Transport / Transmission Planner

Key Responsibilities

Transport & Transmission Network Planning

• Design and plan new transmission and access rings.
• Perform end-to-end routing and service planning for customer connections.
• Allocate required ports, interfaces, and time slots.
• Ensure efficient and technically appropriate connectivity between transport and access networks.
• Optimise the utilisation of network resources and transmission capacity.
• Monitor network capacity and identify current and future capacity constraints.
• Analyse routing requirements and network-resilience needs.
• Identify and implement technically appropriate solutions to address transmission-capacity constraints.
• Plan transmission solutions based on DWDM/xWDM technologies.
• Plan IP/Ethernet transport solutions according to service and network requirements.
• Support TDM transmission planning where applicable.
• Support optical and fibre transmission planning and network design.

Network Implementation & Commissioning

• Create switching and implementation orders.
• Prepare technical implementation and switching documentation.
• Validate planning information prior to implementation.
• Support network implementation and commissioning activities.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical queries during commissioning.
• Support transmission-system testing, acceptance, and handover.
• Coordinate with relevant engineering, operations, and implementation teams to ensure successful deployment.

Network Resilience & Capacity Management

• Assess network topology, routing, and resilience requirements.
• Ensure appropriate redundancy and protection mechanisms are considered during network planning.
• Monitor transmission-network capacity and resource utilisation.
• Identify potential capacity bottlenecks and develop appropriate technical solutions.
• Support network expansion and optimisation activities based on capacity and traffic requirements.

Network Inventory & Quality Assurance

• Maintain accurate transmission-network inventory and connectivity records.
• Ensure network inventory data accurately reflects the implemented network configuration.
• Perform network audits for quality-assurance and data-integrity purposes.
• Identify and resolve discrepancies between planning data, network inventory, and the physical/logical network.
• Perform Quality Control in accordance with defined planning guidelines and standards.
• Ensure planning and implementation documentation is complete, accurate, and up to date.

Key Technical Skills & Knowledge

• Transmission-network planning and design
• Transport-network architecture
• Access-network architecture
• DWDM / xWDM
• IP/Ethernet transport
• TDM transmission
• SDH
• Optical and fibre networks
• Fibre transmission systems
• Network routing and topology
• Network resilience and protection
• Transmission-capacity planning and optimisation
• Network resource allocation
• Network inventory and connectivity management
• Network auditing and quality assurance
• Work-management systems
• Network-inventory and planning tools
• IQ Link is beneficial

Key Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Structured and detail-oriented approach to network planning
• Strong understanding of transport and transmission-network architectures
• Ability to design technically appropriate and resilient network solutions
• Strong understanding of capacity planning and network-resource optimisation
• Ability to analyse complex routing and connectivity requirements
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple planning activities
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to work effectively with engineering, operations, implementation, and other technical stakeholders
• Strong quality and delivery orientation

Education & Experience

• Degree, diploma, or equivalent qualification in Telecommunications Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Network Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Relevant experience in transmission, transport-network planning, or telecommunications engineering.
• Practical experience with optical/fibre transmission technologies.
• Knowledge of DWDM/xWDM, IP/Ethernet transport, TDM, and SDH technologies.
• Experience with network-capacity planning, routing, and network-resilience design.
• Experience with network inventory and work-management systems.
• Experience with IQ Link is an advantage.
• Experience in a telecommunications service-provider environment is preferred.