Director of RF & Traffic Engineering & Optimization - Cox Communications

Position Description

Functional Accountabilities:

- Oversight of daily work by RF Design/Optimization Engineers with Site Acq, Zoning and Leasing to rank and qualify potential sites.

- Evaluate recommendations and compromises as needed to accommodate site specific constraints on antenna location, size, stealthing, future flexibility, etc.

- Review and approve supplier submitted drive test plans and results.

- Establish Guidelines & Standards for initial and on-going RF Performance & Traffic Optimization.

- POC & oversight for Suppler RF resources as needed.

- Ensure compliance with Engineering Specifications, Design Processes & Standards (link budgets, load balancing, morphology definitions, technology migration, spectrum augmentation/overlays, etc.).

- Site Candidate Evaluation & Testing.

- Approval and Submittal of FCC & FAA Applications.

- Land-use/Zoning Support.

- Develop necessary processes and verification points to ensure compliance with national standards for the above activities.

- Negotiate and establish detailed Statements of Work (SOWs) to ensure supplier compliance with the above standards.

General:
- Establish strategic goals for improving operations, products and services. Initiate and direct activity aligned with achieving improvement goals.

- Analyzes and manages capital and expense budgets.

- Develop, lead and guide improvement programs across multiple organizations.

- Oversee and lead contract negotiations and perform supplier management functions as assigned.

- Create solid communications links between the network operations teams, field locations, and other functional groups within Cox corporate to insure a timely response to network reliability issues and deployment of new services.

- Participate as a Network Operations lead in cross-functional teams through the entire product development and deployment stages of new services.

- Directs the execution of future network enhancements as assigned.

- Directs engineering economic, alternative, and feasibility evaluations as assigned.

- Consult with business leaders to define key performance indicators and service levels, create a process framework, and initiate and direct improvement activities.

- Provides high level consultation and leadership to field systems, engineers, and implementation teams.

Qualifications:
Minimum Requirements:

- 10 years experience in wireless network RF Engineering & Performance Optimization,

- 5 years direct management experience.

- BS in Electrical Engineering or other technical discipline highly preferred.

- Extensive experience and knowledge of the wireless industry, zoning and permitting considerations, and Federal, State and Local regulations affecting wireless antenna structures.

- Excellent written and verbal communications skills.

- Ability to travel extensively as needed.

Company Profile:
As the third largest cable provider in the nation, Cox Communications, Inc. is noted for its high-capacity, reliable broadband delivery network as well as the company’s ability to provide superior customer service. For Cox, it’s not about being the biggest; it’s about being the best.

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