The Chief Operations Officer for Viberoptix will assume overall responsibility and accountability for the provisions of an effective and consistent Operational and Build team within the business, ensuring projects are on target and the strategic growth of the business is enabled.
The post holder will be an influential leader, role model and one who possesses drive and determination operating with a sense of urgency in all business-related matters. Sitting on the Executive Team, the individual will also have the capability to inspire the confidence of the CEO, CTO, Board of Directors and other Senior Managers.
The Role:
- Measuring the efficiency of the Company’s operational processes and taking steps to improve them.
- Developing strategies for the growth of the Company and making sure they are implemented.
- Liaising between the Company and client, for quality assurance purposes.
- Building a strong relationship with the FD, ensuring investment and funding for the business in order to facilitate operational growth.
- Ensuring that all employees, including senior management, have access to mentoring and coaching, to optimise motivation levels.
- Developing and controlling all operational budgets to ensure that the company has all the resources required to meet its objectives within agreed financial parameters and to maintain the financial strength of the company.
- Empowering the operational team with the leadership and resources they need to successfully complete operations initiatives.
- Forecasting manpower requirements and liaising with the HRD to ensure recruitment and succession planning are adequate for the business.
- Regularly reviewing operations to ensure that these meet required standards and recommend changes where necessary.
- Overseeing the operations of the organisation and making any necessary changes to meet business goals and projections.
- Measuring and reporting on operational performance and develop plans to improve relevant key performance indicators.
- Overseeing the Health and Safety of the operational function and ensuring a clear action plan is in place.
- Ensuring that an effective remuneration system is in place for employees.
- Promoting effective and clear internal and external communications.
- Acting as the company’s main adviser on all issues relating to operational functions and keeping abreast of latest developments to ensure that the Company maintains its competitive position.
The Person:
The individual that will be best suited for this position will be able to demonstrate the criteria below and possess a work ethic along with a style / skill set that is both strategic in approach and hands-on in delivery.
Essential Criteria
- Significant experience in a senior operations role at Senior Executive/Director level, where you have developed a team and delivered on organisational and business objectives, ideally within the utilities, construction or manufacturing industries
- Demonstrable experience of working in partnership with senior team and all functions across the business to direct and guide the performance of others, set strategy to convey a clear vision and sense of purpose.
- Experience of managing performance through the implementation of systems, processes, measurements and controls and achieving success through others
- Proven financial analysis ability, including budgeting
- Experience of leading and developing a team that has delivered operational excellence to a business.
- Experience in change management with a growth business to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
- Experience of creating comprehensive business measures, evaluating the effectiveness, efficiencies and required improvements.
- Evidence of the effective use of teamwork, allocating work, developing staff and ensuring effective relationships.
- IT literate, including experience of systems applicable to the Telecoms industry.
Viberoptix is an exciting new telecommunications company incorporated January 2020. We deliver frontline services to fibre network providers across the UK and Ireland. Our team of experienced and certified engineers are leaders in their field providing excellence in every aspect of the fibre network construction, installation, and maintenance.
We are now recruiting for Apprentices to join our team for site-based work.
The role:
The Apprenticeship opportunity is to work on site with our Cabling and Civils teams at sites across Northern Ireland. You will be partnered with our experienced team to help develop your skills. You will learn about the infrastructure of the network and will receive training at our onsite training academy.
Requirements of the role:
- Full Driving licence
- Excellent communication skills
- Able to work in all weather conditions
Viberoptix Ltd is an exciting, new and progressive telecommunications company, established in January 2020. We deliver frontline services to fibre network providers across the UK and Ireland. Our team of experienced and certified engineers are leaders in their field providing excellence in every aspect of the fibre network construction, installation, and maintenance.
As part of our continued growth, we are seeking HSEQ Co-Ordinators to join our team in Coalisland. This is an exciting, challenging and demanding role within the company, with opportunity to receive bespoke and first class training, coaching and mentoring as well as opportunities to develop and grow within the Company.
The role will be a mix of site and office based work, attending sites to carry out inspections and audits, along with providing HSEQ support to site and to the teams.
The Job Role:
- Support and guide operational activities on site in line with HSEQ requirements
- Carry out audits and inspections on site and provide reports, identifying areas of concern and highlighting good practices
- Review, revise and conduct method statements and risk assessments, assisting with communicating these with the operational teams on site
- Assisting with accident investigations and reporting findings to HSEQ Officer
- Assist the implementation and improvements of our Integrated Management System.
