Jonathan Batte
Kampala
Summary
To obtain a challenging position in a high-quality environment where resourceful experience and academic skills will add value to organizational operations, implement innovative ideas, leadership skills and creativity to accomplish assignments and up-lift the company and personal career growth. Determined Project coordinator adept at assigning tasks to team members based on individual strengths. Communicated with key project stakeholders to ascertain project requirements.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Project coordinator
Netis Uganda Ltd
08.2020 - Current
- Maintenance of project documentation
- Prompt and appropriate reporting (written and verbal) to all stakeholders
- Abide by safety and health procedures at all times
- Support the project team, Support Director, and other functional departments
- Quality assessment of the technical works done by the field teams
- Quality assessment of the reports submitted by the field teams using an online tool
- Budgeting for the annual project material (projections) and ensuring value for money
- Ensuring the proper communication channel between the client and our company
- Preparing weekly reports for the weekly meeting.
Network Operations Center supervisor
NETIS Uganda ltd, American Tower Corporation Uganda project
06.2019 - 07.2020
- Backlog and pending faults tickets updating on footprints, follow up and closure
- Weekly and repeat faults reporting
- Follow up on grid and DG run hours tickets and RMS tickets
- Attend meetings as required
- High temperature and Rectifier faults reporting
- Stand-in resource
Group coordinator /Trainer
CNRich international Bangkok, Thailand
09.2016 - 11.2018
- Supervising and coordinating groups daily activities in terms of preparing training material for English camp programs
- Preparing tests and assessments after training
- Following up on the marking scheme for standard assessment
- Preparing students for special presentations and competitions
- Preparing reports at the end of each teaching or training period.
Technical Services Support
Celsat Solutions Uganda Limited
10.2014 - 08.2016
- Managing field teams
- Supporting teams technically and troubleshooting during equipment installation and maintenance before commissioning and handover to the customer
- Providing comprehensive reports to the customers during project completion and handovers
- Service quality assurance
- Managing inventories and dispatches
- Software validation and record keeping
Regional field operations engineer
Airtel Africa Uganda Ltd
02.2012 - 09.2014
- Responding to trouble tickets and network failure callouts
- Software upgrading and documentation
- Installation, calibration, and commissioning of ELV systems like the motion sensors, smoke detectors, temperature sensors, genset fuel monitoring system
- Currying out network changes including hardware and software upgrading on Huawei all series RTNs
- Supervising contractors and sub-contractors to ensure quality services delivery
- Network upgrade and integration of 2G, 3G, NodeB, LTE and WCDMA with Nokia Siemens radio system including configuration and commissioning GSM antenna sweep/ power optimization
- Routine preventive maintenance and radio alarms response
- DCN, SNCP, SNMP and LAN, IP networks all to ensure proper NE communication with each other all through to the BSC and MSC
- Responsible for the regional BSC, including new installations and maintenance for the new sites’ rollout for network expansion, upgrade or downgrade and integration
- Regional spares management for mobile telecom and power equipment
- Generating daily, weekly, and monthly performance and fault reports.
RF and NOC Technician
Warid telecom Uganda
07.2008 - 01.2012
- Managing regional backbone microwave transmission network sites and the base station controller
- Managing power and other passive network infrastructure and systems
- Responding to 24/7 callouts on network faults including network active alarms clearance
- Currying out network changes including hardware and software upgrading
- Supervising contractors on the regional level to ensure quality services delivery
- Managing the regional store for spares
- Rollout and supervision of new backbone microwave transmission sites
- Generating daily, weekly and monthly fault /performance reports
- Providing support to the microwave transmission field network team
- Managing the network management system (NMS) for the backbone sites in the network operations center
- Microwave transmission network surveillance using the net master
- Managing the data base servers for the NMS in the network operations center
- Managing business centers transmission equipment to ensure proper connectivity
- Managing the DCN and updating the network topology in the network operations center.
Education
Uganda ordinary secondary education (UCE)
B.tech. Degree in electrical engineering -
Kyambogo University
01.2013
DIT Trade test certificate in Motor vehicle mechanic and servicing. -
Nakawa vocational training institute
Kampala, Uganda01.2007
Uganda advanced secondary education (UACE). -
Bishop Sisto Mazzoldi senior secondary school (High school)
01.2003
Skills
- Problem-Solving
- Project Coordination
- Time Management
- Detail Oriented
- Decision-Making
- Project Management
- Team Coordination
- Documentation Management
- Critical Thinking
- Flexible and Adaptable
- Customer Service
- Project Scheduling
Accomplishments
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
- Achieved 99% by completing ATC Tower maintenance project 2023 with accuracy and efficiency.
