{"id":3928,"date":"2026-07-10T09:58:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T09:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theemcnews.co.uk\/?post_type=job_listing&#038;p=3928"},"modified":"2026-07-10T10:01:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T10:01:37","slug":"rf-planning-and-optimisation-specialist","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/theemcnews.co.uk\/index.php\/job\/rf-planning-and-optimisation-specialist\/","title":{"rendered":"RF Planning and Optimisation Specialist"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"_9d763823 _721d4f0a ca9510cb d71b598c _7c466880 _0d2d5ee0 _67866338 _3b42afd3\">\n<h2 class=\"e6590096 _5a134e6a dcac4cd6 _3ff84621 _0b90939f _4434babe _1ccd852b _2b366c9a fee11784 _381c41ae _91345936\">About the job<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"e6590096 d2e620b9 _3ff84621 _0b90939f _52b33e66 _3636d943 _2b366c9a fee11784 _381c41ae _91345936 _1e184552\"><span class=\"b532df19 _0f41423d _3b42afd3\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-testid=\"expandable-text-box\">Job Title: RF Planning and Optimisation Specialist<\/p>\n<p>Req ID: 60484<\/p>\n<p>Job Function: Engineering<\/p>\n<p>Posting Start Date: 09\/07\/2026<\/p>\n<p>Posting End Date: 26\/07\/2026<\/p>\n<p>Division: Networks<\/p>\n<p>Job Location: GBR-Birmingham-Three Snowhill, GBR-London-BTHQ One Braham, GBR-Manchester-New Bailey<\/p>\n<p>Advertised Salary: Competitive + great benefits<\/p>\n<p><strong>Working Style: 3 days a week from office, 2 days from home<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><strong>About The Role<\/p>\n<p><\/strong>This role operates within BT\/EE&#8217;s Mobile Network Planning and Optimisation function, with responsibility for driving radio network performance, customer experience, and coverage improvements across a defined geographical area. The role works closely with regional planning, optimisation, operations, engineering, and managed service partners to ensure the mobile network delivers against customer and business expectations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Impact of the role<\/p>\n<p><\/strong>The role contributes directly to improving customer experience by analysing network performance, identifying areas of opportunity, and delivering targeted optimisation and investment plans. Through detailed analysis of network, customer, and benchmarking data, the role drives continuous improvements in coverage, capacity, and service quality. It also supports business decision-making through the production of evidence-based recommendations, business cases, and performance insights, helping to maximise the value of network investments and deliver operational efficiencies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What You\u2019ll Be Doing<\/p>\n<p><\/strong>The role purpose is to drive improvement in Radio Coverage &amp; Performance through effective performance management and localized network optimisation. Main accountabilities for the role include:<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"_893dbef1 _3b0fffcd _3b42afd3\">\n<li>Perform detailed analysis of network performance and customer experience in a given geographical area.<\/li>\n<li>Produce and implement detailed improvement plans to deliver continuous network improvement using existing radio network capability.<\/li>\n<li>Perform detailed analysis of public benchmark (Umlaut and root metric) failures and implement improvement plans to reduce risk of future failures.<\/li>\n<li>Identify and prioritise investment requirements to drive better customer experience, build effective business cases to justify investment.<\/li>\n<li>Monitor network performance including failure cause breakdowns and investigate trends. Identify common trends across the network.<\/li>\n<li>Support development of less experienced members of the team and share knowledge openly and clearly to improve overall team skills.<\/li>\n<li>Work with operations and managed service provider to ensure operational faults impacting performance are being progressed effectively.<\/li>\n<li>Produce evidence packs to support decision making where required to get issues resolved and secure investment where required.<\/li>\n<li>Use advanced data analytics skills to drive improved ways of working.<\/li>\n<li>Support regional manager as required to complete priority tasks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"e6590096 d2e620b9 _3ff84621 _0b90939f _52b33e66 _3636d943 _2b366c9a fee11784 _381c41ae _91345936 _1e184552\"><span class=\"b532df19 _0f41423d _3b42afd3\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-testid=\"expandable-text-box\"><strong>Essential Skills \/ Experience<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"_893dbef1 _3b0fffcd _3b42afd3\">\n<li>Advanced Mobile Network RAN optimization\/planning and\/or RAN Performance knowledge in LTE and 5G.<\/li>\n<li>Ability at making decisions in ambiguous situations using incomplete information.<\/li>\n<li>Produce clear and effective communication both written and verbal to justify actions and drive business decisions.<\/li>\n<li>Experience of Huawei\/Ericsson\/Nokia Performance counters and parameters.