ESN Engineer

About this opportunity

As an ESN Engineer you will own a designated group of sites, working as part of a four‑person team covering adjacent territories. You will be self‑managing, proactively maintaining sites and collaborating closely with other ESN engineers and the wider FSO team to solve problems. The goal is to boost network resilience and availability. The role requires a flexible work schedule, including participation in a 24/7 on‑call rota, potential shift work and the ability to travel and stay away from home for service recovery, mainly on remote islands.

In a major network event you should be available to lead and complete recovery in your own and adjoining areas.

Dumfries, Scotland – applicants should already reside in or be willing to relocate to Dumfries.

• Conduct corrective maintenance activities and manage site facility operations.
• Take full responsibility for assigned ESN sites, proactively maintaining them to prevent failures and leading coordination with other technical teams to resolve any issues that arise.
• Take a leadership role in problem management for your area, resolving major issues in your own and neighbouring areas.
• Work individually, as part of the FSO and wider Ericsson teams, to achieve right‑first‑time resolution of work within customer SLA’s without compromising safe working practices.
• Carry out reactive and proactive maintenance on multi‑customer, multi‑technology networks, achieving agreed performance targets.
• Participate in a 24 × 7 call‑out rota covering all equipment in the service area.
• Assist in the development and review of FSO processes and procedures with a view to maximising efficiency.

• Radio Frequency (RF) transmission and receiver systems employed in mobile communication equipment.
• AC/DC Power Systems (single phase and three phase).
• UPS systems and deployed ESN generators.
• Satellite Backhaul systems.
• Rectification and power distribution systems.
• GSM, UMTS and LTE fundamentals.
• Cellular Network fundamentals;
  Mobility Management;
  Cell Planning.
• Radio Access Network and Core Network architecture.
• Antenna systems, Mast Head Amplifiers, Feeder systems and connectors.