Senior Telecoms Engineer

Morson Group; Glasgow, Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Scottish Power Renewables seeks a Senior Telecoms Engineer to deliver the telecom network for offshore windfarm projects, supporting IP telephony, WiFi, security systems and SCADA across UK sites. Based in Glasgow or London, you will manage vendor relations, offshore contracts and cyber security compliance for IT/OT networks.

You will contribute to standards, documentation, and risk management within the Systems Integration team, traveling to project locations as needed.

Qualifications

• Degree in Telecommunication Engineering or related discipline.
• Significant proven experience integrating large-scale Industrial IT/OT projects.
• Fluent in English and able to work across international teams.

Responsibilities

• Deliver telecom network for offshore windfarm projects and ensure IT/OT integration across sites.
• Manage offshore contracts, vendor interactions and delivery quality.
• Ensure health, safety and environmental compliance in design and delivery.
• Create offshore standards, procedures and documentation for repeatable delivery.

Skills

Offshore wind

Contract management

Cyber security

WAN/LAN networks

Vendor management

English fluency

IT/OT integration

Education

Degree in Telecommunication Engineering

Tools

MS Office

Project management software

Job description

Our client Scottish Power Renewables are seeking a Senior Telecoms Engineer for an initial contract role until the end of 2027, with scope to extend further.

The role can be based at either there Glasgow or London office.

Main Purpose of the Job

Part of the East Anglia Two offshore windfarm project, the Senior Telecom Engineer is a key role of the Systems Integration (SI) team. As a Senior Telecom Engineer, you will be responsible for the delivery of the Telecommunication network that facilitates the corporate IT and OT services to each site included in the project.
The corporate services include IP telephony, WiFi network, security systems and corporate SCADA, etc.
The telecommunication network also supports the integration of numerous other 3rd party systems that constitute the windfarm forming a wider operational environment.

In building this Operational environment we must ensure the integrity and cybersecurity compliance of individual and overall systems, prescribe and control the work and interactions of multiple vendors at remote locations, and ensure clear communications with the various parties to ensure safe and effective delivery of our integrated solutions.

Systems must be designed to interact in a controlled fashion with conceived and controlled data flows between many physical and logical network partitions within and between projects.
Each project communicates with our central system using multiple IT and industrial protocols over a wide range of technologies including fibre, radio and satellite.

Everything we do is geared to provide the safe, reliable and cost-effective output of renewable electricity, and enabling project teams around the world to communicate and access the central tools they require to build green energy solutions.

Belonging to the System Integration Team and reporting to the System Integration Manager, the Senior Telecoms Engineer will be responsible for implementing robust and cost effective engineering strategies and plans, tendering, negotiating and managing offshore supply, installation and maintenance contracts, planning and implementing delivery sites and logistics, complying with company and business engineering
standards and technical acceptance criteria, and ensuring quality, best practices and excellent H&SE performance are applied.

The Senior Telecoms Engineer will also be required to amend and/or create documentation detailing standard approach to Network design / System delivery and procedures, as well as creating requirements documents for potential contracting to 3rd parties. The individual will be working as part of a global business with activities in many countries across Europe and the rest of the world.

The position may require frequent travel to various locations in the UK and overseas and the individual should be capable of managing contractors working at different project locations.

Key Tasks

The Senior Telecoms Engineer within the SI Package, will be appointed to the EA2 offshore windfarm project, providing key engineering advice, assessment and recommendations to ensure delivery of a multi-contract package within time, to budget and quality following industry best practice and observing the maximum respect for Health, Safety and the Environment to ensure regulatory and legal compliance.

• Provide professional advice on engineering strategies / risk levels and commercial
  agreements to the key package, to ensure that cost effective technical solutions are
  identified, fully evaluated and the risk profile is fully understood by the project.
• Ensure that all assessment, advice and recommendations are fully documented in accordance with all internal procedures and industry best practice, and that sufficient technical and commercial due diligence (whether internal or external) exists to support those business decisions.
• Provide expert advice to the SI Package Manager relating to Wide Area Networks and Local Area Networks deployed as part of the project, potentially working within several countries throughout Europe.
• Deliver consistent, high-quality, cost-effective engineering advice to the key packages and projects.
• Ensure that health and safety and environmental requirements are fully considered and adhered to in design to ensure compliance with legislation and industry best practice.
• Manage the inspection and commissioning of Telecom related aspects of offshore plant to ensure that assets are supplied and installed to the required quality and engineering standards.
• Maintain full awareness of the latest technical and commercial developments and identify suitable new related technology that has the potential to reduce cost and risk or improve safety.
• Create offshore standards, procedures, tools, best practices and quality requirements for key work packages to ensure that packages are delivered according to specification, budget and programme without compromising safety.
• Ensure that appropriate lessons learnt regarding offshore wind farm development and construction are captured and shared across the different Offshore Project work packages.
• Collaborate with the Lead/Principal Engineer to ensure that the engineering team implements them to enhance business value.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Educated to degree level in a Telecommunication Engineering or other related discipline.

• Experience designing and working in the offshore industry is desirable, preferably offshore wind.
• Proven Experience of managing contractors involved in the delivery of large scale, highly complex industrial IT and OT projects in international environments.
• Pro‑active and diligent approach.
• Able to demonstrate experience in dealing with health and safety and environmental legislation associated with construction, marine and offshore projects.
• High degree of competency in, contract management, planning & programme management, cost and risk control.
• Sound relationship management skills and confidence working with Senior Management.
• Proven communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to influence and develop key engineering decisions.
• Excellent report / document writing, presentation skills and ability to summarize key parameters and drivers impacting the package.
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Innovative and creative thinking
• Problem solving – dealing with conflicting requirements and creating cohesive synergy with stakeholders is a key requirement
• Tenacity, persistence and determination to succeed in overcoming obstacles.
• Excellent knowledge of Cyber Security policies, implications on networks / systems design and requirements, NIS etc, with particular focus on Operational Technology and how Cyber Security affects and improves the availability, integrity and accessibility of system capabilities and operational data.

Essential

Significant proven experience of the integration of large-scale Industrial IT and OT projects

• Working knowledge of the deployment of wide area and local area networks including fibre installations
• Experience in managing contractors’ deliverables ensuring they are on time and to the agreed cost and quality.
• Experience of complex engineering design and delivery that include multiple internal and external technical and contractual interfaces
• Experience in managing competing demands from various stakeholders. Being able to work under pressure and to prioritise activities.
• Experience in both working in large teams and working independently.
• Knowledge and experience of offshore/marine sector
• Health and safety management skills
• Fluent in English.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• IT literate with the ability to operate MS Office systems and other IT based project management software.
• Excellent report / document writing skills.
• Experience of working in highly skilled teams.