IHS Towers is the largest mobile telecommunications infrastructure provider in Africa, Europe

and the Middle East. Over 95% of IHS’ employees are Africans and IHS employs close to 40,000
people directly and indirectly through its exclusive subcontractors.

THE WAY WE WORK

We are customer focused, understanding that we continuously must surpass our customers’
expectations. We are innovative, constantly seeking new and improved ways to deliver our products
and services. We act with integrity, being open and honest in everything we do. We are bold and
courageous in expanding existing markets and developing new ones.
Our Core Values are:
 Customer Focus
 Innovation
 Integrity
 Boldness

JOB TITLE: Group Tower Portfolio Specialist

REPORTS TO: VP Technical
DIVISION: Operations

JOB PURPOSE

The ideal candidate for this position should possess a strong background in the design and detail of
steel and concrete structural engineering systems, mainly towers and their foundations.Solid
knowledge in steel, concrete, and masonry materials are essential skills. Majority of work will be to
designing and detailing structural systems for Industrial clients.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

 Help organize, supervise, monitor and control the quality of the structural portion of tower audit
projects.
 Perform structural engineering and design verification services for several simultaneous projects
in the different subsidiaries of I.H.S. to confirm the tower strength and to propose strengthening
solutions to overloaded towers and foundations.
 Provide detailed structural engineering calculations and analysis including but not limited to,
structural steel design of self-supporting towers, guyed masts, and monopoles.
 Provide reinforced concrete design for the tower foundations on greenfield and rooftop sites.
 Read and understand building codes, construction specifications and drawings.
 Review I.H.S. tower related documentation and specifications.
 Support the technical management in deciding on structural design and analysis project.
 Communicate and interact directly with project managers, structural engineers and contractors
to gather required information, verify the standards used, etc.
  Ability to assist with the standardization of calculation documents utilizing modern software
packages.
 Coordinate assigned project drafting / design work with CAD designers.
 Use best practices to solve functional issues and improve programs and/or processes in support
of organizational business challenges.
 Enforce technical competency in adherence to Corporate, Local, Regulatory codes and standards,
as well as adherence to engineering laws and guidelines.
 Supervise & Mentor junior engineers and structural engineers in subsidiaries

ESSENTIAL COMPETENCIES

 Must be willing to work with multiple project managers (Virtual teams) remotely.
 Must be open to travelling regionally and internationally, mainly in Africa where I.H.S. has
subsidiaries, including limited overnight stays in Africa when needed to provide support to local
teams in case of major issues or emergencies.
 Highly motivated individual with a strong work ethic and a willingness to learn in a fast paced
environment.
 Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and written, with various departments, clients and
vendors. Experience with oral presentations on a technical level is desired.
 Attention to detail to ensure that calculations and drawings are checked for completeness, accuracy,
and legibility.
 Possess technical leadership skills in supervising, coordinating and directing others to meet
established project requirements.

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE, ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION & CERTIFICATIONS

 Degree qualified in Structural Engineering with 10-15 years cognate experience in structural
analysis including at least 5 years of experience in the towers industry
 Must be skilled in the use of AutoCAD, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, MS Project and MS Visio
 Should be certified in at least one of the Structural Analysis and Design Software for steel and
concrete . Example, SOLIDWORKS and Key Creator (CAD Package)
 MATLAB, MathCAD (Engineering Programming Software)
 FEM (Finite element software. SANS code)
 MS Tower, PLS Tower, STRAND 7, STAAD PRO, RISA, (Finite Element Design Software).
 PROKON, STAAD Foundation, (Foundation Design Software)
 Mastering the following industry standards:
- EIA/TIA-222-G and related American standards for steel, wind load calculations, (ASCE 7, AISC –
LRFD 99 , and ACI 318-05).
- NV65, CM66 and BAEL 91 French standard.
- SANS related standars (South African).
- Strong experience in geotechnical soil analysis.
About IHS

Founded in 2001 by the trio of Issam Darwish, William Saad and Mohamed Darwish, with a strong team of
telecoms engineers in Lagos, Nigeria, IHS is a company specializing in building towers and managing sites for
mobile network operators (MNOs). It is one of Africa’s fastest growing tower operators and maintains operations
in Nigeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Zambia and Rwanda. Following the recent acquisitions of the tower
portfolios of MTN and Etisalat in Nigeria, IHS owns and manages over 23,100 towers in Africa.

IHS operates three customer-centric business models: building its own tower sites and leasing them to
operators; acquiring existing MNO sites and leasing tower space back; taking over the management of
operators networks with an agreement to lease the sites to other operators.

IHS consistently delivers leading performance KPIs in the industry, with uptimes of more than 99.9% on owned
sites even in challenging environments with low grid availability. Some of the MNOs that IHS works with include:
MTN, Orange, Airtel, Etisalat and Millicom.

IHS is heavily involved in bringing broadband internet to the whole of Africa. IHS partners with startup telecom
companies such as Spectranet, Smile and Africonnect to help finance the deployment of their network into
urban areas.

IHS is supported by a group of international shareholders including Emerging Capital Partners, the International
Finance Corporation (IFC - the commercial arm of the World Bank), Wendel, Goldman Sachs, African
Infrastructure Investment Managers, Investec, the IFC’s Global Infrastructure Fund, the Dutch development
finance institution (FMO) and the Singapore sovereign wealth fund, GIC.

IHS continues to make large investments into efficient energy solutions such as solar and wind power and the
monitoring of networks through cutting edge Network Operating Centres which monitor all its operations. IHS
has also launched a variety of green energy projects in the five countries in which it operates.

For more information, visit: www.ihstowers.com