
Project Engineer, Etisalat (shahidkhaki@gmail.com)
United Arab Emirates

Project Engineer, Etisalat (shahidkhaki@gmail.com)
United Arab Emirates
Possess eight years of experience managing implementation and engineering services, including project rollouts, installation, turn-up, testing, troubleshooting, project management and technical support of GSM/UMTS/Wimax/WLL equipment. Effective leader with proven abilities in team building and team development to achieve optimum working result alongwith personnel satisfaction.
Expertise encompasses:
* Project Management * Quality Management *Risk Managememnt * Systems Rollout * RAN Rollout (includes GSM, UMTS, Wimax, WLL) * Troubleshooting * Customer Training * MS Project
Alcatel:
9100 BTS, Evolium 9110 Micro BTS, Evolium 9120 Base Station Controller, TCU, Node B, RNC
Motorola:
BTS Horizon Macro, BTS Horizon II Macro, BTS Horizon II Micro, BSC and Transcoder
Ericsson:
Micro/Macro Indoor and outdoor BTS, BSC, Transcoder
ZTE:
ZXG10-MSC; ZXG10-BSC; ZXG10-BTS
Tellabs:
Tellabs 8100 Managed Access System: Basic, Mini and Midi Nodes. Interface units: VMM, GMM, VCM, IUM, GMH and QMH with Interface modules
Baseband modems: STU 56-2304, CTU-S, HTU-2M, OTU-2M
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)
March 2006 — Present (2 years 7 months)
* Initiated and planned infrastructure (site) sharing with new operator (du) in all Emirates
* Managing implementation and roll out of GSM, UMTS, Wimax and DVB-H network of Etisalat and other operator on sharing sites
* Obtaining tower loading loading and doing capacity planning foreseeing Etisalat future requirement and approving specific antennas, feeders and MW dishes to other operators
* Preparing schedule for implementation, execution and completion of above activities on each site
* Monitoring and controlling risk involved while execution and planning proper risk response strategies
* Communicating and negotiating with all regional managers for resource
* Developing communication plan for performance reporting, status review, milestone, daily/weekly/monthly reporting, stakeholder info distribution
* Track progress of the sharing project, arrange meetings (tech & steering) and assist project manager in preparation of financial offer and agreement.
(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; 763; Telecommunications industry)
November 2005 — March 2006 (5 months)
* Managing team of engineers and technicians for installation and commissioning of ZXG10 BSS
* Operation, expansion and level-3 maintenance of customer equipment
* Making roster of engineers and technicians for operation and alarms maintenance
* Scheduling of in-house/abroad training, lab training, on-job training of new engineers
(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; ORTE.CA; Wireless industry)
December 2004 — August 2005 (9 months)
* Managing team of engineers and technicians for Motorola and Alcatel GSM BSS installation, commissioning and Acceptance Test
Managing other activities includes:
* Reconfigure, recondition, upgrade and swap of Motorola GSM BSS equipment
* Troubleshooting of BSS RF problem such as fading, handover and interference
* Site maintenance of BTS, BSC and XCDR: recalibration, path balance
* Survey for new, upgrade and swap BSS
* Support customer, Mobilink (mobilinkgsm.net)
* Installation, commissioning and maintenance of Microwave (NEC, DMC-Spectrum2; Stratex XP4, Alcatel, Siemens SRAL; Mini Link) for PDH and SDH transport
* Site Selection and Hard Parameter(Tower Height, Orientation, Tilt planning)
* Corrective and Preventive maintenance of BTS and BSC
* Handling time critical internal and external alarms of BSS
* Conducting internal training programmes for human skill development
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Wireless industry)
May 2003 — May 2004 (1 year 1 month)
* Developing and writing engineering specifications and select system equipment and process for use in the system installation and integration
* Installation and comissioning of BSS Equipment
* Supervising and checking vendor installation at site installation phases and procedures
* Working with project management and files crews until the completion and acceptance of the complete system
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)
November 2001 — April 2003 (1 year 6 months)
* Responsible for installation, preventive and corrective maintenance of Tellabs Managed Access' basic, midi and mini nodes for PDH and ATM digital signals transport
* Installed Tellabs Frame Relay application unit and tested its feasibility for Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation Ltd. (PTCL)
* Installed and evaluated Network Management System (NMS), tracked and fixed all trouble tickets raised by the Network Operations Center
* Provided separate workstation in ITI (Information Technology Infrastructure) Hall, Lahore (Pakistan) for circuit loop test (CLT) and fault management system (FMS)
* Worked as a team in providing Optical Fiber Access Network (OFAN) solution to PTCL; finalized the BOQ; technical compliance and closed the bid
Certificate Course, Effective Communication Skills, 2008 — 2008
Certificate Course, Advance Project Management, 2008 — 2008
Certificate Course, Effective Negotiation Skills, 2008 — 2008
Certificate, Project Management, 2006 — 2007
Masters, Telecom Engineering Management, 2005 — 2006
B.E., Electronics & Communication, 1995 — 2001
PMP, Project Management, 2008
* Managing projects and utilizing leadership skills * Social Networking * Hunting, Shooting and Traveling
Member Project Management Institute PMI, USA
Member Special Interest Group (SIG) IT & Telecom, PMI
Member Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineer (IEEE)
Member Pakistan Engineering Council
Member International Engineering Consortium
Member Institute of Engineers, Pakistan