- Supervised team of 27 staff members (Field team)
Additional Information
Hvac / Hvdc electrical equipment systems installation including AVR, ATS, Rectifiers, ACDB, DCDB, and CB bus bars, BBS, ACCU etc., Mobile telecommunications equipment installation, commissioning and maintenance., Data base management including software management and maintenance., Network operations center systems such as the net masters, Akili, U2000, M2000, Alarms mapping, wiring and configuration., Optical Fiber cables installation and maintenance., BSC systems installations and maintenance, Closed circuit television systems installation and commissioning., Full experience in 2G,3G,4G, GSM, WCDMA, LTE, IP networking, DCN, LAN, WAN and SNMP, SNCP, MPLS, Data link radio access system installation., Signal cables cabling., Industrial AC generators overhaul and maintenance, Troubleshooting by Using the spectrum analyzer and site master, Air-conditioning system equipment maintenance., Minor and major overhaul of industrial power generators and configuration (Bahum, CAT, Deep Sea, FG Wilson)., Team leadership.
Languages
English
Luganda
Summary Of Qualifications And Trainings
- B.tech degree in Electrical engineering and a certificate in motor vehicle mechanics
- Training certificates in NMS Net master and DB data base system for Nera, Nera/Ceragon microwave net link long haul SDH and evolution PDH access radio systems, DCN and IP routing, Marconi microwave long haul radio systems, basic network management systems and servers installation, commissioning and maintenance, radio base station and transceiver systems, data link radio devices installation (RAD), Huawei / ZTE microwave radio transmission nodes all series, Ericson traffic nodes, Nokia Siemens WCDMA, optical Fiber cable installation, maintenance, Closed circuit television systems installation and commissioning, industrial AC generator system ratings and configuration.
Competence
- Open mind, positive attitude and a constructive way of solving problems.
- Result oriented, flexible and innovative
- Interested in improving ways of working
- Fluent in English, both spoken and written, and able to express own thinking clearly.
- Learning new technology quickly and apply to work tasks.
- Innovative and solution thinking abilities.
- Willing to accept challenges.
- Be initiative and accountable.
- Good communication skills and good team player
- Computer skills in Microsoft word, excel, power point and other relevant applications.
- Troubleshooting and problem solving
- Leadership
Personal Information
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Ugandan
Hobbies and Interests
- Listening to Christian gospel
- Traveling
- Reading
- Making new friends
- Research
- Sports (Soccer)
Projects
MTN Uganda Marconi Long haul links and Mini-links transmission sites survey and upgrades including installations and commissioning successfully completed. Warid telecom Uganda network rollout for the microwave backbone transmission sites. Warid and Airtel first ever network integration process in Uganda. Data base servers’ installation and maintenance for the net master with Warid telecom Uganda Limited. Installation and commissioning of INALA system used to monitor the site’s environment, fuel consumption and the general activities. AC generators swap project for Airtel. Airtel network hot swaps of the Huawei and Ericson cabinets for radio access network upgrade from 2G to 3G. Nokia Siemens node B 3G network rollout project for Airtel Uganda. MTN Uganda network upgrade to LTE with Celsat Solutions Ltd. Upgrade of Nera/Ceragon microwave SDH long-haul transmission links by adding more capacity (STM-1s) with warid and Airtel Uganda. Hybrid systems installations, DC to DC and AC to DC converter systems installation and commissioning, including battery bank systems upgrading (BBS). Data communication network integration for Warid and Airtel backbone microwave transmission sites. Closed Circuit television hardware systems installation, configuration and commissioning (Honeywell)
Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimeWork Location
On-SiteImportant To Me
Company CultureCareer advancementTeam Building / Company RetreatsFlexible work hoursWork-life balancePersonal development programsHealthcare benefitsInterests
I have more interests in having challenging work environments which in turn enhance my productivity and career objectives
Changing a new working environment geographically to re-ignite moral for work
Meeting new people of great ideas such that i can get to learn more
Timeline
Project coordinator
Netis Uganda Ltd
08.2020 - Current
Network Operations Center supervisor
NETIS Uganda ltd, American Tower Corporation Uganda project
06.2019 - 07.2020
Group coordinator /Trainer
CNRich international Bangkok, Thailand
09.2016 - 11.2018
Technical Services Support
Celsat Solutions Uganda Limited
10.2014 - 08.2016
Regional field operations engineer
Airtel Africa Uganda Ltd
02.2012 - 09.2014
RF and NOC Technician
Warid telecom Uganda
07.2008 - 01.2012
Uganda ordinary secondary education (UCE)
B.tech. Degree in electrical engineering -
Kyambogo University
DIT Trade test certificate in Motor vehicle mechanic and servicing. -
Nakawa vocational training institute
Uganda advanced secondary education (UACE). -
Bishop Sisto Mazzoldi senior secondary school (High school)
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