Fibre Permitting Engineer (Northern)

Maxis; George Town; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Maxis is recruiting for a Permitting Lead to manage daily permitting activities, coordinate with vendors and authorities, and ensure timely submissions for fibre OSP rollout in Penang, Malaysia.

The role requires strong relationships with local councils, JKR and landlords, with focus on delivering compliant, on-schedule permit progress and deposit recovery where applicable.

Qualifications

• Good established repo with JKR, PBT, State OSA, DBKL.
• Familiar with utilities permitting procedures in Semenanjung Malaysia, Sabah & Sarawak.
• Strong technical background in Fiber OSP rollout.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily permitting activities by vendors, with weekly progress updates and reporting to Permitting Lead and Permitting Project Manager.
• Build and maintain relationships with road owners such as local councils (PBT), JKR & Landlords.
• Oversee permitting submission, review Technical Proposals, obtain consent letters and ensure compliance with authorities' guidelines.

Skills

Permitting management

Vendor management

Stakeholder relations

Fiber OSP rollout

Job description

Are you ready to get ahead in your career?

• We want to empower you to turn your ambitions into achievements.
• We thrive in inclusiveness, diversity and embrace close collaborations for you to create impact for yourself and others.
• Together, we aim to bring the best of technology to help people, businesses and the nation to be ahead in a changing world.
• To realise our vision to become Malaysia’s leading converged solutions company, we are looking for a new talent to innovate and grow with us in a culture that values commitment, performance and possibilities.

What are you accountable for?

• Responsible for daily management of permitting activities by vendors scopes shall include weekly update on progress, escalation to vendors management and reporting to Permitting Lead and Permitting Project Manager.
• To have strong relationship with all road owners such as local councils (PBT), JKR & Landlords.
• Managing relationship to jurisdictions and ROW contacts such as local councils (PBT), JKR & Landlords.
• Responsible for daily management of permitting activities by vendors scopes shall include daily update on progress, escalation to vendors management and reporting to Project Managers.
• Working in closely with underlying rights group to identify and prepare start work permit and building access.
• Oversees timely permitting submission, from reviewing and endorsing the Technical Proposal are in line with the Authorities guidelines & requirement, attending JSV, ensuring UDM works/report done accordingly, pushing for the consent letter, BD/BG payment, permit follow up with PBT, JKR & Land Office.
• Monitor & manage all permitting activates by Vendors inclusion liaison with State appointed OSA (One Stop Agency).
• Monitor & manage mapping works activities by Vendors and appointed UDM companies.
• Records and track CPC (Certificate of Practical Completion) acceptance for all completed projects and responsible to trigger the deposit refund from each PBT & JKR.
• Assists permitting colleagues on permitting challenges by attending the meeting on behalf and to have good relationship with local councils & authority for immediate solution.
• Timely tracking of project progress, escalation, and consistent reporting to Permitting Lead and Permitting Project Manager in a timely manner.
• At the end of project, to oversee the deposit recovery from LC’s/JKR to be within 2 years period.

What do you need to have for the role?

• Good established repo with JKR, PBT, State OSA, DBKL.
• Familiar with utilities permitting procedures in Semenanjung Malaysia, Sabah & Sarawak.
• Strong technical background in Fiber OSP rollout.

What’s next?

• Once you’ve applied online, our team will carefully review your application. Due to a high volume of applications, we appreciate your patience to allow for a fair and timely review process.
• Should you be shortlisted for the role, we will send you an invitation via email for a digital interview. You can also check on your application status by logging into your candidate account.

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