Telecommunications Specialist

Position Summary:
· Plans and conducts independent work within a global business unit requiring judgment in the evaluation, selection, application and adaptation of engineering techniques, procedures and criteria.
· Devises new approaches to solving problems.
· Broad working knowledge of precedents in the specialty area, the principles and practices of related technical areas and of coordinating work with other technical disciplines.
· Plans and coordinates independent work requiring judgment and experience in the application and substantial adaptation of engineering techniques.
· Devises new approaches to technical problems.
· Knowledgeable of and performs standard discipline engineering activities on projects of relatively small size and complexity within the business line with minimal technical oversight.
· Coordinates technical issues with other departments on projects including constructability requirements and reviews.
· Provides technical direction for specific tasks and assigns work to subordinate senior engineers, engineers, designers, drafters or project sub-groups.
· Broad knowledge of precedents in the industry.
Responsibilities:
· Responsibilities will include project assignments, proposal preparation and corporate activities. Applicants should have a solid background of design engineering, covering all likely plant communication systems, e.g., point-to-point transmission systems, satellite links, microwave radio, optical fiber cable systems, SCADA, mobile radio, telephone, IT networks, public address, CCTV, emergency control and safety systems, security systems.
· Responsible for the technical leadership and design of the systems. Candidates should have held lead positions of key responsibility and have direct hands-on experience in project execution from conceptual design, feasibility studies and front-end design activities to detailed design.
Qualifications:
· Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering or related discipline.
· Professional Engineer (Chartered Eng or equivalent) desired.
· Good oral communicator with excellent grammatical writing capability.
Preferred Skills:
· Experience of negotiating with public authorities, PTTs and of participation with standards forming bodies would be useful.
· Commercial astuteness and leadership skills are important attributes.
· Candidates will also be an effective administrator, possess key project planning, scheduling and controls skills.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $39.00 – $45.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• Do you have a solid background of design engineering, covering all likely plant communication systems, e.g., point-to-point transmission systems, satellite links, microwave radio, optical fiber cable systems, SCADA, mobile radio, telephone, IT networks, public address, CCTV, emergency control and safety systems, security systems?

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Preferred)

Experience:

• Proposal writing: 1 year (Preferred)
• design engineering: 3 years (Preferred)

Work Location: One location