Telecommunications Engineering Director — Utilities & SCADA

WSP Global Inc.; Boise (ID); Presencial; USD 145.000 - 247.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

WSP is seeking a Telecommunications Engineer – Technical Director for our Boise, ID office. You will provide senior leadership for telecom infrastructure serving utility and industrial clients across the United States, mentoring teams and guiding complex projects from design through delivery.

Responsibilities include leading fiber, microwave, IP networks, SCADA interfaces, and vendor coordination. Occasional travel and adherence to safety standards are required, with a focus on client

Formación

• 12+ years of relevant telecommunications engineering industry experience supporting utility, industrial, or commercial facilities.
• Advanced experience designing telecommunications infrastructure and communications systems for substations, generation facilities, transmission and distribution systems, or similar critical infrastructure.
• Experience leading complex engineering projects and coordinating scopes, schedules, budgets, technical deliverables, and multidisciplinary contributors.
• Ability to work independently and provide technical guidance, leadership, mentoring, and supervision to project team members.
• Advanced ability to prepare and review specifications, network designs, provisioning documentation, installation plans, test plans, technical reports, and commissioning documentation.
• Strong knowledge of network topologies, latency, synchronization, circuit channelization, security, reliability, availability, and resiliency.
• Excellent leadership, client-service, interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills for effectively working with clients, regulators, management, and technical teams.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, organizational, and decision-making skills, with attention to detail and the ability to prioritize responsibilities in a dynamic project environment.
• Experience maintaining and improving client relationships and supporting customer-focused technical and commercial performance.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
• Strong ability to quickly adapt to change and demonstrate flexibility to a variety of schedules and hours to meet business needs.
• Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

Responsabilidades

• Provide proactive technical and project leadership for telecommunications engineering work, helping teams successfully deliver complex utility and industrial/commercial projects.
• Lead telecommunications infrastructure and system design for conventional, renewable, and distributed generation facilities, substations, transmission and distribution systems, and microgrids.
• Specify equipment and oversee procurement, installation, testing, and provisioning documentation for outside-plant fiber-optic cable, fiber terminals, microwave radios, field area networks, multiplexers, network switches, and related equipment.
• Lead the design and configuration of fiber-optic, microwave radio, PDH, TDM, OTN and SONET networks.
• Lead the design for IP, Ethernet, MPLS and data communications networks.
• Review and interpret OTDR reports.
• Use Pathloss or similar tools to design and verify microwave radio links.
• Oversee circuit channelization on TDM networks and evaluate the security, reliability, availability, latency, synchronization, and resiliency of packet-based networks.
• Specify telecommunications carrier services, including leased-line services, and lead coordination of technical requirements with service providers.
• Lead the design and configuration of network and communications paths for SCADA equipment, and downstream data users.
• Apply experience with telecommunications and networking platforms from vendors such as Fujitsu, RFL/Hubbell, GE, SEL, Aviat, Nokia, Cisco, and Siemens RUGGEDCOM.
• Lead site surveys, field investigations, commissioning, and troubleshooting of communications systems; occasional travel is required.
• Lead technical reviews and confirm that designs, specifications, test plans, and deliverables comply with applicable codes, standards, regulations, client requirements, and QA/QC procedures.
• Develop and review project scopes, schedules, budgets, pricing inputs, and technical proposals; monitor delivery performance and support successful commercial outcomes.
• Lead technical aspects of client meetings, presentations, contract discussions, and coordination with multidisciplinary project teams.
• Maintain and expand client relationships, identify follow-on opportunities, and support the growth and pipeline of telecommunications and SCADA work.
• Mentor and supervise project team members and support their technical and professional development.
• Remain current with telecommunications engineering practices, technologies, and compliance requirements, and promote innovation across project work.
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources, and conduct, and adhere to WSP's Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Conocimientos

Telecom engineering

Project leadership

Network design

IP networks

Fiber optic design

Microwave radio

Pathloss usage

OTDR interpretation

SCADA systems

Vendor familiarity

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in electrical/telecommunications engineering

Herramientas

Pathloss

OTDR

Nokia

Cisco

Siemens Ruggedcom

Descripción del empleo

WSP is seeking a Telecommunications Engineer – Technical Director for our Boise, ID office. You will provide senior leadership for telecom infrastructure serving utility and industrial clients across the United States, mentoring teams and guiding complex projects from design through delivery.

Responsibilities include leading fiber, microwave, IP networks, SCADA interfaces, and vendor coordination. Occasional travel and adherence to safety standards are required, with a focus on client