Diploma in or Certificate in a relevant discipline (essential)

CTG staff and support humanitarian projects in fragile and conflict-affected countries around the world, providing a rapid and cost-effective service for development and humanitarian missions. With past performance in 17 countries – from the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and Asia, we have placed more than 20,000 staff all over the world since operations began

Overview of position

CTG is looking for a qualified TETRA Trunking Radio Systems Technician for our operations. This role is being advertised for talent pool building purposes, once the project goes live, only those candidates that are shortlisted will be contacteD

Under the overall supervision of the FTS Manager & the direct supervision of the immediate supervisor, the selected candidate will undertake the following tasks:

UHF (Tetra Trunking System):

• Perform advanced technical support activities by installing, configuring, testing, deploying & maintaining Tetra Digital Trunking radio systems & related software & servers.
• Program, install & maintain handheld, base stations & mobile Tetra radio trunking terminals.
• Install, test & maintain RF systems including cabling, lightening arrestors, GPS, connectors, power supplies & antennae among others.

HF (Codon):

• Perform advanced technical support activities by installing, configuring, testing, deploying & maintaining HF systems & related software for HF data, HF tracking & HF voice communications.
• Install, commission, maintain / repair mobile, fixed & manpack HF transceivers up to 1 Kilowatt power rating & associated antenna tuners, power amplifiers, interface equipment & remote control systems & a wide range of antennas.
• Devise & deploy HF antenna farms & related accesories for IP based HF radios.
• Install, test & maintain RF systems including cabling, lightening arrestors, GPS, connectors, power supplies & antennae.

VHF (digital air to ground & analogue):

• Perform advanced technical support activities by installing, configuring, testing, deploying & maintaining IP based air to ground radio systems & related software including SQL based Ricochet recording system, servers & consoles.
• Program, install & maintain handheld, base station & mobile airband radio terminals.
• Install, test & maintain RF systems including cabling, lightening arrestors, GPS, connectors, power supplies & antennae.
• Tune analogue VHF duplexers including & program VHF radio terminals.

Rigging:

• Installation of telecommunications equipment & cabling on towers.
• Installation, relocation & removal of tower mounted equipment.
• Working at heights on arrange of telecommunications structures including poles, towers & masts to install antennas, feeders & ancillary equipment.
• Erection & fixing of steel structures to facilitate the installations of telecommunications equipment.
• Termination of telecom cables of various types & size.

Cross cutting responsibilities:

• Perform RF planning & testing using specialized tools including site master, communications analyzer & antenna tester.
• Collect various statistics on the performance & reliability of the radio systems.
• Provide end user support.
• Log all activities in the ticketing system (namely iNEED) & close tickets within the predefined Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Work as part of FTS duty roster responsible for emergency customer support calls after official working hours.
• Travel to the repeater sites mission wide to rectify faults, perform planned maintenance & optimization.
• Ensure that installation of radio system complies with the prevailing standards & equipment are secure & labelled.
• Maintain accurate records of electronic communication systems, configurations & equipment performance.
• Monitors equipment to facilitate preventive maintenance & ensure compliance with manufacturer requirements.
• Keeps track of spare parts.
• Assists with surveys, plans & preparation for installation of communication sites, including erecting of towers, mounting antennas & feeder lines, plus the installation of communications shelters & associated equipment such as power supplies, UPS units, voltage regulators & DC converters among other.
• Perform any other tasks as signed by the immediate supervisor or FTS Managers.

• Be able to configure 3G / 4G radio system