- Support several projects and departments to meet the requirements of the Safety, Quality and Environment Management systems.
- Assist the site teams and managers on improving our health, safety, and environmental standards whilst developing a positive culture.
- Provide consistent and accurate HSEQ advice to employees, keeping up to date with required legislation.
- Collaborating with HSEQ teams, build teams and Clients on issues, initiatives and improvements..
- Provide reports on KPIs to HSEQ Officers
The Person:
- Relevant experience in Health & Safety
- Able to work as a member of a team, and alone to tight deadlines as appropriate.
- Set own high-quality standards, e.g., attention to detail
- Demonstrate a passion for Health, Safety, Environment & Quality
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to deliver messages to large teams
- Ability to liaise with staff and operatives of all levels within the company
- Proficient with MS Office – Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Full Drivers Licence
- A recognised Health and Safety Qualification is desirable
Additional Information:
This is not an exhaustive list of duties and requirements. The nature of the organisation is such that it will evolve as it operates and the nature of duties, tasks, knowledge and skills required for this post may develop and change in time.
Responsibilities
- Effectively contribute to the delivery of our ISO Integrated Management System.
- Support several projects and departments to meet the requirements of the Safety, Quality and Environment Management systems
- Supporting the organisation on the CDM requirements on large scale projects, ensuring requirements are met and sufficient governance completed.
- Provide input into the development, delivery and maintenance of effective and proactive strategies for managing HSEQ risks, and for improving performance.
- Lead and manage team members, ensuring appropriate support is provided and any training needs are addressed.
- To support the development and delivery of internal/external training to operational teams (and other parties, where required).
- Support the Senior HSEQ Manager and operational managers and project teams on a broad range of HSEQ issues, helping them to embed policy and process where appropriate.
- Conduct and review investigations and reports, providing technical advice to operational teams in the investigation and resolution of accidents and incidents.
- Carry out and oversee internal and site based audits and ensure safety alerts are delivered
- Produce and communicate safety alerts / toolbox talks to promote learning and prevention
- Reporting on KPIs and HSEQ statistics, identifying trends and advising on action required
- Take an active role in supporting operational teams to implement assurance ‘systems’, supporting both the operational function and the performance and governance
- Support operational teams in measuring the effectiveness of HSEQ policy implementation through inspection/audit, the review of appropriate performance measures, and by contributing to the monthly HSEQ (and operational) reporting cycle.
- Provide intelligence to the business on existing / emerging HSEQ legal requirements and sector/client-specific standards
- Support environmental responsibilities to drive compliance and continuous improvement
- Monitor our contractors and identify key improvement areas.
Essential
- Qualification in a relevant subject related to construction health and safety management (e.g., NEBOSH Certificate) or equivalent qualifications/experience.
- At least 5 years’ experience within a Health & Safety role at Manager level
- Proven experience of leading and managing a team
- Sound working knowledge of HSEQ law, and relevant sector-specific HSEQ standards in relation to construction/building
- Technical Skills & Ability in Generalist HSEQ
- Excellent communication skills at all levels
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
- Full valid driving licence
Desirable
- Experience within a telecoms, utilities, or civil engineering environment
- Experience of developing and implementing ISO 9001,14001 and 45001
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience of managing CDM Requirements on large scale projects
Additional Information:
This is not an exhaustive list of duties and requirements. The nature of the organisation is such that it will evolve as it operates and the nature of duties, tasks, knowledge and skills required for this post may develop and change in time.
Job Responsibilities:
- Administer servers.
- Install software and make server upgrades
- Designing and carefully planning a new database and enrolling new database users
- Monitoring the database or databases to check that they are operating correctly and identify potential issues
- Troubleshoot problems with programs and computer hardware.
- Ensure the data stored is properly backed-up
- Produce high quality documentation for other database users
- Collect routine database performance statistics
- Use a database management system to collect and analyse data from the database
- Consistently manage and maintain data in all production and non-production databases and replication servers.
- Ensure that SQL Servers are operate within a secure environment and that disaster recovery requirements are always met.
- Align information architecture with enterprise architecture by selecting appropriate tools and techniques.
- Provisioning databases for testing and development environments, including dynamic data masking and automated data refresh.
- Implement data models, database designs, data access and table maintenance codes. customised SQL solutions.
- Maintain and regularly review security and related data access rights within the SQL Server environment.
- Implement any authorised SQL server and database amendments in accordance with the existing Software Change Management and related processes.
