Fibre Design & Optical Planning Engineer

@mecscomms is recruiting for a Fibre Design Engineer & Optical Fibre Planner in London. The role will provide technical consultation & subject matter expertise, including the specification, design, documentation & deployment planning for complex fibre optics network, FTTP & infrastructure projects. If you have expertise in the design, planning & deployment of outside plant, fibre optics, telecommunication networks & optical transport equipment, I'm keen to hear from you.

Position: Fibre Design, Network Planning, Infrastructure Design, Fibre Engineer, LLD, HLD

Purpose: Plan, design and deliver optical network infrastructure projects. Manage survey, tender, planning, design & delivery objectives to deliver multiple outside plant, fibre optics, telecommunication network, optical transport & FTTP projects.

Solutions: Telecoms, Communications, Networks, Infrastructure, Optical Fibre, Connectivity, WAN, FTTP

Tools: GIS, As Build, Civils, Wayleave, Visio, Google Earth, AutoCad, Smallworld

Location: London

Duration: Permanent, full time

Gross Salary: circa £45,000 basic + £4,000 bonus, pension, health, allowances, overtime & more.

Environment: Telecoms, Telco, Communications, Networks, Infrastructure, Optical Fibre, Connectivity, WAN, FTTP, Network Architect, Technical Design Authority, Design Engineer, Fibre Design, Network Planning, Infrastructure Design, Fibre Engineer, LLD, HLD, GIS, As Build, Civils, Wayleave, Visio, Google Earth, AutoCad, Smallworld.

Key Activity:

• Fibre design
• Network planning
• Site survey
• Production of LLD, HLD, architecture designs
• Production of deployment & implementation plans
• Production of route diagrams & drawings
• Design, deliver & govern the end-to-end solution deployment process
• Coordinate technical & commercial streams
• Stakeholder engagement & relationship management

Overview:

The Fibre Design Engineer will engage on major fibre, FTTP & connectivity solutions for customers throughout the UK & Europe. As a subject matter expert, you will conduct situation & needs analysis, gather requirements, complete technical audits, produce technical designs & drawings including HLD design documents, create implementation & deployment plans & provide a high level of technical competency & consultancy, throughout the Fibre deployment.

You can expect involvement throughout the planning & delivery phase including all; site survey, tender, planning, documentation, design and deployment through to customer acceptance. This will include a significant amount of managing & supervising 3rd party construction and fibre engineering vendors to expedite the construction, cabling, fibre splicing & testing of equipment.

Responsibilities:

The Fibre Design Engineer & Network Planner will make critical strategic, operational and technical decisions throughout the project lifecycle & will be involved with:

• Customer engagement & partnering

• Requirements gathering, needs analysis & technical audits

• Capturing & interpreting customer requirements

• Definition of solution roadmaps & deliverables

• Design and review fibre optic network designs

• Production of detailed project costing & BoM

• Production of high-level design HLD

• Production of and installation diagrams

• Production of route drawings

• Production of cost and quote documents

• Management of network As-built data

• Fibre inventory analysis & management

• 3rd party relationship management

• Coordination of work permits and access agreements

• Support telecom civils construction methods and optical cable installations

• Purchase equipment and materials

• Manage projects & track project deliverable

• Manage project documentation & budgetary reporting

• Manage project governance, compliance & controls

• Perform Health & Safety and Quality Assurance audits

• Coordinating with design, presales, 3rd parties, customer stakeholders & other teams

• Overseeing the commission, build, install & implementation process for solutions

• Advanced root cause analysis and solution optimisation

• High end and complex 3rd line support where required

Candidate profile:

Candidates must have previous Fibre Design experience, gained with a Telco, Carrier, ISP, Optical Fibre provider or similar Network or Infrastructure environment. Your background & experience is likely to include as much of the following as possible:

• Technical experience of designing complex telecommunications, WAN, outside plant, fibre optic, optical networks, FTTP or similar core network infrastructure connectivity solutions

• Professional experience planning and designing fibre networks

• Producing technical designs (HLD) & network drawings / diagrams

• Familiarity with quotations, construction, RAMS and delivery processes

• Familiarity with construction documents and optical test specifications / results

• Any knowledge of GIS, As Build, Civils, Wayleave, Visio, Google Earth, AutoCad, Smallworld or Salesforce would be highly beneficial

• Candidates must possess a valid driver licence and be willing to drive to customer site where required.