Fibre Technology Innovation Manager

FibreTechnology Innovation Manager

UK National - Field Based

• Competitive salary plus bonus
• 25 days' paid holiday increasing each year
• Extra days off for your birthday, moving home or wedding/civil partnership
• Private medical Insurance
• Life assurance
• Retail offers - discounts from hundreds of recognisable brands
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Free Hyperoptic broadband if you live in a Hyperoptic area
• Recruitment referral bonus
• O2 mobile phone discount
• Wellbeing subscription subsidy
• Enhanced pay for new parents

Who are we?

Hyperoptic is the UK's hyperfast broadband provider.

We offer broadband speeds 11x faster than the UK average, proudly setting a new fibre'goldstandard'withhyperfast speed, reliability and customer service.

And we're on a mission: to gigabit Britain.

Whatever we're doing - whether we'reliaisingwith property professionals, delivering our network, or installing in a customer's home, going beyond the expected is the benchmark.

We work smarter, together, being agile and responding with the speed our business and customers demand - without compromising on quality. We stay focused, performing at our best to ensure we are focused on hitting targets and goals together. And we strive for excellence, paying attention to the detail, constantly seeking to stretch ourselves and find better ways of doing things.

And today we're looking for a FibreTechnology Innovation Manager who shares these values. Does this sound like you?

Summary of key responsibilities/deliverables

The role consists of a cyclical and sequential set of seven interlinked responsibilities that join together to ensure Hyperoptic takes best advantage of optical fibretechnology on the market and keeps up to date with industry trends and developments.

What will you be doing?

• To be the technical owner and Subject Matter Expert with detailed knowledge on specific passive fibre network hardware components and cables and their practices as agreed
• To be instinctivelyinnovative and be able to instigate new innovative component development and/or associated field practices to improve Hyperoptic's build and customer install methods. To know when to apply both evolutionary thinking and revolutionary thinking to the way we build network and provide service.
• To keep completely up to date with industry developments and new technology and pro-actively seek out innovations and technology that will make positive contributions to Hyperoptic's mission and ambition.
• To be able to objectively and fairly evaluate a wide range of different passive fibretechnology options and compare and contrast the detailed features of products from a wide range of suppliers in order to select most suitable items for Hyperoptic's network and work force.

What are we looking for?

• Excellent practical hands on engineering skills and experience and good understanding of what works and what doesn't and how to spot potential flaws in solutions.
• Wide industry knowledge and fibre component and tools expertise both theoretical and practical.
• Ability to put yourself in the shoes of the people working with your technical solutions with a clear view on whether it will work for them.
• Degree qualification in telecoms related engineering subject preferably optical.
• Excellent technical authorship skills with ability to write clear well structured engineering documents intended for a wide audience.
• Good engagement skills and ability to facilitatetechnicalevaluation sessions and draw out the best thinking from the people who will use your solutions.
• An understanding of quality assurance and how quality procedures need to be applied to technical solutions in order to maintain high and consistent standards.

We'recommitted to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees. In fact, this is at the heart of our culture and values. We welcome applicationsfrom candidates from all walks of life.

What happens next?

1. You apply
2. We carefully review your application
3. We'll get back to you - even if it's a no (for now)

We look forward to hearing from you.