Shahab Ahmed
Tallawong,Australia
Summary
Conscientious and driven telecom professional with 15+ years progressive experience in Service and Project Delivery. Professional with strong background in leading and optimizing delivery teams, ensuring timely and efficient project execution. Adept at fostering team collaboration and aligning efforts with organizational goals, adaptable to evolving situations and needs. Skilled in procurement management, resource allocation, and stakeholder communication, consistently driving impactful results. Known for reliability, problem-solving abilities, and effective leadership in dynamic environments.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
National Project Delivery Lead
Ventia
10.2023 - Current
- Leading a team of Project Engineers and Field Managers in delivering a multi million dollars Telecommunication Infrastructure upgrade program including all major Infrastructure and service providing organisations in Australia.
- Contributing to process improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing overall efficiency in the organization's delivery portfolio.
- Coordinating cross-functional initiatives with other departments to improve overall business operations and customer satisfaction.
- Enhancing team productivity by providing consistent coaching, feedback, and guidance to delivery staff.
- Promoting a safety-first culture within the delivery team by setting clear expectations and enforcing adherence to company policies and industry regulations.
- Managing vendor relationships, negotiating contracts to secure favourable terms that positively impacted the baseline.
- Collaborated closely with customers to share information about available products and services, increasing utilization and delivery effectiveness.
- Originating and implementing operational processes and procedures, amplifying productivity.
Senior Project Engineer
Ventia
09.2022 - 10.2023
- Leading the delivery of Optus (OO and eJV) Greenfield, 5G Upgrade, Stay Alive Refurbishment and ad hoc site construction works for Optus Megalodon Project in NSW-QLD region. The role requires managing the whole construction process end to end starting from SAED, planning, financial management, contractor management, material planning, access and permits, and to site acceptance.
- INDARA - OPTUS MEGALODON (GREENFIELD, eJV, CO-LO, STAY ALIVE)
Project Engineer
Ventia/Kordia Solutions Australia
08.2018 - 09.2022
- As a sole Project Engineer in NSW-QLD region, I am responsible in aiding the SAED team from the beginning of the design process, commencing with a Site Detail Visit during site candidate selection, identifying buildability limitations, and assisting in the selection of the best site candidate. Review the Site Design brief and offer suggestions for appropriate structure selection and foundation designs. Assisting the team with the creation of the Site Selection Report, identifying potential permissible exclusions and their impact on the cost of the site build and pre-approval from customer. Work closely with the Design, Electrical, and Radio Engineers to prepare Draft For Construction drawings and review them with the build team to identify any foreseeable buildability issues and provide alternate solutions to address them. To ensure on-time delivery and avoid delays, order long-lead items during the design phase. Order FIM, NON FIM, and consumables after reviewing the Final For Construction drawings. Creating base cost of work based on contracted rates with customer and its approval. Coordinate with a competent construction partner to obtain an estimate for the entire project, including civil, electrical, and rigging-technical. Review quotations and assign work to the building partner, ensuring that the desired margins are met. For appropriate start date, coordinate with the Inventory team on material availability, access application submission and approval, as well as all relevant access protocol and safety compliance checks. Conduct QHSE site audits on a regular basis to guarantee work quality and safety compliance. Review daily diaries and have regular discussions with the field manager and site lead, as well as a real-time review of site work, to stay up to speed with site work progress. To organise site integration, coordination between transmission, RIC and build teams. Review Hand over documents and collaborate with the build team to collect all site acceptance artefacts and documentation and review them before submitting them to the customer for approval. Work in collaboration with site Acceptance team and assist coordinators in addressing any defects and their rectification in assistance with build team.
- Worked as Project Engineer for Telstra NSW 5G upgrade program. Review of AAA documents, align build contractor or internal team suitable for build activity, review of Level 3 application, raising CMART and DRAKE in Telstra system in coordination with build and coordination team. Real time acceptance of work being done on site via iAuditor and SNOW. Collection and review of acceptance document for build team before submission to DBORS team.
- TELSTRA 5G – OPTUS MEGALODON (GREENFIELD, eJV, CO-LO, 5G UPGRADE, STAY ALIVE)
Project Coordinator Completion
Kordia Solutions Australia
09.2017 - 08.2018
- Leading the delivery and acceptance of Optus RANCAP Huawei Excelsior RAN upgrade Project. The role requires coordination of End-to-End site RAN swap to customer acceptance.