<\/li>\n<li>Knowledge of crowd data sources and how they can be used to improve understanding of radio propagation and customer hot spots.<\/li>\n<li>Drive survey analysis including layer 3 message drill down and diagnostics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"e6590096 d2e620b9 _3ff84621 _0b90939f _52b33e66 _3636d943 _2b366c9a fee11784 _381c41ae _91345936 _1e184552\"><span class=\"b532df19 _0f41423d _3b42afd3\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-testid=\"expandable-text-box\"><strong>Desirable Skills \/ Experience<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"_893dbef1 _3b0fffcd _3b42afd3\">\n<li>Data Analytics and the ability to process and investigate large datasets.<\/li>\n<li>Experience of using Atoll or similar Network planning tools.<\/li>\n<li>The use of and interpretation of network performance KPI\u2019s.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"e6590096 d2e620b9 _3ff84621 _0b90939f _52b33e66 _3636d943 _2b366c9a fee11784 _381c41ae _91345936 _1e184552\"><span class=\"b532df19 _0f41423d _3b42afd3\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-testid=\"expandable-text-box\"><strong>Our Package<\/p>\n<p><\/strong>Tailored benefits make a real difference. That\u2019s why we offer a comprehensive range to support your growth, wellbeing, and everyday life.<\/p>\n<p>You can design the package to suit you and your lifestyle. Your core benefits include:<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"_893dbef1 _3b0fffcd _3b42afd3\">\n<li>10% on target annual bonus<\/li>\n<li>Access to an online private GP 24\/7 for you and your immediate family<\/li>\n<li>Market-leading paid carers leave with up to 2 weeks off<\/li>\n<li>Equalized maternity, paternity, and adoption leave \u2013 18 weeks\u2019 full pay and 8 weeks\u2019 half pay<\/li>\n<li>Discounted EE and BT products, including mobile and broadband<\/li>\n<li>Market leading Pension scheme \u2013 5% from you and 10% from us<\/li>\n<li>Holiday purchase scheme<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"e6590096 d2e620b9 _3ff84621 _0b90939f _52b33e66 _3636d943 _2b366c9a fee11784 _381c41ae _91345936 _1e184552\"><span class=\"b532df19 _0f41423d _3b42afd3\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-testid=\"expandable-text-box\">You can select additional benefits, including healthcare, dental, gym memberships and more when you\u2019re ready.<\/p>\n<p>Ready to connect for good and help shape the future? Apply now<\/p>\n<p>BT Group is the UK\u2019s leading communications group and the holding company behind some of the country\u2019s most recognised brands \u2013 including BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet. Our purpose is as simple as it is ambitious: we connect for good. Our customers include consumers, small, medium and large businesses, public sector organisations and other communications providers.<\/p>\n<p>BT Group\u2019s role is about setting direction, unlocking value and creating the conditions for our brands and businesses to thrive.<\/p>\n<p>Having come through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, our focus now is on what comes next \u2013 simplifying how we operate, using technology and AI to work smarter, and organising ourselves to serve customers better and grow sustainably. Group teams shape strategy, policy, brand, capital allocation and transformation, helping the whole organisation perform at its best.<\/p>\n<p>We have a singular culture that unites all our people: we are customer-first challengers, who are committed, clear and connected. These behaviours unite us as one team to deliver for our colleagues, our customers, our stakeholders and the country. Joining BT Group means working at the heart of a business that matters to the UK, with the opportunity to shape decisions, influence outcomes and help set the future course of one of the country\u2019s most important companies.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3929,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"London Area, United Kingdom","_application":"https:\/\/jobs.bt.com\/BT\/job\/RF-Planning-and-Optimisation-Specialist\/60484-en_GB","_company_name":"BT Group","_company_website":"https:\/\/www.bt.com\/about","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job-categories":[152],"job-types":[146],"class_list":{"0":"post-3928","1":"job_listing","2":"type-job_listing","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","5":"hentry","7":"job-type-full-time"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theemcnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/3928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theemcnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theemcnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theemcnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theemcnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theemcnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theemcnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-categories?post=3928"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theemcnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=3928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}