Communications and Metering Devices Specialist Engineer

Ernst & Young AE; Kuwait City; On-site; KWD 12,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Ernst & Young AE seeks a specialist consultant for utility monitoring, telecom remote measurement, and control infrastructure. The role covers electrical control centres and substations, with responsibilities spanning design, supply, installation, testing, commissioning, operation, and maintenance of monitoring and control systems.

Strong knowledge of fibre, PLC, microwave/UHF, NMS, RTU/SCADA, and telecom networks is required.

Qualifications

• Technical analysis and modelling capabilities.
• Utility engineering judgement and decision-making.
• Clear technical reporting for stakeholders.
• Ability to coordinate with multidisciplinary study teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering consultancy support for design and implementation.
• Cover design, supply, installation, testing, commissioning, operation, maintenance and fault repair of monitoring and control systems.
• Determine data-transmission routes between substations and control centres; support network expansion.

Skills

Technical analysis

Utility engineering

Clear reporting

Stakeholder coordination

Quality and safety

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering

Degree in Electronics/Telecommunications

Tools

Job description

Provide specialist consultancy for utility monitoring telecommunications remote measurement and control infrastructure supporting electrical control and monitoring centres and connected substations

Key Responsibilities

• Provide engineering consultancy support for design
• supply
• installation
• testing
• commissioning
• operation
• maintenance and troubleshooting of monitoring and control systems
• Cover RTUs and data acquisition processing
• UPS batteries chargers
• VFT copper communications
• PLC
• fibre systems including PDH SDH MPLS-TP
• NMS
• UHF microwave
• intertrip signalling and PABX PAX telephony
• Provide consultancy for Underground Fiber Optic and Optical Ground Wire systems
• including installation
• commissioning
• testing
• operation
• maintenance and fault repair
• Determine data-transmission routes between substations and monitoring control centres and support communication-network expansion
• modernization and development
• Prepare technical tender documents for monitoring control equipment
• associated plans and budgets
• support tender follow-up
• bid evaluation and award recommendations
• Assess wired and wireless communications and remote-measurement requirements and their integration with utility control infrastructure
• Prepare technical reports
• specifications and recommendations and coordinate interfaces with protection
• operations and network-planning disciplines

Core Competencies

• Technical analysis and modelling
• Utility engineering judgement
• Clear technical reporting
• Stakeholder coordination
• Quality and safety focus
• Ability to work across multidisciplinary study teams

Strong utility telecommunications, SCADA/RTU, remote-measurement or control-centre infrastructure experience. Practical knowledge across fibre/OPGW, PLC, microwave/UHF and telecom network-management technologies. Experience with engineering specifications, tender documentation, testing/commissioning and operational troubleshooting. Degree in Electrical, Electronics, Telecommunications or closely related engineering discipline.