Telecommunications Technician

The Role

• Working in a professional and safe manner to ensure the maximum protection to oneself, co-workers and plant equipment and ensuring compliance to all relevant legislation. - Ensuring that the commitment to safety is maintained and enhanced by taking steps to identify and rectify hazards. - Ensuring production targets and qualities are reached and maintained by providing an up to date and ongoing service and In the event of equipment failure, providing a maintenance service that will ensure quality repairs are carried out efficiently. - Liaises with supervisor on more complicated problems/anomalies and discusses solutions/seeks advice. Reviews end-users requirements, co-ordinates schedules and work execution programs. - Establishes voice and data networks by running, pulling, terminating, installing telecommunications equipment, routers, switches, establishing connections; programming features, establishing connections and integrations following industry standards. - Maintains network and associate computer systems by troubleshooting and repairing outages; testing network back-up procedures; updating documentation. In the event of equipment failure, providing a maintenance service that will ensure quality repairs are carried out efficiently. - Responsible for the support of Company Safety, environment and Quality policies and programs, and carrying out specific duties and responsibilities related to his job as spelled out in Management system documentation, policies, procedures, local documentation, Management System Manual, Safety Manual and other related documents. - Undertakes similar and related tasks and duties as directed by Supervisor.

Requirements
Academic Qualifications: High School certificate or equivalent Professional Qualifications: Driver License (Car and Heavy Vehicle) Basic experience and qualification of electrical works (Professional) Experience: Proven experience in communications systems

About the company
Etihad Rail was established in June 2009 under Federal Law no. 2, with a mandate to manage the development, construction and operation of the UAEs national freight and passenger railway network. The railway network will be built in phases to link the principal centres of population and industry of the UAE, as well as to form a vital part of the planned GCC railway network linking the six countries of the GCC: The Kingdom of Bahrain, The State of Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and UAE. Built to international standards, Etihad Rail's state-of-the-art network will act as a catalyst for economic growth and sustained social development. Once complete, the railway will redefine logistics and transport in the region; thus providing a modern, safe, efficient and sustainable network which will connect the UAE and its regions to its neighbouring GCC countries.