Pranav Prabhakar
Telecommunication Engineer
Kannur
Summary
TELECOM PROJECTS PLANNING | DESIGN | MAINTANANCE | QA & QC FIBER | CIVIL | ELECTRICAL
Analytical and astute Telecom Engineer with over 8 years of career experience. Highly adept and knowledgeable in Fiber, Civil, Electrical projects and post maintenance. Possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills and strong work ethics.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Languages
Work History
Design Engineer
HFC & FTTx, CCI Systems
Remote
06.2022 - Current
- Creating high level preliminary route design and facility specifics to manage fielding request instructions
- Creating detailed design in GIS based systems for HFC & FTTx networks
- Calculate and generate all necessary splicing prints/port assignments and power loss budgets
- Performing design within allocated budgets and time frames
- Addressed design challenges and evaluated alternative design models to meet project requirements.
- Providing design lead with updates on progress and roadblocks
- Participating and contributing in developing process improvement concepts
- As-Built updating in ArcFM with various inputs for HFC & FTTx networks
- Performing design and redesign activities on lode data
- Supporting QC and as built efforts with design changes/updates
- End-end readiness of assigned project with best quality.
Assistant Manager, Field Service.
Tata Play
Calicut & Wayanad
02.2022 - 06.2022
- Managed & coordinated installation and maintenance activities of satellite tv/broadband for ODU & MDU customers.
- Developed loyal and highly satisfied customer base through proactive management of team customer service strategies.
- Offered hands-on assistance to customers, assessing needs and maintaining current knowledge of consumer preferences.
- Helped with planning schedules and delegating assignments to meet coverage and service demands.
- Made hiring recommendations to increase company's productivity and profitability with quality workers.
- Strengthened operational efficiency to remain cost-effective while maintaining quality service.
- Conducted weekly staff meetings to motivate staff members, address concerns and questions, plan improvements and evaluate progress toward goals.
Zonal In Charge, Senior Engineer QA&QC
Ashoka Buildcon Ltd, KFON (Kerala Fiber Optic Network) Project, Kerala Govt.
North Kerala
07.2020 - 02.2022
- Demonstrated product and quality expertise in product inspections.
- Designed and developed various standard operating
procedures (SOP) related to fiber execution (ADSS laying, UG cabling), Test reports, Civil drawings, electrical drawings and acceptance testing for company certification and approvals using telecom standard knowledge. - Performed internal and site Surveillance audits on daily basis for civil,electrical, ADSS laying, UG & pole installation works in telecom fiber network and infrastructure projects.
- Expanded risk management measures through spot-checking and increased randomization of inspections.
- Escalated concerns about project and process quality, referring discovered issues to engineering manager for correction.
- Partnered with senior management to analyze issues and find appropriate solutions.
- Contributed to root cause analysis to determine core reason for failures and errors.
- Maintained compliance with industry standards and regulatory compliance during managed projects.
- Built strong rapport with team members, management and clients to facilitate efficiency and productivity.
- Had a major role in all level of executions in both access networks
and backbone links. - Responsible for electrical inspections, monitoring quality issues resolution with Engineering, designs, procurements and construction related teams.
- Responsible for designing and creating various standard operating
procedures related to fiber execution (ADSS laying, UG cabling), Test reports, Civil drawings, electrical drawings and acceptance testing. - Responsible for end-to-end coordination of acceptance testing to client for both OSP & ISP activities.
- Successfully delivered QC check for over 2000Kms of spans at various districts under the cluster.
- Actively coordinated acceptance testing and site readiness for major cities for the launch plan.
FTTx Construction Lead (Promoted)
JIO (Quess Payroll)
Kannur
02.2020 - 07.2020
- Led the OSP, Engineering Survey and Designs in FTTx project.
- Successfully handled the entire spectrum of functions related to setting up the FTTx network infrastructure, spread across Kannur District.
- Actively reviewed field work of the third-party construction crew to ensure the timeliness, accuracy and completeness against project design specifications and guidelines.
- Efficiently drove end to end execution of the project from network planning to project delivery, including finalizing the technical specifications, construction, material resource planning and procurement.
- Implemented cost-saving initiatives that addressed long-standing problems.
- Worked with various inputs and supported for budgeting, BOQ, government orders & ROW.
- Successfully completed feeder, distribution & drop cable connectivities of 4 FSAs in short span of time.
Project Engineer, NLD Fiber Project
Jio (Quess Payroll)
Kannur
11.2016 - 02.2020
- Successfully planned & implemented the underground and aerial networks.
- Actively reviewed and provided operational support to Project (OSP) implementation vendors
- Liaised with various authorities and other service providers to acquire resources to move projects forward.
