About Us
We are the UK network service provider making digital infrastructure simple. Whether indoors or outdoors, we make sure our customers can always connect their customers. We bring together mobile operators, central and local government, and real estate providers to work together in new ways using collaborative commercial models, combined real-estate and telecoms know-how, and global best practice.
We have 6000+ mast site locations, have connected 2000+ buildings and support 200+ outdoor networks. Our managed sites include some of the biggest, most challenging wireless environments in the UK, including railway stations, Canary Wharf, City of London, and events like the London Olympics.
The Role
We are presently hiring for a Pre-sales Lead Engineer to take on the leadership of Freshwave’s busy Pre-sales design workstream for indoor small cells from initial contact by the sales team with the client to satisfactory submission of a design ready for a commercial offer by the sales team. This role interfaces with the sales teams and the IDSC design team.
The suitable candidate will be expected to:
* Attend client meetings and contribute to tenders and bid responses.
* Act professionally and in the best interests of the company at all times and maintain good client relations.
* Have a good working knowledge of Indoor Small solutions, their capabilities and limitations.
* Provide estimated effort and resources required for particular tasks.
* Regularly update the Head of Engineering or Director of Engineering on progress and raise issues and risks swiftly.
* Prioritise workload according to sales requirements and pipeline.
* Keep up-to-date with vendor products to inform the sales team of any new developments.
* Assist and support other Design portfolio teams as requested by the Head of Engineering.
Minimum Requirements:
* Experience performing RF Modelling and designs of in-building cellular systems using design tools such as iBwave or RanPlan.
* Good working knowledge of Microsoft applications – including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
* Discuss and finalise requirements capture with the client.
* Translate design criteria and requirements into system dimensioning, link budget, and traffic analysis.
* Complete RAMS and abide by the company’s health and safety policy.
* Perform RF and Design Surveys for in-building systems.
* Experienced in processing survey data and producing/reviewing survey data plots and tables.
* Be experienced with survey and analysis tools such as TEMS investigation, TEMS Discovery or Nemo.
* Review results, drawings and reports produced by their team members and suppliers.
* Ability to communicate technical details to a non-technical audience.
* High degree of accuracy and organisation skills.
* Ability to adhere to pre-agreed timescales and SLAs.
* Ability to work on their own initiative as well as part of a team.
* Ability to lead a team of design engineers and technicians.
* Good time planning for themselves and any design engineer(s) reporting to them.
* Ability to manage suppliers, monitor progress and SLAs, conduct regular reviews and produce executive summaries of their performance to senior management.
Benefits:
* Group Personal Pension
* Life Assurance
* Income Protection Insurance
* Private Medical Insurance (PMI)
* Free Eye Tests
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Cycle-to-Work Scheme
Our Values
The successful candidate will be aligned with our company commitments:
* Engineering excellence: we’re engineering experts and the quality of our output is second to none.
* Do the right thing: we’re neutral in our position, doing what’s best for our people, our partners, our customers, society, and the environment.
* Set the pace: we act quickly and work efficiently, setting the pace for our projects and industry standards.
Sustainability and CSR:
We implement environmental, social, and corporate governance:
* Innovate for Impact: We pride ourselves on many industry firsts, driven by both technical and commercial innovation.
* A thriving workforce: We’re nimble and fast-growing, and our success relies on diverse talent from a range of backgrounds.
* Embracing Net Zero: This year we’ve baselined our carbon footprint and will focus on waste management and our supply chain.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging:
Here at Freshwave, we are dedicated to making our recruitment process as inclusive as possible. We recognise that applying for a new job can be daunting, so please let us know if there is anything we can do to enable you to be yourself, and we will look to provide any reasonable adjustments to support all applicants.
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