Shafqat Naveed, RF Coordinator/PP

Shafqat Naveed

RF Coordinator/PP

Covenant Tel

Location
Pakistan - Islamabad
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electrical engineering
Experience
4 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :4 years, 3 Months

RF Coordinator/PP at Covenant Tel
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2016 to February 2017

• Leading a team of 8 Drive testers and 6 riggers for field activities along with complete Test inventory management.
• Arranging DT for newly on air sites of 3G & LTE for SSV.
• Arranging DT for event sites.
• Arranging DT for Cluster drive tests after implementation of new 3G/LTE carriers.
• Arranging riggers for implementing call off for 3G and LTE given by the customer.
• Arranging DT for customer complaints related to 2G/3G/LTE both indoor and outdoor sites.
• Arranging site audits for sites with degraded coverage for 2G/3G/LTE.
• Preparing SSV and all DT reports after Drive tests using MapInfo and Genex Assistant.
• Preparing site audit reports using complete panoramas and tilts information given by riggers.
• Active member of Huawei EHS group. Arranging meetings for field teams for their counseling to keep safety precautions in mind during the activities. Also making new rules for safety precautions after approval from Huawei EHS management.

RF Engineer TL at Covenant Tell
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • May 2015 to July 2016

Responsible for End to End Project management with regard to Site acceptance & field measurements. Currently managing a team of 25 Field Engineers & 6 PP’s in AUH regions along with Test Equipment Inventory management & Fleet management.
• Arranging all types of field tests after modernization & RO of sites 2G/3G/LTE for all Macro/Micro/IBS.
• Responsible for spear heading all initial functionality tests on 2G/LTE/3G Network after site integrations. Identifying & investigating issues & Follow ups with concerned teams for resolutions.
• Arranging field tests for initial functionalities and SSV for the new integrated FDD L1800 & L2100 LTE sites.
• Preparing LTE SSV reports for L2100 & L1800 sites on Genex Assistant 3.15.
• Handling 3G (U2100/U900) cluster and career implementation activities, Making plans for DT (site divisions for DT & tab files).
• Handling VIP customer complaints activities for 2G/3G/LTE and troubleshooting through site audits.
• Coordination with OMC personal for all types of alarms checking on sites for 2G/3G/LTE and lock/unlock steps.

2G/3G/LTE RF Engineer at Covenant Tel
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • June 2014 to April 2015

 Worked as RF Post Processor + DT on Huawei-Etisalat Modernization project in UAE-NE Region
• Post processing of 2G/3G/LTE SSV’s/Clusters (Macro/Micro sites) on Genex Assistant 3.14
• Creating thematic maps/Graphs of all the needed parameters in 2G/3G/LTE SSV reports like Rx Levels, Quality, C/I, CI, TA, speech codec, events, RCSP, Ec/Io, RSSI, PSC, PCI, RSRP, RSRQ, PCC SINR, PCC MAC throughput, CSFB, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+ throughput.
• Generating reports and making final presentations on Excel/PPT by inserting all the thematic on required template for customer.
• Post processing of 2G/3G/LTE IBS SSV’s on Genex Assistant 3.14, Creating thematic of all needed parameters of all floors walk tests, lift test and spillage test on proper layouts of buildings and making final report for customer on Excel on required Template.
• 2G/3G/LTE post processing of customer complaint activity on Assistant 3.14.
• 2G/3G/LTE IBS pre and post swap walk tests and coverage verifications indoor using Genex probe 3.14.
• 2G/3G/LTE IBS health checks and function test after swap.
• 2G/3G/LTE IBS post activity logs analysis and comparison with pre.
• Health checks of Macro/Micro swapped sites for identifying partial/full swap if any, both in 2G/3G/LTE.
• 2G/3G/LTE drive tests (SSV) of Macro/Micro sites after cutover.
• 2G/3G/LTE pre and post swap cluster drive test of Macro sites.
• Customer complaints related to both 2G/3G/LTE networks of Etisalat. Identifying issues and troubleshooting through testing.

RF Coordinator/PP at LCC
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • February 2014 to June 2014

 Worked as junior coordinator and post processing Engineer on MS DT (Managed Services) ZTE project with Telenor.
• Arranging joint visits for DT on problematic sites through meetings with operation’s team leads.
• All sorts of coordination with DT teams during joint visit and helping/suggesting necessary steps for resolving issues.
• Final report making of joint visit through the logs submitted by DT engineer using MapInfo and TEMS.
• Preparing teams of DT for BSC software up gradation drive test and coordination during whole drive and updating customer.
• Post processing and detailed report making of BSC drive conducted using MapInfo and TEMS creating thematic of parameters like Levels, Quality, C/I, TA, CI, Events, speech codec.
• Report Generations of all type of activities for monitoring KPI’s using TEMS.
• Post processing of LAC split and re homing activities done by DT.
• Post processing of 3G site SSV’s, creating thematic of all needed parameters like RSCP, Ec/Io, PSC, CPICH, RSSI, HSDPA/HSUPA/R99/HSPA+ and making final presentation for customer.
• 3G Roll out initial site testing (Islamabad and Rawalpindi) including R99 test, HSDPA test, HSUPA test, Video call and checking softer, IRAT Handovers.

