Senior Specialist: Transmission

23 hours ago

East London, South Africa Vodafone Group Full time

East London, South Africa

**Job description**
- Requisition ID**268702**
- Date posted**08/27/2025**

**When it comes to putting people first, we're number 1.**

The number 1 Top Employer in South Africa.
Certified by the Top Employer Institute 2025.

**Role Purpose/Business Unit**:
To provide high level technical support and Service and Quality Assurance for short term and long-term strategy in the Transmission Network.

**Your responsibilities will include**:

- Act as team leader for the regional Transmission Assurance team
- Provide Maintenance and Network Quality Transmission Support to the Regional Counties.
- To Maintain and Improve the Capacity and Quality of the Transmission network
- To co-ordinate & manage plan high-level projects
- Support implementation of new Transmission equipment to improve quality and support rollout, growth and next generation technologies and network expansion plans
- Manage higher order network entity assurance and configuration
- Liaison with central Project Management, Regional Property, Maintenance, Installation and Ops Support departments and external contractors.
- Managed Transmission Performance
- Manage Transmission Network Quality
- Maintain Transmission Master plan
- Involvement in Vodafone benchmarking and preparation at Regional Level & National level
- To ensure network NED targets are met
- 3 years National Diploma or Degree in Electrical (light current), Electronic or Computer Engineering or a SAQA accredited equivalent in a related field.
- Transmission Technical Courses - any Transmission principles, SDH, GPS Network Synchronization, Optic Fibre Systems (Essential)
- At least 5 years relevant telecommunications experience
- Project Management and advanced Excel knowledge
- IP Expert in Layer 1 to 4 of OSI stack and Standards in IEEE, ITU, MEF, Optical, RF
- Analytical thinker & solution oriented Resilient planning, evaluating statistics and raw data towards required outputs in TX planning

**We make an impact by offering**:

- Enticing incentive programs and competitive benefit packages
- Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
- Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fibre connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies

Closing date for Applications**:03 September 2025.**

The base location for this role is **Vodacom East London.**

The company's approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
Vodacom is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates, and values diversity & inclusion.

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**Consulting**

**Communication**

**Collaboration**

**Previously worked as**
1. Specialist2. Senior Engineer3. Lead Engineer4. Service Delivery Manager5. Transmission Engineer

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