Telecoms Engineer

Our client is looking for a Telecoms Engineer to support the delivery of a major renewable energy project.

Key Responsibilities

• Advise on all relevant aspects of Telecommunication System design and other interfacing packages.
• Prepare technical documents and papers for internal review.
• Develop and review employer’s requirements, technical specifications and the telecommunications design basis.
• Manage subconsultants to ensure designs incorporate HSSE requirements and meet project quality standards.
• Implement a coordinated approach to telecommunications design across all project work packages, accounting for interfaces and dependencies.
• Evaluate telecommunications design options, considering performance, availability, resilience, maintainability, cybersecurity and cost.
• Develop the project-wide fibre optic network design, including topology, fibre allocation, connectivity, redundancy and interfaces between work packages.
• Develop project-wide IP network designs, defining requirements for network segregation and connectivity between local, remote and third-party systems.
• Develop requirements and designs for radio and wireless communications systems, including TETRA, DMR, VHF/UHF, microwave and private LTE/5G, where applicable.
• Define communications requirements for SCADA, control, protection, metering and other operational systems in coordination with the relevant discipline engineers.
• Manage physical and logical interfaces between telecommunications systems, turbine suppliers, substation packages, cable packages and third-party networks.
• Incorporate project cybersecurity requirements into telecommunications designs in coordination with IT, OT and cybersecurity specialists.
• Coordinate equipment locations, antenna arrangements, cable routes, power supplies and installation requirements with other engineering disciplines.
• Ensure telecommunications designs follow appropriate engineering methods and comply with applicable standards and project requirements.
• Review contractor drawings, calculations, technical submissions and equipment selections to confirm compliance with technical and quality requirements.
• Prepare tender documentation, undertake technical bid evaluations and support procurement and supplier selection for telecommunications packages.
• Define testing and acceptance requirements, review test procedures and provide technical support for factory and site acceptance testing.
• Oversee quality assurance for telecommunications equipment manufacturing, testing and commissioning across relevant work packages.
• Support the SCADA and electrical teams in defining communications provisions needed for Grid Code compliance and associated testing.
• Provide technical support throughout FEED, detailed design and construction, including design clarifications, resolution of technical queries and management of engineering changes as applicable.
• Participate in project meetings and multidisciplinary design reviews, providing specialist technical advice to other project functions.
• Contribute to telecommunications cost estimates and the project cost book.
• Support SCADA and control systems engineering activities as required, in coordination with the relevant discipline engineers.
• Mentor and support the development of junior engineers.

About You

• Degree qualified Engineer with a minimum of 10 years working experience, with knowledge of Offshore Wind Telecommunication System design.
• Excellent organisation skills with the ability to manage own workload, meet timescales and coordinate external and internal stakeholders.
• Good communication skills to enable effective discussions and transfer of information amongst contractors, team members and other stakeholders.
• Proactive and co-operative way of working.
• Highly motivated, forward-thinking and ready to implement innovative solutions.
• Ability to work as a member of a large and multidisciplinary team.
• Excellent knowledge of English, written and spoken.
• Chartered or working towards chartered status.
• Ability to evaluate design options and recommend solutions that balance technical performance, reliability, risk and cost.
• Experience in the design of computer networks and telecommunications systems.
• Knowledge of wind farm operations, telecommunications infrastructure and SCADA communications requirements.
• Knowledge of applicable telecommunications and industrial network design standards, with an understanding of relevant UK Grid Code and STC requirements affecting communications infrastructure.
• Knowledge of fibre optic network design, installation and testing, including topology, fibre allocation, optical link budgets and redundancy.
• Knowledge of IP networking, including routing, switching, network segregation, firewalls, remote access and demilitarised zones (DMZs).
• Knowledge of multiplexer technologies and their application in telecommunications networks.
• Experience with radio and wireless communications systems, such as TETRA, DMR, VHF/UHF, microwave or private LTE/5G.
• Knowledge of CCTV and Voice over IP (VoIP) telecommunications systems, including IP cameras, video management systems (VMS), network video recorders (NVRs), IP telephony, SIP, call management platforms, network bandwidth, quality of service (QoS) and redundancy.
• Understanding of IT/OT cybersecurity requirements and their application to telecommunications design.
• Knowledge of control and instrumentation systems is desirable.
• Knowledge of low-voltage electrical system design and installation, including associated standards and power supply requirements for telecommunications equipment is desirable.
• Knowledge of SCADA, control, protection and metering systems, including their communications interfaces and associated standards is desirable.
• Experience supporting the design and delivery of SCADA and control systems is desirable.

If you are interested in this role, please apply.

Please note: you must already have the right to work in the country where this role is based to be considered for it.