- Implement, monitor, and maintain housekeeping and optimisation jobs, ensuring peak performance of all SQL Servers.
- Provide technical assistance to staff on the development of conceptual and logical database designs and physical databases.
- Assist in data integrity and quality assurance activities to ensure application stability.
- Stay current with latest developments in GIS field and recommend new technologies and techniques for application development.
- Ensure that application architecture meets business requirements.
- Design and integrate application with database management systems.
- Ensure data is always accessible and useable
- Develop system problem reports
- Test applications and perform bug fixes.
- Assist in quality assurance
- Propose development initiatives to increase programming efficiency
- Recommend on updates or new techniques when applicable.
- Work effectively in a team to develop high quality GIS solutions.
- Adherence to Health and Safety regulations.
Skills required for the role:
- Experience with Cloud Database Services.
- In-depth Experience with designing, building, administering and querying SQL databases and of PostgreSQL.
- Some automation scripting experience, such as Python
- Ability to engage with colleagues and customers proactively and professionally to agree commitments and ensure that clients’ needs and end users’ needs are satisfied.
- Ability to design data models
- Structured Query Language (SQL) knowledge
- Spatial Data and Algorithms understanding
- Strong attention to detail and record keeping
- Analytics skills
- Creativity and problem solving skills
- Excellent time management, ensuring all deadlines are met
- Spatial Analysis and workflow
- Planning and forecasting skills
- Knowledge of data protection issues and access rights
- To be willing to keep up to date with any changes in data protection laws and database technologies
- To be able to work effectively as part of a team
Requirements:
- Previous experience within a similar role
- Working knowledge of GIS, ESRI products
- Aptitude in math and problem-solving
Additional Information
This is not an exhaustive list of duties and requirements. The nature of the organisation is such that it will evolve as it operates and the nature of duties, tasks, knowledge, and skills required for this post may develop and change in time.
Job Responsibilities:
- Responsible for shaping the vision of the future architecture of ESRI GIS at VO.
- Cloud knowledge and experience is also helpful in this role to understand future architecture patterns. (Azure Microsoft)
- Work closely with the developers and other project team members
- Gather and analyse user requirements.
- Ability to reconcile non-functional project requirements with the current hardware and architecture of ArcGIS server environments to the ensure stability of the ArcGIS platform
- Generate conceptual design and develop implementation strategies.
- Assess new and complex requirements for GIS analysis and deliverables and determine which combination of data and tools will deliver appropriate solutions
- Create and maintain python scripts (data cleaning, data analysis, quality control, data load, ArcGIS Server administration, metadata, etc.), including creating and maintaining custom geocoding/geoprocessing tools
- Create/update data to support changing business requirements of existing applications and future application requirements
- Administer servers.
- Install software and make server upgrades
- Designing and carefully planning a new database and enrol new database users
- Monitoring the database or databases to check that they are operating correctly and identify potential issues
- Troubleshoot problems with programs and computer hardware.
- Ensure the data stored is properly backed-up
- Produce high quality documentation for other database users
- Collect routine database performance statistics
- Use a database management system to collect and analyse data from the database
- Align information architecture with enterprise architecture by selecting appropriate tools and techniques.
- Provisioning databases for testing and development environments, including dynamic data masking and automated data refresh.
- Implement data models, database designs, data access and table maintenance codes. customised SQL solutions.
- Work effectively in a team to develop high quality GIS solutions.
- Adherence to Health and Safety regulations.
Skills required for the role:
- Experience with Cloud Database Services.
- In-depth Experience with designing, building, administering and querying SQL databases and of PostgreSQL.
- Some automation scripting experience, such as Python
- Ability to engage with colleagues and customers proactively and professionally to agree commitments and ensure that clients’ needs, and end users’ needs are satisfied.
- Ability to design data models
- Structured Query Language (SQL) knowledge
- Spatial Data and Algorithms understanding
- Strong attention to detail and record keeping
- Analytics skills
- Creativity and problem solving skills
- Excellent time management, ensuring all deadlines are met
- Spatial Analysis and workflow
- Planning and forecasting skills
- To be able to work effectively as part of a team
Requirements:
- Experience with design, develop, support, and consuming GIS-related web services
- Experience with ESRI family of products: ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS Online, ArcMap, etc. including upgrading to the latest versions
- Experience with SQL-based databases, preferably PostgreSQL including PostGIS
- Experience with GIS tools/processing (e.g., GDAL, PostGIS, QGIS, ArcGIS, GeoServer, KML, Shapefile)
- Experience with programming, preferably Python Previous experience within the role
- Knowledge of data protection issues and access rights
- Strong knowledge of ESRI software development technologies (e.g. ArcGIS API for Python, Arcpy, etc.)
