Wireless Access Planner

Our Digital & Technology team wakes up every day with one goal in mind - to connect Canadians to the people and things that matter most. Collectively, we’re proud to support 30 million Canadians each month.

We manage a robust portfolio that champions the leading edge of technology and media. We drive projects that expand connectivity to underserved communities from coast-to-coast-to-coast; build and enhance our fixed broadband network to provide high-speed Internet, TV and Smart Home Monitoring; and support our world class wireless network, offering our customers Canada’s largest and most reliable 5G network. As the Digital & Technology team, we are building our tomorrow, today.

Come play a key role in building the future of innovation in Canada, Let’s make your possible.

Do you enjoy working on high-scale, complex, and high visibility projects and programs? If yes, consider the following opportunity:
What you will be doing:

- Identify site capacity requirements. Plan, budget and initiate projects to support network evolution and to meet growing subscriber demand
- Develop new site build plan and analyze alternatives in order to recommend the most economical solution to meet departmental and organizational objectives regarding network expansion, subscriber growth and usage patterns
- Produce applicable project specification documents to initiate and synchronize all stakeholders to accomplish in-building system initiatives
- Collaborate with Regional Network Implementation and RF team for support and guidance for site acquisition, lease and design issues. Maintain up-to-date understanding of project status and identify obstacles that have negative impact on project completion targets
- Analyze and identify problematic areas with capacity and coverage issue, propose solutions to senior wireless access planners for new site build and capacity add programs
- Estimate cost and prepare CA for new site build and capacity augmentation projects
- Prepare capacity for event, coordinate with event management and performance monitoring, conduct postmortem study on event performance
- Manage COW deployment for event and temporary site relocations
- Conduct studies for special projects

**What you will bring**:

- Strong understanding of Wireless Network functionality and elements.
- Full Scope of HSPA/LTE/NR Radio Access
- Strong knowledge of LTE and NR capacity requirements and capacity KPIs
- Strong understanding of the RAN (Radio Access Network) capacity
- Well versed on industry standards, LTE, 5G, Fixed Wireless Access (FWA), Wireless Private Networks (WPN)
- Familiarity with Ericsson radio base station hardware and configuration
- Strong aptitude for research, data analysis and trend development.
- Strong planning and budget skills.
- Advanced knowledge of Planet, MapInfo, Power BI and other mapping and analytics tools
- Microsoft Office suite
- Undergraduate degree with 3-6 years of work experience in a wireless environment
- Education experience should include a post-secondary education, Bachelor of Electrical or Telecommunication Engineering preferably.
- Professional designation is preferable

Competencies
- Ability to provide direction and guidance to internal and external groups.
- Specific background in projects involving multiple geographic regions, cross-functional teams
- Ability to manage and track projects
- Ability to operate autonomously within general direction guidelines.
- Personal Competencies: Leadership; Problem Solving / Judgment; Customer Service Orientation; Teamwork and Collaboration; Initiative; Achievement Orientation.
- Highly motivated individual with superior organizational and analytical skills

**Schedule**: Full time

**Shift**: Day

**Length of Contract**: Not Applicable (Regular Position)

**Work Location**:8200 Dixie Rd (341), Brampton, ON

**Travel Requirements**: Up to 10%

**Posting Category/Function**:Technology & Network Design

**Requisition ID**: 288841

Posting Notes: Digital & Technology