Lead/Senior Telecommunications Engineer

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.

Position Duties/Responsibilities:

Responsibilities will include project assignments, proposal preparation and corporate activities. Applicants should have a solid background of design engineering and working at a supervisory level on large industrial projects in the petroleum related contracting industry, covering all likely plant communication systems, e.g. point-to-point transmission systems, satellite links, microwave radio, optical fibre cabled systems, SCADA, mobile radio, telephone, IT networks, public address, CCTV, emergency control and safety systems, security systems.
He/she shall be responsible for the technical leadership and design of the systems.arties. 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. 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. He or she will also be an effective administrator, possess key project planning, scheduling and controls skills and be a good oral communicator with excellent grammatical writing capability.

Position Skills:

Electrical/Electronic Engineering- Masters or Honours Degree

Telecommunications Engineering or related discipline-Chartered Engineer

Professional Engineer (Chartered Eng or equivalent)

Other Remarks/Qualifications:

Opportunity for international travel.