Solutions Architect

Project People; Theale; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Project People seeks a Solution Architect for a 6-month fixed-term contract in Theale to translate operator requirements into practical tower and connectivity solutions. This role spans sales, engineering, property, construction and commercial teams to respond to tenders and ensure compliant delivery.

You will engage operators, lead technical discoveries, and develop co-location and multi-operator solutions while coordinating with site, fibre, power, and backhaul considerations.

Qualifications

• Experience in mobile telecommunications infrastructure and tower companies.
• Ability to translate operator requirements into technically credible solutions.
• Experience delivering bids, tenders or RFP responses.

Responsibilities

• Engage with mobile network operators to understand requirements and opportunities.
• Lead technical discoveries for new-build, co-location, upgrade, and network modernization.
• Develop technically compliant tower, rooftop, street works, small-cell and in-building coverage solutions.

Skills

Mobile infrastructure

Tower industry

Network rollout

Solution selling

Commercial awareness

Job description

Solution Architect

Location: Theale

Professional 6 months fixed term contract

You must be able to work ASAP

We are partnering with a leading Telecommunications company to recruit an professional Mobile Telecoms Solution Architect to develop and sell infrastructure solutions to mobile network operators on behalf of a telecommunications tower company.

The role translates operator requirements into technically credible, commercially viable and deployable tower, site and connectivity solutions. It works across sales, engineering, property, construction, operations and commercial teams to shape opportunities, respond to tenders and ensure that proposed solutions meet operator, regulatory and technical requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage with mobile network operators to understand coverage, capacity, densification, rollout, resilience and site-sharing requirements.
• Lead technical discoveries for new-build, co-location, upgrade, infill and network-modernization opportunities.
• Translate operator requirements into tower, rooftop, monopole, street works, small-cell and in-building coverage solutions.
• Develop technically compliant solutions using existing sites, new sites and alternative infrastructure options.
• Assess site feasibility, structural loading, compound capacity, access, power, transmission, planning and landlord constraints.
• Review operator radio-planning information, including antenna configurations, equipment weights, azimuths, heights, sectors and technology requirements.
• Determine whether existing infrastructure can accommodate proposed operator equipment and future expansion.
• Develop co-location and multi-operator solutions that optimize infrastructure utilization while maintaining safety, performance and maintainability.
• Work with structural engineers to assess tower loading, wind loading, foundation capacity and equipment-mounting requirements.
• Define requirements for cabinets, shelters, equipment platforms, cable ladders, feeders, antenna mounts, power systems, earthing and security.
• Coordinate with transmission and connectivity specialists where sites require fiber, microwave, backhaul or other network-access services.
• Support the development of distributed antenna systems, small-cell infrastructure and neutral-host solutions, where relevant.
• Prepare technical responses to operator tenders, framework competitions, requests for information and requests for proposals.
• Produce solution descriptions, site schedules, technical assumptions, design specifications, bills of materials and cost estimates.
• Explain the technical, commercial and operational advantages of proposed infrastructure solutions to operator stakeholders.
• Identify deviations, exclusions, dependencies, risks and opportunities in customer requirements.
• Work with commercial teams to develop pricing models, business cases and customer proposals.
• Support negotiations concerning site access, build scope, delivery responsibilities, service levels and change control.
• Ensure proposed solutions comply with relevant safety, planning, structural, environmental and telecommunications standards.
• Provide technical assurance through design, construction, commissioning and handover.
• Support mobilization of new contracts, including site surveys, design standards, governance processes and delivery assumptions.
• Maintain reusable solution patterns, standard designs, cost models, technical libraries and lessons learned.
• Build trusted relationships with operator engineering, rollout, procurement, property and commercial teams.

Typical deliverables include:

• Technical solution proposals.
• Operator requirement assessments.
• Co-location feasibility assessments.
• Site and infrastructure schedules.
• Tower and rooftop loading assessments.
• Concept designs and standard arrangement drawings.
• Technical scope documents.
• Bills of materials.
• Cost and pricing input.
• Tender and RFP responses.
• Technical assumptions and exclusions.
• Risk and dependency registers.
• Implementation and mobilization plans.
• Design governance documentation.
• Site survey and construction requirements.
• Acceptance and handover documentation.
• Change-control assessments.

About you

We are looking for someone who combines technical telecommunications knowledge with strong solution-selling capability. They will understand that mobile network operators are buying not simply towers, but reliable, scalable and compliant infrastructure that enables network performance, rapid deployment and long-term operational efficiency.

You should be able to balance:

• Operator coverage and capacity needs.
• Structural and physical site constraints.
• Deployment speed and planning risk.
• Infrastructure sharing and future expansion.
• Capital expenditure and operating expenditure.
• Technical compliance and commercial competitiveness.
• Customer-specific requirements and standardized tower-company designs.

You will ideally have:

• Experience in mobile telecommunications infrastructure, tower companies, managed networks, network rollout or telecoms construction.
• Understanding of mobile network deployment and the infrastructure required by 4G and 5G operators.
• Experience with macro sites, rooftop sites, street works, small cells or co-location.
• Ability to interpret operator technical requirements, radio-planning information and equipment schedules.
• Understanding of structural loading, antenna mounting, equipment installation, power, access and site constraints.
• Experience developing customer-facing technical solutions, bids or tender responses.
• Commercial awareness and the ability to convert technical scope into costed proposals.
• Experience working with mobile network operators, infrastructure providers, contractors and equipment suppliers.