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Description

This was the first position I held after graduating from engineering school: Radio / GSM / Telecom Works Supervisor.

This is not a "typical" job that you truly learn at school.

I was mostly familiar with the Civil Engineering Works Supervisor role:

an environment where you are often assigned to a single construction site for several months.

There, you manage teams of workers and temporary staff, update operating procedures, schedules, deliveries, etc.

But in the field of telecommunications, it's completely different.

It's common to manage several construction sites in parallel, sometimes within the same month and across multiple geographical areas.

You manage:

technicians, site managers, subcontractors, colleagues,

you liaise with suppliers, design offices, inspection bodies, safety coordinators (CSPS),

you manage the budget, orders, stock, priorities...

👉 What's different between a telecom works supervisor and a civil engineering works supervisor

is that the telecom works supervisor often does the job

of a project manager,

of a site manager,

and sometimes even a commercial engineer, as they manage the budget, the financial aspect, and client relations.

💡 In this profession, when you are truly committed, attentive, and aware of your responsibilities,

🔑 And above all, the most important thing is not pure technique.

It's primarily:

field knowledge, team management, and methodology.

Skills that are much more important than technical knowledge.

The company cares little if you don't yet know about frequencies, or antenna types.

These are things that can be learned quickly.

👉 What really matters is your attitude, your ability to lead teams, make decisions, and organize work.

🎯 It is precisely for this reason that the company I started with preferred to hire a civil engineer rather than a telecom or radio engineer for this type of position.

Languages

French
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Paris (up to 50km)

SPIE City Networks Ile-de-France
Works Engineer Consultant
October 2022 - Today (3 years and 8 months)
Cergy-Pontoise, Cergy, France
• - Supervise and organize the construction of telecommunication and energy infrastructure (foundations, pylons). Supervise and organize the reinforcement of foundations and pylons.
• - Support operators and monitor the progress of works. Establish budgets and schedules,
• - Supervise, support, and motivate teams;
• - Analyze the environment and provide solutions to various problems that could hinder the smooth progress of the works.
• - Lead meetings and ensure safety requirements are met by all stakeholders.
• - Administrative and financial management of project monitoring. Provide detailed progress reports. Site visits and inspections.
• - Critical review and control of various design and execution plans, as well as providing solutions in case of technical problems.
AXIANS RAIL IDF
Works Project Manager
August 2018 - September 2022 (4 years and 1 month)
Île-de-France, France
• - Supervise and organize the reinforcement of foundations and pylons.
• - Support operators and monitor the progress of works.
• - Construction of new GSM-R sites for Synerail (from prospecting and study to radio commissioning).
• - Relocation of GSM-R sites and construction of temporary GSM-R sites.
• - Analyze the railway environment, and provide solutions to various technical problems that could hinder the smooth progress of the works.
• - Ensure safety requirements are met by all stakeholders.
• - Administrative management of project monitoring. Detailed progress reporting.
• - Critical review and control of various design and execution plans, as well as providing solutions in case of technical problems.
• - Subcontractor management, budget management, budget monitoring and analysis.
• - Site visits and inspections.
conseil général seine maritime
Telecom Deployment Works Engineer
October 2014 - July 2018 (3 years and 9 months)
Île-de-France, France
• - Act as project owner or in validation and acceptance of works.
• - Management and verification of services provided by subcontractors and service providers selected for field operations in accordance with deployment project standards.
• - Establishment of diagnoses, reports; consulting and recommendations to solution providers in case of identified difficulties. Post-operation quality control.
• - Drafting of activity reports (reporting) and summaries.