

• Prepare, maintain, and update network planning documentation.
• Maintain accurate connectivity records and network inventory data.
• Ensure planning and inventory data accurately reflect the network configuration.
• Identify and resolve discrepancies between planning data, network inventory, and the actual network.
• Ensure all relevant network resources and connections are correctly documented.

Quality Assurance & Process Compliance

• Perform quality control checks against defined network-planning guidelines and standards.
• Ensure planning outputs meet defined quality, accuracy, and completeness targets.
• Validate technical and planning data before implementation.
• Identify planning and data-quality issues and initiate appropriate corrective actions.
• Ensure compliance with defined planning processes, standards, and operational procedures.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of network-planning processes and data quality.

Key Technical Skills & Knowledge

• Fixed-network line and circuit planning
• Transport network planning
• Access network planning
• xDSL, xPON, and Point-to-Point (P2P) fibre technologies
• Routing and service planning
• Network capacity planning and optimisation
• Port, interface, and time-slot allocation
• Network topology and connectivity
• Network resource management
• Network inventory systems
• Work-management systems
• Switching and change-order processes
• Telecom provisioning and commissioning processes
• Network migrations and upgrades
• Quality assurance and quality control

Key Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Structured and detail-oriented approach
• Strong technical understanding of fixed telecommunications networks
• Ability to analyse complex network scenarios and identify appropriate technical solutions
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Strong understanding of network dependencies and resource utilisation
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple planning activities
• Effective communication and collaboration with engineering, operations, and implementation teams
• Strong quality and customer-service orientation

Education & Experience

• Degree, diploma, or equivalent qualification in Telecommunications Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Network Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Relevant experience in fixed-network planning, network engineering, or telecommunications operations.
• Practical knowledge of transport and access networks.
• Experience with network inventory and work-management systems.
• Experience with network provisioning, commissioning, migrations, or upgrades is an advantage.
• Experience in a telecommunications service-provider environment is preferred.