RF Engineer DT at LCC
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • October 2013 to February 2014

 Worked as RF Engineer on MS DT (Managed Services) ZTE Project with Telenor responsibilities include the following.
• Coordinating with ZTE BSS teams for joint visits on problematic sites in north and pointing out the issues related to both hardware and configurations through call testing on all TRX's/MAIO's of each sector both GSM/DCS and resolving them and suggesting necessary steps for resolving issues. Also checking and pointing out RF environment issues like interference, frequency clashes and suggesting necessary steps to resolve issues.
• BSC software up gradation/ BSC Expansion drive tests for checking the behavior of BSC after up gradation/ Expansion. Activity featuring handovers between different sites of BSC and handovers with the sites neighboring BSC's (intra and inter BSC HO), data testing, call connectivity checking through short calls, quality of call checking s through long call and point to point updates with LCC-ZTE RF teams for updating.
• LAC splitting and re-homing drive test.
• Log files analysis of all activities.
• Stats and KPI analysis of different sites in north.
• Customer complaints, finding the issues on particular locations of customer and then resolving them.

RF DT at LCC
  • Pakistan - Multan
  • January 2013 to September 2013

 Worked as RF drive and post processing Engineer on Telenor Vega Swap project-ZTE.
• Conducting drives tests for different sites in Central 3 with having strong experience on TEMS Investigation, NEMO and MapInfo including the following.
• Health check and checking Sector Swap of sites after their cutover both GSM/DCS (partial and full both).
• SSV (Single Site Verification) Drive Tests featuring all sectors handovers, detailed data testing and TRX testing.
• Pre and Post Swap Cluster Drive Tests and analysis and comparison of results of both drives.
• Trouble shooting of the issues that come in the cluster drives like data link failure, handover failure, drop calls and block calls, interference by tracking the reasons behind.
• Customer Complaints based walk tests & coverage verifications and troubleshooting issues that come in indoor and outdoor both and optimizing the network on such specific locations.
• BSC cutover, swap & feature testing through Drive Tests.
• Preparing riggers for the site audits according to the needs and requirement fulfilling after swap.
• Drive test of soft launched sites of roll out project and their performance monitoring.
• Final Acceptance drive tests (FAC) and detailed observation of KPI's performance in FAC activities.

RF Trainee (RF Planning and Optimization) (Ufone Roll out) at Huawei
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • November 2012 to December 2012

• Drive test of newly on air roll out sites for doing SSV with TEMS 8.0.3.
• Complete handover testing and data testing of SSV TEMS 8.0.3.
• Making drive test reports of daily conducted drive tests using MapInfo 8.5 and TEMS Investigation 8.0.3.
• Making KPI reports for different sites daily using stats and MS Excel.
• Making Expansion Reports.
• Daily KPI’s Stats monitoring and go through the KPI’s (M2000).

Internship at OMV Oil & Gas Company, Ltd
  • to August 2011

• Internship at OMV Oil & Gas Company, Ltd ( power) (June 20 to August 3, 2011)
Studied the power generation system and worked on energy conservation project.

• Internship at LCC (RF operations)
Learned the basics of GSM and its architectures and applications along with visits of different sites of zong.

Internship at Fauji Fertilizer Company, Ltd
  • to July 2010

• Internship at Fauji Fertilizer Company, Ltd ( Power instrumentation and controls Department) (June 17 to July 15, 2010)
Studied the power generation and power distribution system of the plant and basics of plc.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electrical engineering
  • at Air University
  • August 2012

• Faculty of Electrical Engineering (Air University) - Completed B.Sc. in Electrical engineering(Telecom), CGPA: 2.73 • I.M.C.B F 10/3, Islamabad F. Sc (Pre-Engineering) PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS / COURSES ATTENDED

Bachelor's degree, Industrial

• Los survey with the Mobilink team at different BTS sites where I learned the basics of LOS and learned how to use different tools for this survey. • Industrial visit to Mobilink MSC with students of case university.

Specialties & Skills

MapInfo Professional
AEROSPACE
CONTROL SYSTEMS
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
MICROSOFT WINDOWS
MS OFFICE

Languages

English
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

yes (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2012
Valid Until:
June 2012