RQ00681- Senior Telecom Network Engineer

Ready to make a difference? Join our client as Senior Telecom Network Engineer! Your mission: ensure safety, quality, and timeliness, all while staying within budget. Be the driving force behind our success! 🚀

General Description
• The E4 – Engineer is a professional engineer or geoscientist who applies engineering knowledge to provide engineering, estimating, planning, and quality management services for medium complexity projects and/or operations safely, with quality, within budget, and on time.


Advantages
Role Specialty: Telecom - System Design

Location: Edmonds/Hybrid

Travel: Company expense policy applies.

Responsibilities
Work Assignment Requirements

The key accountabilities for the Senior Telecom Network Engineer are:

* Develop safe engineering solutions by using initiative and judgement to perform tasks including developing designs, analyzing and resolving problems, and interpreting engineering specifications for projects and operations.
* Assist project or operations management to meet safety, cost, quality, and time objectives by proposing changes in plans and estimated costs, recommending payment for work completed by contractors, preparing progress reports, coordinating work schedules and other similar tasks
* Participate in engineering practice by conducting independent studies and analysis, contributing to the development of technical standards, exercising judgment in selecting and interpreting information, recommending safe engineering designs, and making decisions related to methods and designs as well as providing guidance and advice to other engineering professionals to develop future capability at BC Hydro.
* Deliver exceptional customer service by communicating with stakeholders and performing activities such as defining the scope of engineering services to be provided, establishing the basic design criteria, approving all related technical documentation, and assessing and reporting on work progress against standards, objectives, and specifications to support completion of projects safely, with quality, within budget and on time.
* Prepare signed and sealed engineering deliverables as a Professional of Record (PoR) in accordance with EGBC and BC Hydro design practices.
* Provide technical assistance and construction support in the field and undertakes field reviews as required by EGBC.
* As "Owner's Engineer", review external service providers' engineering designs to ensure technical compliance to BC Hydro Standards, good design practices and constructability requirements.
* Comply with Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) Practices, Engineering Design Practices, and meets all regulatory compliance requirements applicable to their role.
* Conduct peer reviews of other designers to ensure accuracy, achievement of required results, and adherence to accepted engineering practices.
* Resolve site queries, attending site meetings and performing site inspections during the construction phase of projects.
* Maintain complete project documentation with respect to the design and construction, including all completion packages, records, and requirements.
* Maintain appropriate commitments to project teams, and coordinates design activities with multidisciplined project team members.

Qualifications
Qualifications:

* Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Electrical Engineering recognized by Canadian Universities.

* Registered, or eligible for immediate registration, as a Professional Engineer with Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (EGBC). The individual shall be proficient with EGBC quality management guidelines, continuing education requirements and code of ethics.

* A minimum of 8 years of progressive and comprehensive engineering experience in the design and engineering of telecommunications systems

* Proactive in ongoing professional and personal development activities such as self-study, attendance at technical and administrative courses and participation in technical and professional societies.

* Excellent leadership, communications (verbal and written), technical writing, interpersonal, and presentation skills are required.

* Good understanding of project and task management processes.

* Prior experience with IP/MPLS, LTE, WiMAX, DACS, SONET, microwave systems, teleprotection circuits, antennas and towers, grounding, and other telecom technologies will be considered an asset.

Must Have

P. ENG or EIT (eligible for P.ENG)
Knowledge and understanding of IP Networking

Good to have:

Understanding of Telecom Transport system ( MPLS , SONET, Microwace, LTE , 5G, Satellite systems)
Experience in working with Power Utilities

Summary
Interested candidates can submit their resumes to John Yamazaki at john.yamazaki@randstad.ca

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.