Survey Engineer - United Kingdom - Wifinity Group

Description

About us:
Wifinity was founded in 2007 to solve a problem—our armed forces were struggling with reliable connectivity. While living in barracks, often in remote locations, ordering a landline and booking in an engineer just wasn't an option.

And that problem isn't exclusive to the military, either. Students living in University accommodation, families visiting holiday resorts, or living in shared accommodation and retirement communities. Conventional home broadband doesn't always work for them. Wifinity is different. We offer the same benefits as traditional broadband, such as super-fast speeds, WiFi, and secure and private networks, but none of the downsides. We even offer Pay As You Go and flexible contracts, so customers only pay for what they need without hefty penalties or long contract terms. We take the complexity out of connectivity. In this role you will be working directly with solution architects to survey sites and formulate appropriate designs, to maintain a design led business approach to maximise new business sales and existing performance improvements. You will have the chance to work on current and new Wifinity sites and contribute to improvement planning. The Opportunity:
Joining our presales and engineering team you will be responsible for conducting surveys and gathering onsite data to formulate into appropriate network solutions. You will be responsible for representing your findings and any associated costings. On occasion, your work will include requirements gathering on behalf of the senior wireless engineers, solutions architects and other areas of the business when required. You will work independently and with members of the wider team to provide valuable onsite knowledge that can be used to produce designed solutions. You will work on both new Wifinity opportunities and upgrades to existing deployments. Your day-to-day role will consist of the following responsibilities, you may be required to carry out further responsibilities at the company's discretion.

• Independently planning access and arranging schedules to attend required site surveys
• Leading onsite site surveys and be able to plan and execute clear approach strategies
• Conducting passive and active wireless site surveys of both new and existing sites
• Conducting wireless surveys across a range of both indoor and outdoor deployments choosing the best tools for each scenario.
• Conducting basic cabling surveys of new and existing fixed infrastructure to support cost estimates
• Assessing and applying good physical installation standards to upgrades and new deployment designs.
• Producing active and passive site survey reports with clear explanation of key results
• Discussing and reviewing design and cost outputs with senior engineering staff
• Performing site hardware audits
• Building good onsite relationships and trust with customers through open and interactive communication

About you:
You will have the ability to work proactively on tasks and understand the full scope of a problem and work to a solution without the need for continuous direction. You will be able to apply design principles to different situations and justify reasoning behind those conclusions.

You value quality and success and enjoy getting the job completed even when there are challenges throughout. You must be comfortable with a significant amount of UK travel and access to a varied range of sites from MOD establishments to holiday homes. This should extend to a willingness to work both indoors and outdoors. We are looking for someone that:

• Is available for UK/Abroad Travel
• Maintains a full UK driving licence
• To the best of their knowledge could achieve Baseline Security Clearance
• Maintains an interest in associated technologies
• Can conduct daily physical site surveys.

Your experience and qualifications:

• Vendor Survey tool Accreditation along with wireless Industry Accreditations
• Installation and project delivery experience
• Cabling & Installation Certification
• Previous Security Clearance
• Proven experience within Wireless Networking
• Basic knowledge of Switching
• Knowledge of Wireless protocols and Standards
• Experience of Wireless surveys with Ekahau or equivalent, conducting APOS surveys, conducting passive indoor Surveys and external wireless surveys
• Experience with varied hardware from a range of major industry vendors
• Experience of Cabling infrastructure installation & applicable standards

It would also be beneficial to have:

• Ruckus Vendor Experience
• Outdoor PtP & PtMp Experience
• Experience of conducting LOS surveys
• Cambium Vendor Experience
• JSP Knowledge
• Fire Regulation Knowledge
• Experience of working in access restricted settings
  
  

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package which includes an 'Annual Leave Buy & Sell Scheme', in addition to a remote first working environment, allowing our employees more flexibility when it comes to the importance of a healthy work / life balance. Please be aware that the successful applicant to this role will receive an offer which is subject to the satisfactory completion of a basic level DBS check.

At Wifinity we pride ourselves on being an equal opportunities employer, with an inclusive culture who do not discriminate and whose hiring outcomes and commitments are based upon your talent and experience. This advert can be available in other formats (upon request) for those who require it, please contact for assistance. #J-18808-Ljbffr