- The Project coordination responsibility involves from site scheduling, design validation, material call off, site build to the preparation of HOP to be submitted to customer for acceptance considering all required customer set standards are complied. The role involves working in cross-functional environment managing internal and external subcontractor resources on field for site activity completion and managing offshore resources for timely completion and submission of documentation to the customer for site acceptance.
- As an individual I had an opportunity to introduce real time acceptance process to monitor and expedite the on-site build activity, coordinating actively with field team to get snags cleared while on site and avoid site revisit for NCR rectification and thus saving site revisit cost for the company.
- OPTUS AUSTRALIA HUAWEI EXCELSIOR PROJECT
Transmission Engineer (Site Design)
Kordia Solutions Australia
03.2017 - 07.2017
- Leading the delivery of NSW Telco Authority’s SP2 Site Preliminary Design Pack that forms the basis of transitioning the end-to-end State-Wide Preliminary Design into the Detailed Design Phase. The role requires considering all legislative, technical and corporate requirements, focus on sound analysis of overall solution design (LMR, Paging, Backhaul, Structure, Shelter and Power) and delivery of the final SP2 Design Document via Prolog to NSW Telco Authority for acceptance within the given project time frame.
- The design process involves identifying the complete scope of work of the Network (RF and Transmission using Mentum Planet and Ellipse, antennas, feeders, Motorola GTR 8000 ESS), Structure, Shelter and Power requirements by working in complex, fast changing and cross-functional environment with internal and external stakeholders, performing quality analysis and design validation as per Australian and NSW Telco Authority standards and guidelines prior to design submission.
- NSW TELCO AUTHORITY CCEP PROJECT PRELIMINARY DESIGN PHASE
Transmission Consultant
Service Stream Limited Australia
07.2016 - 02.2017
- Leading the design and delivery of End-to-end Transmission Pilot design verification and detailed design for deployment of the NSW Telco Authority’s new Critical Communications Enhancement Programme (CCEP), which takes the existing Government Radio Network (GRN) into a new evolutionary stage.
- Successfully performed analysis of the Pilot Sites’ Preliminary Design, finalise prime candidate by analysing candidate assessment reports and identified alternative candidate sites where a primary site was not suitable either due to force majeure or stakeholder (NSW Government Agency’s) concern or environmental impact with aid of the newly created CCEP database and ACMA database. Performed Microwave and radio Frequency and capacity planning and ACMA Licensing. Generated assessments, Link Budgets and detailed Transmission reports based on site scoring, coverage, capacity and frequency plan using Mentum Ellipse, Atoll and MapInfo. Performed ACMA frequency coordination for frequency allocation for RF and MW links. Deliver complete Microwave backhaul design guideline to the customer Telco Authority for deployment of Pilot design phase. Vendor management, liaise with customers and project team to document and clarify solution requirements. Finalize Bill Of material ordering and spare calculation and complete site-specific design document
- NSW TELCO AUTHORITY CCEP PROJECT PILOT DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION PHASE
HFC Design Specialist
Cyient Pty Ltd Australia
05.2016 - 06.2016
- Leading HFC design team on Telstra HFC network for existing & proposed network. Analysing and performing quality checks on HLD for further conversion to Design Review Tool. Manage PICS database based on field scooper inputs. Preparing LANCP along with walkout plans for the field scooper. Validation of addresses using ADVAL tool besides using Google Maps & Near Maps.
- TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – HFC PROJECT
Transmission Design and Planning Engineer
Vodafone Australia
12.2012 - 05.2016
- Planning, Designing and Support of IP based Microwave and Optical Transmission network. Managing projects, clients, business consultants, contractors and sub-contractors to ensure prompt TX and RAN Project delivery. Preparation of TX and RAN Detailed Design document and work instructions. Planning, Designing, Integration and Management of technical and quality standards into network evaluation tools and systems. Provide support for planning, designing, commissioning, testing and integration of new TX and RAN network elements into Vodafone Network and processes. Analysing project based technical requirements for evaluation and assessment against Vodafone Technical Specifications, and potential implementation of those requirements in Vodafone Network. Create and maintain a technically aligned plan in collaboration with Engineering, Property, Finance, Project Managers and Architects providing Technical support to scope, sequencing, baseline, reforecast across multiple domains and TX/RAN Deliverables. Provide technical Support to Project Managers and Architects to scope, sequencing, baseline, re-baseline, reforecast and align Off-Road map initiatives. Applying well develop scheduling, administrative and planning skills and provide detailed scheduling, reporting and tracking of programme delivery and financial milestones. Tracking critical elements such as changes to the programme of works, deployment Schedules, financial spend and Vendor KPI’s for the submission of all programme related documentation. Performance monitoring, network troubleshooting and fault investigation. Microwave Link configuration using Mentum Ellipse and Optical Network design using MapInfo. Incident management using ITSM.
