AMI Communication Engineer

Kaizen Firm

About Us:

Kaizen is the Number 1 Recruitment Leader in the MENA region and works on placing high-caliber professionals in prominent and lucrative roles across the Middle East & and GCC.

The Client:

A global network of professional services firms providing Audit, Tax, and Advisory services. It's one of the "Big Four" accounting firms and operates in 143 countries and territories with a total of 273,000 outstanding professionals.

Job Description:

Primary Job Responsibilities & Accountabilities:

Leads in diagnosing and correcting problems related to the Smart Metering Solution field equipment and to runs daily health checks i.e. Electricity meters, Water gateways, DCUs, Communication equipment involved in Data Center-to-Smart Metering.

Responsible for pro-active monitoring and repair of the last mile communication including smart meter s communications, data concentrators, GPRS, 3G/4G, NBIoT, and RF at Last mile.

Follow up and coordinate with metering vendors and communication service providers for fault rectification, SLA breach and new technology evaluation.

NMS application monitoring and configuration, including change of device parameter and configuration including device parameter and configuration change.

Ensures effective functioning of the telecom media utilized throughout the telecom network.

Forecast corrective and preventive maintenance of all telecom media including Wired and Wireless equipment to maintain the quality, reliability, and full functionality of the telecom equipment based on SMOC reports.

Responds to emergencies basis information provided by the SMOC on emergency action required basis customer queries or complaints.

Prepare and coordinates annual schedules for conducting routine maintenance and repair of the telecom equipment.

Prepares monthly progress reports based on the work activities conducted, customer complaints resolved and maintains details about the equipment repaired from SMOC.

Works in cooperation with Quality Assurance and Continual Improvement section on securing and maintain the ISO / Risk Management / ISMS certification.

Carries-out and ensures the compliance of all activities within the Department are in-line with the clients health and safety regulations.

Performs other tasks that may be assigned from time to time.

This position may require traveling between venues/depots during normal and or outside office hours for the site work such as configurations, installations, inspections, and any site related works.

Qualification & Experience

Minimum 4-year bachelor s degree in electrical engineering or Telecommunication Engineering or related field or equivalent.

Minimum 10 years experience in technical field as telecom/electrical engineer supervising installation, commissioning, configuration, testing, & maintenances of telecommunication equipment.

Experience with IoT wireless Technologies such as LPWANS, Wi-fi, Event Stream Processing, Cellular (4G/5G), Zigbee and other mesh protocols etc.

Most recent experience (at least 3 years) in installation, configuration, and O&M of different of type of smart meters communication, data concentrator/gateways and IoT devices.

Sound knowledge of Utilizes knowledge of Wireless communication, cellular communication,

Technology, MBUS technology, Radio Frequency Technology and Networking for effective conduct of work activities and configuration of communication equipment where and as needed.

Hands-on experience with Head-end systems and Meter data management application as advance level user. Experience with Siemens EnergyIP and Siemens SIE UDIS is preferred.

Hands-on experience with Head-end systems and Meter data management application as advance level user. Experience with Siemens EnergyIP and UDIS is preferred.

Experienced with SIM Based smart meter communication, establishing service level KPI, field installation and troubleshooting processes/procedures.

Strong command in English (writing and speaking) are essential. Good command in Arabic (writing and speaking) is a plus.