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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Marine Operations Manager role is responsible for the operations and maintenance of all Vocus Marine Cable systems Including the Australia Singapore Cable (ASC), North West Cable Systems (NWCS), Darwin Jakarter Singapore Cable (DJSC) and any future marine cable systems Vocus builds or operates. The role will work across functional areas in order to maintain the high availability and resiliency of the Submarine Systems.

Melbourne, Australia

Overseeing the allocation of engineering team resources to infrastructure projects associated with systems engineering, including system upgrades and rollouts.Undertaking long term policy and strategy planning on communication networksEnsuring the integrity of the customers technology, equipment, and network configurationCoordinating the Request For Proposal (RFP), selection and negotiation of contracts with third party vendors.Managing the ongoing installations of communications equipment with regional users, head office users, suppliers and sub-contractors.Preparing departmental budgets and forecasts and reporting on budget variances.Coordinating with customer support staff to manage the support of the customers communications network, ensuring the ongoing availability and reliability of systems is maintained.Recruiting new employees and managing the professional development of current Network Engineers.Key skillsExpert knowledge of communication concepts, including detailed product knowledge.Strong project management skills.Strong understanding of the telecommunications.Strong people management skills.Ability to build and maintain strong vendor partnerships.Advanced understanding of networking and associated enterprise infrastructure design.Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Melbourne, Australia

Managing the provisioning, installation, operation, upgrading, and performance testing of commmunications networks in client sites.Overseeing the allocation of engineering team resources to infrastructure projects associated with systems engineering, including system upgrades and rollouts.Undertaking long term policy and strategy planning on communication networksEnsuring the integrity of the customers technology, equipment, and network configurationCoordinating the Request For Proposal (RFP), selection and negotiation of contracts with third party vendors.Managing the ongoing installations of communications equipment with regional users, head office users, suppliers and sub-contractors.Preparing departmental budgets and forecasts and reporting on budget variances.Coordinating with customer support staff to manage the support of the customers communications network, ensuring the ongoing availability and reliability of systems is maintained.Recruiting new employees and managing the professional development of current Network Engineers.Key skillsExpert knowledge of communication concepts, including detailed product knowledge.Strong project management skills.Strong understanding of the telecommunications.Strong people management skills.Ability to build and maintain strong vendor partnerships.Advanced understanding of networking and associated enterprise infrastructure design.Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Melbourne, Australia

The role involves ensuring all new infrastucture is built and tested correctly and to standard prior to connecting to the existing Network. This includes running operational readiness testing, Quality Audits and varification of AB documentation and test results.Specialties: Commisioning, integrating and testing SDH, DWDM, and Ethernet networks.

Melbourne, Australia

Manage the Victoria Field Team that maintains the Nextgen Network fibre optic cable and services. The team is also responsible for the install, commissioning and testing of new customers DWDM, SDH and Ethernet services. The area of operation is Victoria, Tasmania and Southern NSW.Specialties; Commissioning, integrating and testing SDH, and DWDM networks.

Melbourne, Australia

Install, Commission, Test and Maintain DWDM, SDH and Ethernet equipment and services at Nextgen Networks.

Melbourne, Australia

Installation and maintenance of the Vodafone mobile phone network, including 2G and 3G technologies

Melbourne, Australia

Integration, commission and testing of national DWDM and SDH network.

Singapore

Design commision and test SDH and DWDM networks for Lucent customers across the Asia Pacific reigon.

install, commission and test 2G mobile phone network

Sydney, Australia

Install, commission and test mobile phone networks

Ccna, Cisco Certified Network Associate

Advanced Certificate In Electronics, Electronics