ITS Communications/Telecommunications Engineer

About the Role

The Telecom Engineer role focuses on complex, mission‑critical infrastructure construction supervision programs. The engineer will support the Resident Engineer across all administrative, technical, and operational aspects of telecommunications systems, ensuring end‑to‑end delivery from design verification through installation, testing, integration, and final handover. Key duties include supervising the construction of fiber‑optic networks, transmission systems, active and passive telecom infrastructure, as well as data, voice, video, and power systems. The engineer will ensure compliance with contract documents, authority requirements, and international standards while coordinating with civil, electrical, ITS, and other contractors. • Support and supervise telecom design input, specification interpretation, installation, testing, and system integration across major infrastructure projects. • Review and recommend approval of FSDDs, shop drawings, material submittals, method statements, and test plans. • Coordinate installation of fiber‑optic networks, ducts, handholes, cabinets, telecom rooms, active equipment, and power systems. • Conduct routine site inspections to verify quality, safety, and compliance. • Manage punch lists, support commissioning, and ensure successful handover to the client. • Maintain approvals, correspondence, change records, and photographic documentation. • Support variation orders and evaluate change claims. • Review as‑built drawings, O&M manuals, and final documentation. • Ensure contractor compliance with contract documents, inspect materials, splicing works, terminations, and labeling. • Collaborate with civil, electrical, ITS, and other contractors and approve shop drawings and network diagrams. • Monitor site safety and implement corrective actions. • Attend telecom meetings, prepare minutes, and maintain photographic records. • Perform final inspections and validate punch‑list closure.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸fiber installation
• ▸system integration
• ▸design review
• ▸site inspection
• ▸commissioning
• ▸punch closure

What You Bring

Candidates must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications, Electrical, Electronics & Communications, Computer Engineering, or a related field, and possess at least seven years of telecom engineering experience on infrastructure projects. Required expertise includes fiber‑optic networks (OSP/ISP), DWDM, SDH, IP/MPLS, structured cabling, splicing, OTDR analysis, active network equipment, power systems, and familiarity with local authority standards. • Witness FAT, SAT, OTDR, power and performance testing, and system integration testing. • Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications, Electrical, Electronics & Communications, Computer Engineering, or related field. • Minimum 7 years of telecom engineering experience on infrastructure projects. • Strong knowledge of fiber‑optic networks (OSP/ISP), DWDM, SDH, IP/MPLS. • Experience with structured cabling, data, voice, and video networks. • Proficiency in fiber routing, splicing, and OTDR analysis. • Knowledge of active network equipment (routers, switches, firewalls) and telecom power systems. • Familiarity with local authority standards, approval processes, and cybersecurity fundamentals. • Ability to interpret civil, electrical, and telecom drawings and conduct comprehensive network studies. • Proficiency with CAD and network documentation tools; knowledge of IP networking, VLANs, QoS, SNMP, and cabling standards. • Strong coordination, communication, and documentation skills; familiarity with Linux and Windows environments. • CCNA, CCIE, RCDD, CompTIA+ or equivalent certification highly desirable.

Requirements

• ▸bachelor's
• ▸7+ yrs
• ▸fiber‑optic
• ▸dwdm
• ▸cad
• ▸ccna

Work Environment

Field