- Communicated with utility engineering team to deliver technical support throughout project execution.
- Completed construction tasks while providing safe working conditions, staying on budget and meeting project deadlines.
- Delivered concise instructions to technical team to maintain quality control.
- Responsible for Planning of day, week and month wise target to meet the deadlines of management.
- Communicated operational and project related issues with
higher level being one point of contact between vendors to the
management. - Efficiently executed route survey, duct laying, DIT, cable blowing , pole installation, aerial cable laying, FDP/ODF termination, fiber splicing, closure- fixing, and optical test with VFL, OTDR& LSPM.
- Successfully completed the NLD site connectivity projects in 6 cities with the team of 9 supervisors and 4 engineers in different localities of over 1000 Kms and 230 Lastmile connectivities.
Project Engineer, MTN NFE Fiber Project
Telesuprecon Nigeria Ltd
Ondo & Ekiti
05.2016 - 11.2016
- Efficiently supervised fiber network construction within the specified cluster as per the prioritized order of backbone, NFE, Metro of fiber networks.
- Handled 30+ fiber execution teams with over 200 members (technicians and labors) in two different states in the country.
- Supervised fiber rollout as per route design by working closely with survey and design team for the implementation.
- Provided technical advise and support for the installation of Closure and Splitters as per ODF design.
- Implemented KML based route survey so as to make a strong input to the designers.
- Troubleshooted Link Failure, splitter mismatch (Wrong splicing), port identifying in Equipment Side with the help of OTDR, LSPM & VFLs with design and the ODF map.
- Successfully completed over 200 plus Kms of network within targeted time with all material reconciliation and B.O.Q submission.
Project Engineer & MIS Coordinator, Fiber
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (IKYA Payroll)
Kannur
10.2014 - 05.2016
- Hands on experience in LT & Ribbon fiber splicing, OTDR & LSPM testing.
- Supervised Fiber network construction within the specified cluster as
per the prioritized order of core, aggregate and CSS links of 4G network. - Proactively executed Intracity & Intercity fiber projects in Aerial, Manual trenching, HDD & Micro trenching methodologies.
- Coordinating with the Infra team, installation and commissioning team for site readiness.
- Efficiently completed all the as-built drawing for executed networks, and its GIS updating.
- Monitored and reported the project’s progress and handled issues on daily basis.
- Worked as a point of contact and communicated the project status adequately to all respective levels of management.
- Supported vendor billing according to the area and percentage of work completed.
- Successfully coordinated, executed and completed the OSP & ISP construction project of two different cities for the 4G launch.
Jr. Network Administrator
Soften Technologies
Cochin
05.2014 - 10.2014
- Provided on-call support for network engineering duties.
- Managed computer operation scheduling, backup, storage and retrieval functions.
- Performed day-to-day LAN and WAN administration, maintenance and support.
- Configured networks for smooth, reliable operation to meet business processes and objectives.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communication Engg
Anna University of Technology
Chennai, India 06.2010 - 04.2014
Skills
Project Management
Accomplishments
- Awarded with the Best Safety Adherence for contributions to NLD fiber project by Jio, May 2018.
- Awarded with the Best Performance for contributions to Intracity Fiber Project by Jio, March 2015.
Major Projects
- KFON (Kerala Fiber Optic Network) Project, Govt of Kerala.
- JIO FTTx Project, 2020
- JIO NLD (National Long Distance) fiber project, 2016-2020
- MTN NFE Project, Nigeria, 2016
- JIO 4G Launch Project 2014-2016
Equipment (Hands-On)
- Splicing Machine: Fujikura 80S,88S,70R
- OTDR: VIAVI, EXFO, JDSU
- LSPM: JDSU
- Schmidt Hammer
Timeline
Design Engineer
HFC & FTTx, CCI Systems
06.2022 - Current
Assistant Manager, Field Service.
Tata Play
02.2022 - 06.2022
Zonal In Charge, Senior Engineer QA&QC
Ashoka Buildcon Ltd, KFON (Kerala Fiber Optic Network) Project, Kerala Govt.
07.2020 - 02.2022
FTTx Construction Lead (Promoted)
JIO (Quess Payroll)
02.2020 - 07.2020
Project Engineer, NLD Fiber Project
Jio (Quess Payroll)
11.2016 - 02.2020
Project Engineer, MTN NFE Fiber Project
Telesuprecon Nigeria Ltd
05.2016 - 11.2016
Project Engineer & MIS Coordinator, Fiber
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (IKYA Payroll)
10.2014 - 05.2016
Jr. Network Administrator
Soften Technologies
05.2014 - 10.2014
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communication Engg
Anna University of Technology
06.2010 - 04.2014
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