- Background understanding ESRI GIS architecture patterns and components
- Working knowledge of GIS, ESRI products
- Aptitude in math and problem-solving
Additional Information
This is not an exhaustive list of duties and requirements. The nature of the organisation is such that it will evolve as it operates and the nature of duties, tasks, knowledge, and skills required for this post may develop and change in time.
Job Responsibilities:
- Working with ArcGIS Enterprise daily
- Be an authority on the existing Network, acting as final point of call for fault escalation.
- Network solution design, maintenance and optimisation.
- Ensure network availability is kept above the SLA thresholds.
- Assess, maintain and enhance network performance and security.
- Proactive response to alarms and monitor the network status.
- Create technical documentation starting from network designs, troubleshooting manual and procedures to user guides.
- Work with all the key stakeholders to ensure project tasks are completed efficiently and effectively.
- Carry out migration/maintenance tasks as required by the business.
- Create testing methodologies and ensure rigorous testing is carried out against each solution.
- Support junior members of the team with the technical queries.
- Adherence with Health and Safety regulations
Skills required for the role:
- Automation/Scripting Skills
- The aptitude to work autonomously, or to lead a small team
- The ability to quickly learn and implement new technologies, in a fast paced, constantly evolving environment.
- Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot problems.
Requirements for the role:
- Good working knowledge of Python or R
- Experience with interfacing API and Web Services
- Knowledge and experience of ArcGIS, QGIS and PostGIS
- Experience with PON based infrastructure
- Network solution design, migration and implementation experience.
Additional Information
This is not an exhaustive list of duties and requirements. The nature of the organisation is such that it will evolve as it operates and the nature of duties, tasks, knowledge, and skills required for this post may develop and change in time.
Job Responsibilities:
- You will be responsible for the day-to-day productivity of the team, managing work volumes and priorities in line with business requirements.
- Ensuring progress reported consistently through daily reporting of activities
- Identifying performance and training gaps and managing personal development of each member of the team.
- Ensuring that KPIs are being controlled and achieved.
- Providing the updates regarding project status.
- Driving timescales and quality improvement
- Overseeing planning development to achieve program
- Manage project demand and resources involved with all activities.
- Delegating work and projects across the team, and re-assigning resources and priorities according to the business needs.
- Provide technical expertise on all aspects of the software and hardware development
- Supporting and mentoring team members
- Working closely to the GIS team and the Design process team to develop new procedures and tools in line with a delivery-oriented approach
- Working with ArcGIS Enterprise daily
- Be an authority on the existing Network, acting as final point of call for fault escalation.
- Network solution design, maintenance, and optimisation.
- Ensure network availability is kept above the SLA thresholds.
- Assess, maintain, and enhance network performance and security.
- Proactive response to alarms and monitor the network status.
- Create technical documentation starting from network designs, troubleshooting manual and procedures to user guides.
- Work with all the key stakeholders to ensure project tasks are completed efficiently and effectively.
- Carry out migration/maintenance tasks as required by the business.
- Create testing methodologies and ensure rigorous testing is carried out against each solution.
- Support junior members of the team with the technical queries.
- Responsible for GIS Analysis, GIS Modelling, Data Integration & Conversion, Geocoding, and Geomatics.
- Develop web mapping applications and geo-processing tools to support GIS
Experience Requirements:
- Programming languages such as Python, SQL, C++, and/or Java to write code and automate basic GIS processes
- Basic GIS architecture (desktop and web): Understand the architecture of GIS and the method of communication between the different parts of GIS.
- Web Services knowledge and experience
- Ability to understand data models and structure
- Good working knowledge of Python or R
- Experience with interfacing API and Web Services
- Knowledge and experience of ArcGIS, QGis and PostGIS
- Experience with PON based infrastructure
- Network solution design, migration, and implementation experience.
- Ability to design data models and Structured Query Language (SQL) knowledge
- Data conversion: The ability to convert data from either older sources (digitization) or from multiple sources to either a common format or common schema. It is extremely useful to be able to work with data coming from GPS and performing data corrections as needed
Skills Requirements:
- Strong leadership skills and ability to set a good example to others
- Mix of technical and person management skills.
