Job Description
Telecoms Engineer
JOB-10043581
Anticipated Start Date
03/03/2025
Location
Houston, TX
Type of Employment
Contract-to-Hire
Employer Info
Our client is a global provider of differentiated professional services and technologies across the asset and program life cycle within the Government Services and Hydrocarbons sectors.
Job Summary
Seeking a Telecoms Engineer with 10+ years of experience in refining, petrochemical, or LNG large-scale industrial projects. The role involves leading telecom and IT scope definition, strategy development, and implementation across multiple systems, including CCTV, access control, PA/GA, digital radio, microwave, and cyber security. Responsibilities include architecting multi-vendor telecom networks, developing specifications, overseeing contractors, and ensuring compliance with NEC, IEC, ISA, and IEEE standards. Strong communication, supplier management, and cross-discipline collaboration skills required.
Job Description
- Lead the early conceptual definition of the telecommunications and IT scope for medium, large, and Mega refining and petrochemical projects.
- Present to and Coordinate with Customer on Telecommunication Strategy and Regular Progress Updates
- Develop Telecommunication program strategy through all phases of the stage gate process
- Direct critical activities requiring knowledge and expertise concerning Telecommunications, IT, and cyber security
- Directs the efforts of third-party design engineering and construction contractors
- Develop conceptual scopes and write specifications and requirements for telecommunications/IT/cyber security projects
- Generate, review, and approve telecommunications/IT/cyber security packages of assigned projects
- Apply advanced engineering techniques
- Make decisions on engineering problems and methods
- Responsible for a measurable asset such as an assigned staff and budget.
- Prepare accurate and complete designs and calculations as required to meet project requirements.
- Conduct field investigations when needed; produce field reports with detailed sketches.
- Coordinate with other disciplines and assist engineers and/or designers to ensure effective quality product.
- Keep up to date on new engineering processes, techniques, and IMS and standards.
- Apply industry best practices to all telecommunications/IT/cyber security deliverables.
- Provide technical guidance to the design team.
- Provide employee performance feedback to discipline manager.
- Architect telecom networks and solutions, at multiple hierarchical levels
- Develop technical standards and guidance for company’s portfolio and applications.
- Participate in risk assessments and technical audits.
- Perform regular design reviews and develop test plans and procedures that leverage industry best practices.
- Engineer multi-vendor solutions that are fault resilient with integrations that span vendor platforms.
Skills Required
- The Telecommunications Engineer must have experience and working knowledge related to the design, configuration, installation, and testing in all or most of the following systems: Closed Circuit Television (CCTV), Personnel Access Control Systems, Perimeter Intrusion Detection Systems, Public Address/General Alarm systems (PA/GA), wired and wireless network systems, Telephony Systems, Digital Radio Systems, Marine Systems, Microwave Systems, and Cyber Security implementation methods.
- 10 years related work experience
- Total Minimum 10 years of experience in industry
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills to present design, plan, and to build relationship with customer
- Experience with Telecom systems detailed drawing production via a computer aided drawing package is a plus
- Experience developing specifications, system design, and component selection
- Industry experience in refining and petrochemical facilities
- Experience leading initiatives and managing suppliers
- Knowledge of Instrument calculation computer applications.
- Experience working with other disciplines and understanding their interface requirements.
- Experience with design and/or construction of plants desirable.
- Knowledge of NEC, IEC, ISA & IEEE standards, methods and practices.
- Management of virtualization technology
- Deployment and operation of servers, network devices, and/or storage arrays
- Architect telecom networks and solutions, at multiple hierarchical levels
- Documentation of network configurations, traffic formats and associated theory of operations
- Manage all levels of network equipment and configuring related protocol layers including high-capacity transport (e.g., DWDM), multi-layered traffic (IP, Ethernet/VLAN, MPLS) and edge routing/switching
- Network capture/recording, analysis and replay, including both LAN packets and broadband bitstreams
- Crafting of network traffic (protocol layers and content)
- Implementation and troubleshooting long-haul telecommunication links
- Must have relevant industry experience in downstream/chemical/Petrochem/LNG large scale industrial projects (NOT LOOKING FOR IT/Telecoms industry).
Education/Training/Certifications
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
Job Tags
Full time, Contract work, For contractors, Work experience placement,