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Overview
Work History
Education
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Certification
Accomplishments
References
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Sunday Oladipo

Aylesbury,United Kingdom

Summary

Dedicated and knowledgeable Fiber Engineer with extensive experience in the installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of fiber optic networks. Skilled in utilizing advanced FTTP and FTTH technologies, splicing fiber optics, and providing exceptional customer service. I am seeking challenging opportunities that will allow for personal and professional growth.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Fiber Build Engineer (Team Lead)

Permanent Solutions30 UK Chester
Chester, United Kingdom
06.2022 - Current
  • Participating and overseeing the installations of the overhead fiber, underground ducts and fiber cable, and splicing on PIA/Openreach network in Twickenham, Wandsworth, Watford and Harrow fiber build project for CFL
  • Documented standard development procedures and trained new personnel on the requirements of every build.
  • Supervised and participated in surveying and confirming the integrity of the BT/Openreach infrastructures in Southampton for the Virgin Media FTTH project.
  • Delivered outstanding productivity targets on job packs assigned to my team and assisted other teams with their task
  • Worked closely with clients, internal staff and other stakeholders to determine the planning, implementation and integration of new projects.
  • Adherence to Health and Safety regularly onsite.
  • Training and assisting contractors in using MapAll and ArcGIS applications.
  • Assisted in supervising the civil and fiber build contractors during Barnets, Richmond and Harrow CFL projects
  • Facilitating, coordinating and delivering materials to the site on time
  • Responsible for completing the RAM and Method Statement before the commencement of the daily task.
  • Prepared detailed daily reports on updates of the project/task assigned to me and my team.




OSP (Fiber) Asst. Manager

Permanent MainOne Cable Company Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria
04.2012 - 05.2022
  • Assigned to manage and supervise over 1044km longhaul and Metro fiber build in Lagos State, Ogun State, Oyo State, and Edo State in Nigeria
  • Documents, edits and modifies fiber optic network assets using in-house fiber optic network software (OSP Insite) by recording fiber optic for inside plant and outside plant operations
  • Dispatching Field Technicians to resolve network outage conditions and out-of-service conditions on MainOne fiber network in Nigeria.
  • Resolving and troubleshooting connectivity issues for residential and business customers including provisioning of new or existing services.
  • Fiber-to-home activation support in South West and South
  • Coordinates the fiber testing with OTDR, power meter and turn up of service with the involved providers until the customer's service is up and working.
  • Project manager for the provisioning of Dark Fibers of over 70km span for the likes of MTN Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria, First Bank of Nigeria.
  • Dispatching trouble reports and service orders to appropriate outside installation and repair teams and receiving close-out information from the team
  • Coordinates the fiber testing with OTDR, power meter and turn up of service with the involved providers until the customer's service is up and working.
  • Provisioning of Dark Fibers of over 70km span for the likes of MTN Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria, First Bank of Nigeria.
  • Dispatching trouble reports and service orders to appropriate outside installation and repair teams and receiving close-out information from the team
  • Issue maintenance initiated change orders.
  • Working with customers, on the telephone, to isolate/resolve problems with that the fiber, media converters and ONTs at the POPs and customer location.
  • Negotiating dates, times and access arrangements associated with resolving customer links and providing trouble reports.
  • Prepare detailed construction and installation drawings, estimate equipment, labour, and material costs
  • Oversaw daily operations to achieve high productivity levels.

Fiber Maintenance Engineer

Permanent Communication Network Support Service Limited (CNSSL) Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria
01.2009 - 03.2012
  • Enhanced operational output through regular site inspections and improvements.
  • Completed all assigned work on time and to high-quality standards.
  • Responding to Fiber Break alerts on the Client’s network and rectifying the problem immediately to minimize the downlink time.
  • Responsible for maintaining, monitoring and analysing Fiber optics network components and making recommendations regarding the state of the client's network’s fiber optics backbone.
  • Responsible for carrying out installations of 10x42U racks and rack mounting of 4xOLTs, and 16x48ports Fibridge media converters at the MTN Ojota Data center.
  • Responsible for conducting monthly fiber auditing and reporting in 8 regions of the country.