- Good Reporting and presentation skills
- Aptitude in math and problem-solving
- Ability to engage with colleagues and customers proactively and professionally to agree commitments and ensure that clients’ needs, and end users’ needs are satisfied.
- Spatial Data, Algorithms and workflow understanding
- Planning and forecasting skills
- Teamwork skills
- Attention to details
- Analytics skills
- Creativity
- Logical approach to problem solving
- Time management
Additional Information
This is not an exhaustive list of duties and requirements. The nature of the organisation is such that it will evolve as it operates and the nature of duties, tasks, knowledge, and skills required for this post may develop and change in time.
The Role
The GIS developer will help design and develop GIS programming applications and tools and maintain GIS software programs in accordance with the needs of the organizations and/or clients.
Job Responsibilities:
- Responsible for GIS Analysis, GIS Modelling, Data Integration & Conversion, Geocoding, and Geomatics.
- Develop web mapping applications and geo-processing tools to support GIS.
- Provide maintenance and support of GIS applications and mapping systems
- Understand client needs and design GIS applications in accordance
- Maintain and support application according to changing business requirements.
- Assist in data integrity and quality assurance activities to ensure application stability.
- Stay current with latest developments in GIS field.
- Recommend new technologies and techniques for application development.
- Ensure that application architecture meets business requirements.
- Design, code and integrate application with database management systems.
- make sure that data is always accessible and useable
- Develop system problem reports
- Test applications and perform bug fixes.
- Assist in quality assurance
- Propose development initiatives to increase programming efficiency
- Recommend on updates or new techniques when applicable.
- Create demos and guides to explain GIS application use to customers and end users
- Retrieve, process, clean, and analyse data from various sources such as web services (WMS/WFS).
- Use Spatial Analysis and algorithms to analyse, manage, and visualize data in various forms.
- Work effectively in a team to develop high quality GIS solutions.
- Assist in developing project proposal, budget, and schedule.
- Adherence to Health and Safety regulations
Skills required for the role:
- Programming languages such as Python, SQL, C++, and/or Java to write code and automate basic GIS processes
- Basic GIS architecture (desktop and web): Understand the architecture of GIS and the method of communication between the different parts of GIS.
- Web Services knowledge and experience
- Able to understand data models and structure
- Ability to design data models and Structured Query Language (SQL) knowledge
- Spatial Data and Algorithms understanding
- Data conversion: The ability to convert data from either older sources (digitization) or from multiple sources to either a common format or common schema. It is extremely useful to be able to work with data coming from GPS and performing data corrections as needed
- Strong attention to detail
- Analytics skills
- Creativity and problem solving skills
- Excellent time management, ensuring all deadlines are met
- Spatial Analysis and workflow
Requirements for the role:
- Previous experience as a GIS developer
- Working knowledge of GIS, ESRI products
- Aptitude in math and problem-solving
Additional Information:
This is not an exhaustive list of duties and requirements. The nature of the organisation is such that it will evolve as it operates and the nature of duties, tasks, knowledge, and skills required for this post may develop and change in time.
Viberoptix Ltd is an exciting new telecommunications company incorporated January 2020. We deliver frontline services to fibre network providers across the UK and Ireland.
We are searching for GIS Engineers to join our team based in Coalisland.
You will work in a friendly and progressive company with opportunities for personal and professional development.
The Job Role
- Generating maps and share them on the Arcgis Online
- Setting up templates to generate HLD, TRR and CLD maps
- Setting up forms for the surveyors on Field Map
- Support the surveyors and the designers with any issues with the technology used
- Using survey information working to production deadlines and quality parameters
- Understanding all Health & Safety considerations and ensuring you apply them to your daily activities in the production of designs
- Generate BOMs and Release sheets, in general reports from ArcGIS
- Working with Arcgis Pro and Arcgis Online daily
- Have a can-do attitude in an ever changing and fast paced industry where the ability to think on your feet and apply yourself is essential
- Provide support and mentorship to trainees within the department
- Recommend and implement continuous process improvements within the department and wider company
The Person
- Academic background in GIS or significant relevant experience
- Experience of using GIS software and extensions
- Understanding od fibre network design, FTTX, CDM
- Excellent analytical, problem solving and spatial analysis skills
- Focus on automation and continuous process improvement
- Keen to gain commercial experience
- Self motivated, reliable and proactive with a can-do attitude
- Willingness to develop existing skills and knowledge with a genuine interest in pursuing a career in GIS or the Telecoms industry
- Interest in telecommunications networks, design and operations
Skills:
ArcGIS excel spatial field map