Transmission Design Engineer
Kordia Solution Australia
09.2011 - 11.2012
- Planning and designing deployment of SDH/PDH microwave and MUX technologies into the transmission network. Preparation of network design documents as per required standards. Providing technical support to field staff and site controller for the SDH, PDH and microwave networks installation and commissioning. Maintain current and accurate transmission network topology documents, diagrams and databases to a standardized format. Comply with relevant design standards and Australian regulations management requirements. Effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical management and facilitate the design implementation requirements.
Assistant Manager (Optical Fibre Transmission Development)
PTCL (Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited)
04.2008 - 07.2009
- End to End planning, designing and implementation of HFC network for enabling Multimedia broadband services on existing telephony network. Analysing capacity requirement per geographical area and translating requirements into network design documents from companies Access network to Digital and RF Exchange. Work close with external parties, local area planner and designer and contractors to ensure task completion as per agreed baseline. Coordinating, organizing and managing installation, commissioning and testing of HFC and transmission network builds with sub-contractors to ensure working network solutions. Coordinating between Optical Fibre development team and Optical Fibre Operations team for successful integration and acceptance of testing. SDH/DWDM Optical Transmission network planning and designing using AutoCAD. Planning, installation, commissioning, management and troubleshooting of Transmission and Access equipment (Optical/Microwave) OLT’s and CMTS. Design and Integration of Huawei OptiX and OSN products (OptiX 1050, 2500, 3100, OSN3500, OSN7500, OSN9500, OSN6800 etc.). Preparing weekly and monthly Reports on network performance and media resources of SDH and DWDM system. Optical Fibre cable testing and strategizing and conduction of Provisional Acceptance and Final Acceptance testing. Inventory management using SAP.
System Support Engineer
Comstar Info System Associates Pakistan
02.2008 - 03.2008
- Designing VSAT solutions for a major client to address their primary network needs over multi technology mix networks and redundancy needs over. Preparation of power applications, validation of Line Power Supplies, preparation of BoM (Bill of Materials) and BoQ (Bill of Quantity) for the client’s multi-vendor network element procurement needs, performing RF and Load Calculations, ensuring through power calculation tool sufficient input power is supplied to all active network elements, participation in the support of bids to support the sales and accounts team and preparing solutions accordingly and ensuring smooth delivery of projects was a routine.
Education
Master of Engineering Management - Telecommunication Engineering
University of Technology
08.2011
Diploma in Project Management - Project Management
AIMS
06-2025
Bachelors of Engineering - Electronics
NED University of Engineering and Technology
12.2007
Skills
- Budget monitoring for financial initiatives
- Task delegation
- Scheduling coordination
- Stakeholder management
- Team supervision
- Issue resolution
- Report preparation
- Cross-functional coordination
- Continuous integration
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Strategic planning
Certification
VMware vSphere v6.0 (TAFE), Windows 2003/2008/XP, Microsoft Visio, Windows Server 2012 (TAFE), CCNA (R&S) (TAFE)
Timeline
National Project Delivery Lead
Ventia
10.2023 - Current
Senior Project Engineer
Ventia
09.2022 - 10.2023
Project Engineer
Ventia/Kordia Solutions Australia
08.2018 - 09.2022
Project Coordinator Completion
Kordia Solutions Australia
09.2017 - 08.2018
Transmission Engineer (Site Design)
Kordia Solutions Australia
03.2017 - 07.2017
Transmission Consultant
Service Stream Limited Australia
07.2016 - 02.2017
HFC Design Specialist
Cyient Pty Ltd Australia
05.2016 - 06.2016
Transmission Design and Planning Engineer
Vodafone Australia
12.2012 - 05.2016
Transmission Design Engineer
Kordia Solution Australia
09.2011 - 11.2012
Assistant Manager (Optical Fibre Transmission Development)
PTCL (Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited)
04.2008 - 07.2009
System Support Engineer
Comstar Info System Associates Pakistan
02.2008 - 03.2008
Bachelors of Engineering - Electronics
NED University of Engineering and Technology
Master of Engineering Management - Telecommunication Engineering
University of Technology
Diploma in Project Management - Project Management
AIMS
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