Fiber Optics splicer Technician

Permanent Astera Engineering (Telecoms servicing company) Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria
02.2008 - 01.2009
  • Assisted customers in identifying and correcting problems with installed fiber and OTNs
  • Ran fiber patchcord cables to interconnect devices, equipment and power sources to newly installed systems.
  • Documented installation, maintenance and repair activities for technical tracking.
  • Responsible for the prepping and fusion splicing of the fiber optic cable and regular splicing of 144 - 192cores backhaul fiber optics cable.
  • Involved with long haul fiber installation and replacement cables
  • Responsible for testing the free fiber cores on the patch panel facing each cell sites using the OTDR, light source and power meter to determine the integrity of the metro fiber cable.

Fiber Maintenance Technician

Permanent BT Technologies (Telecoms servicing company) Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria
10.2007 - 02.2008
  • Informed supervisor regarding limited supplies to maintain consistent inventory.
  • Route patrolling and maintaining Multilink Nigeria
  • Filled out logs of daily actions using computer tracking system.
  • Fiber termination at MTN Nigeria base transceiver stations (BTS)
  • OTDR testing and analysing of the completed fiber project
  • Attending to fiber fault call out

System Support Engineer

Permanent Comits Nigeria Limited Lagos
Lagos
04.2006 - 10.2007
  • Responsible for Troubleshooting operating systems, hardware and software problems to identify root causes.
  • Responsible for the Installation, termination and testing of CAT6A cabling for 26 First Bank locations.
  • Monitor, operate, manage, troubleshoot, and restore service to terminal service clients, PCs, or notebooks with authorized access to the network.
  • Install data cabling infrastructure, and routing cables from access points within the First Bank Data-center.
  • Responsible for the allocation of ports and cable management within the Datacenter.
  • Coordinate and execute preventative maintenance and remedial repairs on computers, laptops, printers, and peripherals.

Education

Bachelor's degree - Information Technology

National Open University Of Nigeria (NOUN)
Nigeria

Higher national diploma (HND) - Electrical Electronics

Yaba College of Technology
Nigeria

WAEC -

Ideal Comprehensive High School
Nigeria

Skills

  • Troubleshooting
  • Leadership
  • Telecommunications
  • Computer Skills
  • Microsoft Office
  • OTDR and LSPM usage
  • Communication Skills
  • Cable Management
  • GPON and FTTH Network
  • Fiber Optics splicing
  • Cat5e and Cat6e installation, termination and testing
  • Fiber Optics installation, splicing and testing
  • Civil work
  • Network infrastructure administration
  • Project coordination and documentation

Certification

  • NRSWA Supervisor
  • NRSWA Operative
  • SA002
  • SA001
  • S6
  • Confined Space
  • Certified Fiber Optic Specialist/Design (CFOS/D)
  • Certified Fiber Optic Technician (CFOT)

Accomplishments

    Mainone Staff of the Month Award


References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Fiber Build Engineer (Team Lead)

Permanent Solutions30 UK Chester
06.2022 - Current

OSP (Fiber) Asst. Manager

Permanent MainOne Cable Company Lagos
04.2012 - 05.2022

Fiber Maintenance Engineer

Permanent Communication Network Support Service Limited (CNSSL) Lagos
01.2009 - 03.2012

Fiber Optics splicer Technician

Permanent Astera Engineering (Telecoms servicing company) Lagos
02.2008 - 01.2009

Fiber Maintenance Technician

Permanent BT Technologies (Telecoms servicing company) Lagos
10.2007 - 02.2008

System Support Engineer

Permanent Comits Nigeria Limited Lagos
04.2006 - 10.2007

Bachelor's degree - Information Technology

National Open University Of Nigeria (NOUN)

Higher national diploma (HND) - Electrical Electronics

Yaba College of Technology

WAEC -

Ideal Comprehensive High School

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