Senior Fibre Network Designer

Vocus; North Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

VOCUS is seeking a Senior Fibre Network Designer to deliver high‑quality fibre network designs and cost estimates for complex projects. You will own end‑to‑end route design, develop documentation and support build delivery while ensuring safety, standards and regulatory compliance.

You’ll collaborate with internal teams, contractors and vendors to ensure designs are buildable, resilient and delivered on time, with mentorship available based on experience.

Qualifications

• 5+years experience in fibre network planning, design and delivery.
• 8+years experience for a Senior Fibre Network Designer in complex networks.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Telecommunications.
• Strong experience in Fibre Network Design Fundamentals (OSP/ISP, aerial and underground).
• Experience with GIS costing, estimation and CAD tools for network records.
• Ability to follow commercial agreements and binding documents.
• Structured problem solving and escalation management.
• Coordinator role with contractors, vendors and field teams.
• Stakeholder communication, negotiation and customer focus with costing acumen.

Responsibilities

• Own or contribute to complex fibre route designs and design documentation.
• Produce design deliverables, enable build delivery and maintain records.
• Support preventative maintenance and network reliability.
• Monitor capacity, utilisation and drive data‑driven decisions.
• Coordinate with internal teams, contractors and vendors to meet milestones.

Skills

Fibre network planning

Network design delivery

Stakeholder communication

Problem solving

Contractor coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Telecommunications

Tools

GIS/CAD tools

Cost estimation tools

Job description

The Opportunity

Senior Fibre Network Designer in the Longhaul & Complex Design Division is responsible and accountable for delivering high‑quality fibre network technical design that support new services, network upgrades, ongoing capacity management and preventative maintenance and other strategic projects. In this role you will contribute to end‑to‑end route design, develop cost estimates, and ensure all work aligns with fibre network infrastructure and engineering standards, Safety in Design principles, and project requirements.

Reporting to the Team Leader, this role involves collaboration with internal stakeholders, contractors, and vendors to ensure designs are buildable, resilient, and delivered to the required quality and timelines. Depending on your experience, you will either receive mentorship from senior team members or provide technical guidance to colleagues and support continuous improvement across processes, data quality, and design tools.

Key responsibilities include owning or contributing to complex fibre route designs, producing design documentation, supporting build delivery, monitoring network capacity and utilisation, and driving accurate commercial decision‑making through high‑quality design outputs. Responsible for preventative maintenance on the fibre network, analysing data, auditing, and determining best solution for mitigating risk to the network.

What You’ll Be Responsible for

• Deliver fibre network solutions and cost estimates for connection requests, and scope changes, enabling accurate quoting and informed commercial decisions. Plan and design end‑to‑end fibre routes for new services and network changes, using internal and third‑party assets and build constraints to produce resilient, buildable designs.
• Monitor and manage fibre network capacity and utilisation, including and the creation of upgrade or rearrangement orders, to meet demand while protecting network performance and service availability.
• Produce and maintain design deliverables and network records—, drawings, work orders/SOW and as‑builts— to ensure accurate construction, smooth handover and long‑term traceability.
• Apply Safety in Design, engineering standards, and policy/contract requirements across all design work to reduce risk, meet regulatory obligations and maintain network integrity.
• Coordinate with and provide technical direction to internal teams, contractors and vendors during build and change delivery, resolving design queries and managing dependencies to achieve milestones on time and to quality standards.
• Provide operational design support for preventative maintenance under infrastructure lifecycle management, review temporary repairs, implement permanent repairs and restore any network issues.
• Identify, prioritise and support the implementation of process, system and technology improvements across planning and design to increase productivity, strengthen data quality and improve customer outcomes.
• Review and update of documentation to ensure adherence to current FAA’s, codes of practices agreements secured by carrier management, legal and property.

What You’ll Bring to the Role

• 5+years experience in fibre network planning, design, documentation and/or delivery, including producing design deliverables (plans, splice schedules, GIS/CAD updates);
• 8+years experience for a Snr Fibre Network Designer in complex network planning, design, and delivery.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Telecommunications
• Strong experience in Fibre Network Design Fundamentals (OSP/ISP, aerial and underground & Buildability)
• Experienced in GIS Costing, Estimation & Commercial Acumen & CAD Tools for Network Records
• Ability to follow commercial agreements, ensuring adherence to terms and conditions by legally binding documents
• Structured problem solving, escalation management, and incident support.
• Contractor, vendor and field coordination to achieve time, quality and safety outcomes.
• Stakeholder communication, negotiation & customer focus; costing/estimation/commercial acumen.