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Department OverviewAirwave leads the world in delivering mission critical communications services. Great Britain’s emergency services and many public service organisations rely on Airwave to keep them communicating during both day-to-day operations and especially during unplanned incidents.
Job Description
This role is based in the York / Harrogate area, you ideally need to be located in this area OR willing to relocate to this area.
As a multi skilled Field Operations Engineer, you’ll operate and maintain the TETRA Base Stations, Microwave Transmission, Enhancer equipment & Customer Control Room elements of the Airwave Network within agreed SLA’s to maintain service to our customers.
Your Role:
• Microwave transmission operation and maintenance
o MUX/DEMUX operation and maintenance
• You’ll respond to Network Incidents
o Partake in a 1 in 4 call out.
• You’ll complete planned maintenance procedures
o Site planned maintenance visual inspections and functional checks
o 18th Edition electrical inspections
o Lightning Protection inspections
o Customer Control Room inspections
• You’ll provide TETRA BTS operation and maintenance
o Capacity upgrades/downgrades/Commissioning & health checks
• VSAT 1st and 2nd line maintenance
• Mobile asset deployment and recovery
o Mobile base station
o Mobile VSAT equipment
o Masts
o Towable and hand portable generators
• Rigging/climbing activities (not essential)
o Antenna replacement
o Feeder/connector test and replacement
o Microwave equipment replacement/re-pan
o Structural Inspections
Basic Requirements
Primary requirements for the role:
The successful applicant must demonstrate an aptitude to develop, but not necessarily in all areas listed and work towards building their skill levels.
The successful candidate should be a competent individual with a passion for technology. An analytical mind-set will be essential for effective troubleshooting, improvement of the network’s functions and successful fault management, carried out in a logical and methodical manner.
You should have a mix of great attention to detail and accuracy with a good level of IT literacy.
The successful applicant must also be prepared to travel within the UK and stay away from home, on occasions when required.
Hold a full valid driver’s licence.
Take part in regular training courses (online & classroom based)
Qualifications:
Ideally, you will hold an HNC/HND in a Telecommunications, IT Networking or Electronics discipline.
Experience &/or knowledge: Listed is essential and desirable.
- Radio frequency principles
- Transmission theory
- TETRA networks
- Microwave Transmission Systems
- IP Networking + VOIP
- Electrical Qualification such as BS7671 (18th Edition)
- Working at Height including antenna, ODU & feeder replacement
- Cisco CCNA
- Microsoft MCSE
- VMWare
- Red Hat Linux Administrator
- RF System Engineering
- Line of sight principles
- Multiplexors
- AC/DC power systems
- Aircon units
- Test and inspect
- Battery theory & practices
- Generator theory, practices & deployment
In return for your expertise, we’ll support you in this new challenge with coaching & development every step of the way. Also, to reward your hard work you’ll get:
- Competitive salary and bonus schemes
- Two weeks additional pay per year (holiday bonus).
- 25 days holiday entitlement + bank holidays.
- Attractive defined contribution pension scheme.
- Private medical insurance.
- Employee stock purchase plan.
- Flexible working options.
- Life assurance.
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
- Career development support and wide ranging learning opportunities.
- Employee health and wellbeing support EAP, wellbeing guidance etc.
- Carbon neutral initiatives/goals.
- Corporate social responsibility initiatives including support for volunteering days.
- Well known companies discount scheme.
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Travel RequirementsOver 75%
Relocation ProvidedNone
Position TypeExperiencedReferral Payment PlanYesCompanyMotorola Solutions UK Limited
EEO Statement
Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.
We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.
