Abdul Rahman Shaikh

I am a Telecom / Power Projects Rollout and Operations Expert looking for long term working relation with any reputed organization. 

I have a diversified experience working in Saudi Arabia, UAE and Pakistan over several positions and acquired excellent powerful skills to lead operation maintenance plus implementation projects and get even complex tasks done from a bundle of teams.

MADAF Trading and Contracting Company West - Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia                                 Feb 2020 to Mar 2021

STC COW PROJECT REGIONAL MANAGER COW MOVEMENT PROJECT

• Preparation Reports of COW Location Survey / LOS Survey and assist STC Team to finalized and acquire Site
• Responsible for COW plus Telecom Equipment Dismantling/Movement/Re-Install/Acceptance for Handover
• Coordination/Facilitate Telecom and Power Teams with 100% HSE Compliance as per STC safety Standards
• Strong Coordination with STC / Multi-Vendor NOC plus Field Teams for COW Handover and TT Closure
• Successfully Performed STC HAJJ / RAMADAN Projects  and Worked in War Room during HAJJ Period TTs Closure

RST Technical Services Subsidiary OF World telecom professionals, DUBAI, UAE                                   Oct 2019 to Dec 2019

PROJECT MANAGER (Successfully Conducted following Project) 

• Successful implementation FMS project (FMS Implementation Plus Integration) with 100% HSE Compliance 
• Actively participate in Project Proposals, Costing and Clients Negotiation along with implementation
• PNI mainly Civil and E&M scope snags rectifications for Du Telecom (UAE Leading Telecom Operator) 

Highrise UAE – Huawei subcontractor for Rollout and Swap Dubai region, uae                                 Feb 2017 to April 2018

PROJECT MANAGER Successfully Accomplished the Scope within the Timeline 

• Managed Teams of Professionals, Preparing Weekly, Monthly Work Plan and Progress Reports 
• Effectively interaction with internal resource, Vendor, Operator and other stake holders and Client coordination
• Assist, Manage and provide guidance to Field Teams to comply customer requirements to meet set target
• Verifying/Processing Monthly Project Invoice for submission 

MADAF Telecom and Power Partner – COW-MS/USF-9 project, Madina Munawara, Saudi Arabia Mar 2015 to Mar 2016

TELECOM FLM MANAGER

• Lead E2E Telecom/Electrical operations as per NOKIA-STC HSE Standards keeping zero HSE Tickets.
• Delivered sterling support to Financial/Commercial teams for developing new Project Costing and proposals.
• Developed and mentored a cross-functional team as well as facilitated in complete Recruitment cycle.
• Performance monitoring of Preventive and corrective maintenance activities along with producing reports.

Telenor Pakistan – REGIONAL LEAD for MS Projects Execution, Pakistan                                               Nov 2014 to Mar 2015

EXECUTIVE ENGINEER for QUALITY AND SAFETY DEPARTMENT 

• Conduct surveillance on field teams by routine visits to ensure safety measures are adopted and prepare report.
• Prepared monthly reports on the frequency of occurrence of accidents in a given area.
• Demonstrated the proper use of safety equipment and facilities to the people.
• Rectify the spotted error out rightly to prevent any untoward incident.
• Keep check on PIN Equipment’s health condition and analysis of the Health Checks Reports provided by Teams.

World Telecom Professionals - Etisalat Swap Project, UAE          Jul 2014 to Nov 2014

STARTUP MANAGER FOR ETISALAT SWAP PROJECT IN UAE

• Built collaborative rapport with planning, performance, quality, and implementation teams for successful execution of swap activity by our team along maintaining Etisalat quality standards.
• Generated and reviewed Project Report and updated customer for project completion periodically, highlighted and recovered PO with customer and demanding further scope and conducted periodic audit to maintain company assets.
• Coordinated for general operational HR activities such as team recruitment, contract development for the teams, look after financial expenses to control cost includes purchases/Salary/OT/Allowance, daily expenses.

Nokia Siemens Networks, Zain, Saudi Arabia                                                                                                       Mar 2008 to May 2013

RAN BSS ENGINEER 

• Provide Second Line Maintenance support for O&M activities for Nokia BSC/BTS (Flexi BTS and Mini Ultra) RNC/Node-B and Transmission equipment
• Exercised hands-on approach to deliver technical support to Fault Management, Performance Management and First Line Maintenance team to resolve technical matters and get the Trouble Tickets closed
• Gained invaluable technical knowledge to plan and execute HW/SW upgrades for Network elements with Health/Routine checks and handle Filed Operation escalations and undertake special assignments.
• Ensured and verified Preventive Maintenance and PM Reports Analysis for the corrective Measures escalations on time to minimize trouble escalations and improve network performance 
• Expertly performed Acceptance, Audit, Corrective, Preventive and planned activities of Network elements

UFone Pakistan subsidiary of Etisalat, Pakistan                                                                                               Apr 2001 to Mar 2008
SENIOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT EXECUTIVE for BSS 

• Responsible for New Sites Creation and help operation team for integration with all possible solution.
• Monitor Daily KPI (Radio Network Stats) and conduct performance analysis and identification.
• Performance of Health Checks and Hardware Test to identify and rectify the service-related issues.
• Radio Access Network Operation and Maintenance routine tasks performance.
• Acceptance and Testing of newly installed equipment such as Nortel/Huawei BSC/BTS/Transmission Equipment.

INSTAPHONE PAKCOM LTD. (Subsidiary of Millicom International), Pakistan                                    Dec 1998 to Apr 2001

Technical Officer

• Operation and Maintenance of Ericsson AMPS882 and D-AMPS 884 Band Cellular Network RBS.
• Acceptance and Testing of the BTS and DMC Transmission Links. 
• Survey, finalization and installation of Radio Base Station Ericsson APM 882/DAPMS884 and Cell Enhancer.
• Working in close contact with the cell planning section for most optimized solutions of the faced problems

Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics 

Newport Institute of Communications and Economics Karachi – Pakistan

Diploma Of Associate Engineering In Electrical

College of Technology Peshawar, Pakistan

International Trainings

Base Station Subsystem Essentials RG10 Nov, 2010 NSN Academy-Dusseldorf, Germany

Flexi Hybrid (SRA4-HC) PDH/SDH/GE RADIO May, 2010 NSN Academy-Milan, Italy 

Tellabs 8600 Concepts Course August, 2009 NSN Academy-Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 

FT5233-00S SURPASS HIT7070, 7050 Advanced Topics November, 2008 NSN Academy-Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 

Huawei GSM-BSS/System Following Courses attended December, 2006 Huawei University-Shenzhen, China 

1. OM051, GSM Principle (BSS)                                                  2. OM052, GSM BSS Hardware system 

3. OM053, GSM BSS Operation and Maintenance              4. OM054, GSM BSS Troubleshooting

NEC Microwave Training BY NEC Trainer from Japan in Karachi center Pakistan

GSM-Nortel BSS Basic ArchitectureSY1 Islamabad city of Pakistan

GSM-Nortel BSS Dimensioning SY2 Islamabad city of Pakistan

Telecom Fire Fighting System and Protection Karachi / Pakistan

Management Trainings: 

1. Supper Team for customer friendly Service by Karen Allah Walla 
2. Groom Yourself for Success  3. Customer Mind set and Focus