Network Integration & Automation Telecoms Engineer (United Kingdom)

Burns & McDonnell ,
Birmingham, West Midlands
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Description Chart your own course and change the world - with the support of people whose interests are aligned with yours\. At Burns & McDonnell, opportunity is waiting\. We're looking for people with big ideas and an entrepreneurial mindset\. It's those kinds of people who've helped us grow from a small consulting business back in 1898 to a global leader in engineering, construction and consulting solutions\. Today, we're a thriving company with 7,000 professionals working in 50 offices worldwide and recognised as the global leader in Transmission & Distribution\. We're growing our UK business and have exciting opportunities for experienced and motivated industry professionals to join us in our Birmingham office as we continue our journey to help make clients successful\.We have a specific opportunity for an experienced telecoms engineer to join our engineering team, working on utility scale communications projects\. This role will help design and specify leading edge future communications solutions for utility scale Field Area Networks \(FAN\)\.It will include all aspects of network integration and automation design and deployment\. We are addressing projects across the energy spectrum, encompassing electricity and gas networks and supporting clients transition to smart networks encompassing requiring new communication systems\. If you are excited about working both on the grid edge and in the heart of the distribution networks, then we want to hear from you\.We are Burns & McDonnell and we Create Amazing\. This role will be a key part of our engineering team, bringing experience in developing communication solutions and smart system projects for TNO's, DNO's and private networks\.The key tasks and responsibilities are as follows: Technical responsibilities * Reporting to the Engineering Manager, completing your own projects and overseeing other engineers in larger packages of work\. * Design of Field Area Networks encompassing network integration and automation and future networks architecture and associated technologies\. * Design of Field Area Networks to relevant standards including: oidentifying applicable technologies and their strengths and disadvantages \(Licensed vs Unlicensed Spectrum, Radio Technologies: LTE, Spread spectrum, CDMA, etc, Radio Topologies: PTP, PTM, Mesh, Ring, Etc\) onetwork planning optimisation onetwork architecture diagrams ochannel plans oequipment migration plans * Identifying and troubleshooting network performance degradations * Preparation of technical specification documentation * CDM compliance and preparation of relevant documentation * Technical sign\-off of designs produced by less experienced engineers within the team\. Functional responsibilities * Lead your own technical projects and draw expertise from our US NIA centre of excellence in Kansas City, Missouri * Ability to understand client requirements to deliver technically proficient solutions and ability to present these to clients in writing and in person * Providing support to customers in field of expertise * Assist with bid stage technical solutions * Interact in a professional manner with clients and colleagues to achieve project objectives * Able to manage multiple projects and conflicting deadlines * Able to work autonomously and as part of a project team * Ongoing development of industry relationships to assist with future technical project delivery, development of future project opportunities, and Burns & McDonnell brand recognition\. * Personal professional development and partaking in professional bodies and industry groups * Technical mentoring of developing engineers within the team Qualifications Minimum Qualifications & Experience * Preference for degree qualification * Minimum of 5 years\-experience on field area network design and optimisation, ideally within the utility industry * Must have completed a field area network / distribution automation system strategy / design / deployment before * Relevant professional experience / qualifications in a telecommunications related field\. * IT literate, with good knowledge of using Microsoft Office applications\. * Experience of relevant industry software packages with preference to be AutoCAD literate * Membership of relevant industry body, e\.g\. The IET * IEng or CEng professional registration preferable\. Behavioural competencies * Excellent communication skills with the ability to apply intensive and diversified knowledge of principles and practices to a range of assignments\. * Pro\-active in building knowledge and understanding of the industry\. * Ability to maintain strong focus on detailed technical work to meet tight deadlines\. * Attention to detail and excellent presentational skills in production of design drawings and technical documentation * Ability to develop innovative and practical solutions to a range of problems and an understanding of how one issue may be part of a much larger solution\. * Ability to make an effective and colla

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