Facilities Planner [Colocation Fibre & Core POP sites]
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Job Location:
Midrand - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
21 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Introduction
Our client a fast growing wholesale fibre company based in Fourways JHB reqires a Facilities Planner.
The Facilities Planner is responsible for planning designing evaluating and coordinating all colocation and facilityrelated aspects of the network across edge and core PoP locations. This includes ensuring accurate space and power planning developing facility and network design documentation conducting site visits producing asbuilt records and creating new engineering projects aligned with the organizations network expansion roadmap.
Duties & Responsibilities
1. Colocation and Facilities Planning
- Define colocation requirements for new and existing network sites including space power cooling rack allocation fibre entry points and crossconnect needs
2. Site Visits and Facility Readiness
- Conduct site surveys to validate space power environmental conditions security fibre entry points and equipment suitability
3. Space Power and Infrastructure Design
- Translate network expansion and technical plans into detailed facility infrastructure requirements
4. Technical Design Documentation
- Produce highquality design documentation including lowlevel facility and network design documents rack elevations power load diagrams fibre/cabling schematics and crossconnect maps
5. AsBuilt Documentation
- Capture and maintain accurate asbuilt documentation after each installation or upgrade.
6. Project Creation and Engineering Initiation
- Create new engineering and facility projects aligned with network expansion or infrastructure upgrade initiatives
7. CrossFunctional Collaboration
- Work with crossfunctional teams to ensure facility requirements align with technical network design
8. Compliance and Standards
- Ensure all facility designs and installations align with engineering standards safety regulations and operational requirements
Desired Experience & Qualification
- Bachelors degree in Engineering Telecommunications Electrical/Electronic Engineering or related field
- Minimum 3 years experience in data centre infrastructure planning colocation facility planning or network engineering
- Wiremans license working knowledge of latest SANS 10142-1 regulations. Registered with the Department of Labour (DoL.) -(Advantageous)
Experience and Skills:
- Strong knowledge of colocation environments PoP facilities space and power engineering and structured cabling
- Proven ability to produce detailed technical design documentation and facility design packages
- Experience conducting site surveys facility audits and environmental assessments
- Experience in creating and initiating engineering projects including requirements scoping and documentation
- Proficiency with GIS tools Visio/CAD diagramming tools and documentation bestpractices
Subject Line: Facilities Planner Core Pop sites
Interested
Key Skills
- GIS
- JAWS
- Military Experience
- Business Management
- Emergency Management
- Joint Operations
- Production Planning
- Relationship Management
- Strategic Planning
- ERP Systems
- Exercise Planning
- MRP
