National Telecoms Project (Survey and GIS conversion)

Our client, a tier-one global systems integrator, works within the UK telecom market on network design and fibre optic rollout projects for a national telecom supplier. The projects include the physical network survey of the cables, ducts, cabinets, and exchanges that connect nearly all homes and businesses in the UK. They also maintain network data within the network operators' ESRI GIS environment.

Problem:

As part of a broader modernisation drive within the network operator, they worked with our client to vectorise older hand-drawn raster records into a modern connected network model within ESRI Arc GIS. The project was undertaken across seal UK locations and required a team of skilled GIS technicians supported by 50 field-based network surveyors.

Our client chose Kinect as their recruitment partner on the project due to our unique ability to quickly deploy and scale large GIS projects across multiple UK sites.

How we did it:

Two distinct teams were required for this project: a GIS team with specific telecoms and ArcGIS knowledge and a telecoms field survey team to be deployed across the UK. We utilised our broad experience of recruiting for these roles by splitting the recruitment between two of our specialist recruitment groups. Each focused solely on the roles they were experts in.

Kinect was responsible for identifying and selecting the best candidates for all project roles. This involved full interview and technical skill verification, UK right-to-work validation, staff onboarding and initial support.

Outcome:

The project successfully delivered a fully functioning GIS network model within time and budget. The data collected by our survey team resulted in a vastly improved and enriched network dataset, which allowed the network operator to maintain and manage their network more effectively.

Our client, and Kinect Recruitment, enjoy a long-standing relationship with the operator and are key partners in the rollout of new infrastructure and the data maintenance which underpins it.

Achievements:

• Recruitment for two distinct teams.
• Eighteen positions were filled with five days' notice.
• Forty-two positions were filled within 30 days.
• Positions filled across multiple UK locations
• Excellent client feedback.
• Low staff turnover