Senior Transmission Design Engineer

Copello Global are working with a Telecoms Solutions business who are seeking a Senior Transmission Design Engineer to join the team and work on a variety of projects on the UK s Emergency Service Communications Network.

You must be living and working in the UK for at least the last 3 years to qualify for the security clearance required.

Based remotely from home and with occasional travel to the office in the midlands, the Senior Transmission Design Engineer will support nationwide Access and Core network migration from conventional TDM network operation to IP network and in some cases IP emulated TDM operation. The network migration will be conducted on a regional basis, with regions being migrated sequentially.

The post holder will have responsibility for coming up with new solutions, detailed network design aspects, for managing the actual circuit migration and testing at a technical level and for providing technical support to others involved in the detailed migration activity.

Providing a source of expertise within the company for all technical and engineering matters relating to the new Access and core transmission network architecture and to the migration to that new architecture

The review and monitoring of suppliers design, implementation and test activities, to ensure the smoothest workflow and the most cost-effective solution conforming to agreed requirements.

The supervision of commissioning and acceptance testing of the network solution to ensure that it is fit for purpose.

Over time, the post holder will also become involved in other aspects of work in the Transmission section. Typically, this would include involvement in microwave and radio site related issues and projects, involvement in development of the core network, in customer control rooms issues and in VSAT related issues.

Suppliers: The post holder will regularly meet with suppliers and the suppliers approved contractors. This supplier liaison requires comprehensive specialist technical knowledge but also the ability to understand the commercial relationship with the supplier and to be able to communicate appropriately within this framework.

No direct line responsibility for staff, however this role has to lead teams of staff to ensure successful commissioning and testing of migrated circuits.

The use of problem-solving abilities to overcome technical problems and the use of innovative and creative thinking to generate and implement solutions for improving the reliability and resilience of the new core transmission network.

The post holder will liaise with customers. For this reason, not only is a high level of technical competence required but also the ability to communicate with people at all levels.

Candidate background and qualifications:

• Ideally you will hold a Degree, HND, HNC or other similar formal education.
• Good experience in a transmission related telecommunications field.
• Specific experience on Access and Core networks, but also be experienced in supporting operations and general engineering responsibilities.
• Commissioning and testing activities
• Experience of optical (DWDM, Dark fibre), fibre connectivity, BT MEAS/EAD products, IPVPN and Microwave systems preferably with a Service provider, MNO or a leading vendor.
• Layer 2 and layer 3 routing protocols, QOS design, Transport aggregation, packet-based networks, multiplexing and other related transmission techniques, E2E transport connectivity.
• Experience in designing different transmission network topologies, and experience on IP Based (Cisco) devices will be preferable.
• Strong knowledge of communications infrastructure, data centres, exchanges and wiring practices, including packet-based transmission networks.
• In depth knowledge of transmission network equipment and techniques.
• In depth knowledge of mobile network design.

Package & Benefits:

In addition to the basic salary, this role also comes with

• Competitive salary and bonus schemes
• Car allowance
• Two weeks additional pay per year (holiday bonus)
• 25 days holiday entitlement + bank holidays
• Attractive defined contribution pension scheme
• Private medical insurance
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Flexible working options
• Life assurance
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Career development support and wide ranging learning opportunities
• Employee health and wellbeing support EAP, wellbeing guidance etc

This is a fantastic opportunity for the right individual so please get in touch asap to discuss further