Network Planning Engineer III

TekWissen ®; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

TekWissen® Group seeks a Sr. Transport Planning Engineer for a remote, 15-month assignment with a major American telecom client. The role focuses on planning the National Core Transport Network and supporting field teams with implementation-ready packages.

The ideal candidate brings 5+ years in telecom transport planning, proficiency with SONET and WDM, and the ability to mentor colleagues while managing budgets and schedules across multiple projects.

Qualifications

• Experience in transport planning processes and data analysis.
• Knowledge of SONET, WDM, and telecom infrastructure.
• Understanding of regulatory requirements for telecom equipment.

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed growth and evolution plans for the National Core Transport Network.
• Prepare planning packages for field/design teams for procurement and deployment.
• Mentor peers and manage short-term projects (1–6 months).
• Oversee budget approvals and monthly current expenditures for funding packages.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Mentoring

Tools

TIRKS

CNDC ASPEN Portal

LCAM

Metasolv

Fireworks

CORE

Job description

Location: Remote

Duration: 15 Months

Job Type: Temporary Assignment

Work Type: Remote

Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. The below job opportunity is to one of Our clients is an American telecommunications company headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana, that offers communications, network services, security, cloud solutions, voice, and managed services.

Job Description:

The Sr. Transport Planning Engineer

• The Sr. Transport Planning Engineer will fulfill a non-supervisory role within the CenturyLink Core National Network Transport Planning organization.
• The position will participate in and ultimately support the development of detailed network growth and evolution plans in support of the National Core Transport Network including but not limited to all elements of the core backbone network as well as subtending metropolitan networks in major cities where CenturyLink has a presence.
• The output of the work will be a planning package that is directed to a field/design engineering team for implementation of the plan(s) through the procurement and installation of necessary network transport equipment.

Technical Skills

• Basic relevant engineering and /or planning experience in areas including interdisciplinary network transport.
• SONET.
• Wave division multiplexing.
• Central office common systems (power, common terminations, office infrastructure, alarms).
• General telecommunications engineering principles.
• Federal, State, and Local regulations that govern the placement of Telecommunication Equipment.

Additional Requirements

• Knowledge of network transport planning processes and associated data analysis principles including capacity management.
• A basic knowledge in one or more of the areas is needed as well as some practical technical experience working in the related function.
• A further responsibility of the position will be the judicious management and creation of all capital and expense budget approvals associated with the assigned project manifested through a monthly current estimate of expenditures on each funding package created.

Systems Experience

• The incumbent will have working experience with mechanized systems designed to support transport planning and engineering processes including:
• Trunk Inventory Record Keeping System (TIRKS).
• CNDC ASPEN Portal.
• LCAM.
• Metasolv.
• Fireworks.
• CORE.

Additional Responsibilities

• This position will offer mentoring and training to peers, clients and employees of lesser experience and knowledge relative to transport planning and engineering.
• This position will reflect a high level of professionalism in all activities and will exhibit a correspondingly high work ethic.
• Handles generally short term projects, 1-6 months, and may involve some project management skills and leadership.

Skills Specific to the Sr. Transport Planning Engineer

• Accomplished written and verbal communications skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Patience in aiding less-experienced individuals.

Experience

• 5+ years experience.

TekWissen® Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.