Specialist Power Performance

Job Description

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At Vodafone, we’re not just shaping the future of connectivity for our customers – we’re shaping the future for everyone who joins our team. When you work with us, you’re part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world. If you want to grow your career whilst finding the perfect balance between work and life, Vodafone offers the opportunities to help you belong and make a real impact.

What you’ll do

Role purpose:
The Specialist: Power Performance is responsible for providing performance optimisation across telecommunications site power systems in the MAST portfolio. The role ensures that power solutions are reliable, compliant, commercially viable, and fit for current and future tenant requirements.
This role combines technical design, power performance analytics, and operational optimisation to improve site resilience, uptime, and cost efficiency. The incumbent will support the development and improvement of grid, rectifier, battery, generator, hybrid, and cooling solutions, while ensuring alignment with internal standards, customer requirements, and business performance objectives.

Who you are

Key accountabilities and decision ownership :
1. Power Performance Engineering
• Review and assess power requirements for co-location, network expansion, and site upgrades.
• Provide technical guidance and approval recommendations for power solutions based on capacity, resilience, and site constraints.
• Ensure engineering decisions are documented and supported by clear technical rationale.
• Act as a technical authority on power system performance and optimisation initiatives.
2. Power Performance Optimisation
• Analyse site power performance using RMS and operational data.
• Identify performance gaps, inefficiencies, recurring failures, and optimisation opportunities.
• Develop site-specific optimisation plans to improve uptime, battery performance, generator utilisation, and overall service quality.
• Support operations and maintenance teams with practical performance improvement interventions.
3. Technical Assessments and Diagnostics
• Analyse site surveys, audits, and technical reports to determine system condition and performance risk.
• Identify issues related to rectifier loading, battery autonomy, generator performance, cooling demand, and power quality.
• Produce clear technical findings and prioritised recommendations for remediation or upgrade.
4. Compliance, Risk and Assurance
• Ensure all power performance interventions align with applicable standards, policies, and safety requirements.
• Apply risk-based engineering principles to design, upgrade, and operational decisions.
• Support technical audits, compliance reviews, and corrective action tracking.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives related to quality, safety, and engineering governance.
5. Upgrade Planning and Solution Development
• Develop and recommend power upgrade solutions to support load growth, resilience targets, and tenant requirements.
• Evaluate technical options including rectifier upgrades, battery enhancements, generator strategies, hybrid operation, and renewable integration.
• Provide technical inputs into designs, specifications, and implementation requirements.
• Ensure recommendations are practical, scalable, and aligned to operational realities.

Core competencies, knowledge and experience:
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• High attention to detail and quality.
• Clear written and verbal communication.
• Stakeholder engagement and collaboration.
• Sound judgement and decision-making.
• Strong planning and execution discipline.

Must have technical / professional qualifications:
• Grade 12 (Matric).
• National Diploma or Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering (or related field).
• Minimum 5 years experience in telecommunications.
• Experience in telecom site power systems, including rectifiers, batteries, generators, and power distribution.
• Experience in technical analysis, performance optimisation, and power system troubleshooting.
• Experience in interpreting technical surveys, audits, and engineering documentation.
• Experience in developing technical scopes, recommendations, and implementation requirements.

Not a perfect fit?

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to still apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another opportunity.

What's in it for you

Who we are

We are a leading international Telco, serving millions of customers. At Vodafone, we believe that connectivity is a force for good. If we use it for the things that really matter, it can improve people's lives and the world around us. Through our technology we empower people, connecting everyone regardless of who they are or where they live and we protect the planet, whilst helping our customers do the same.

Belonging at Vodafone isn't a concept; it's lived, breathed, and cultivated through everything we do. You'll be part of a global and diverse community, with many different minds, abilities, backgrounds and cultures. ;We're committed to increase diversity, ensure equal representation, and make Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued and included.

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Together we can.