Senior Telecom Engineer

Company Overview

Telecom and ICT Technical Leadership

• Lead telecommunications and ICT design activities for assigned projects.
• Coordinate and supervise telecom engineers, ELV engineers and designers.
• Provide technical direction and guidance to project teams.
• Plan discipline activities and monitor design progress.
• Coordinate discipline workload and resource requirements with management.
• Review technical outputs prepared by engineers and designers.
• Mentor junior engineers and support development of technical competencies.
• Ensure consistent engineering standards are applied across telecom projects.

Telecom and ICT Systems Design

• Lead design of telecommunications infrastructure including OSP, ISP, fibre-optic backbone networks, copper networks, duct-bank systems, manholes, entrance facilities, equipment rooms, MDF, IDF, risers, and campus networks.
• Lead design of structured cabling and data systems including fibre-optic and copper data cabling, voice and telephone systems, LAN, WAN interfaces, data networks, wireless LAN/Wi-Fi, and network cabinets.
• Lead design of ICT systems including ICT backbone, network architecture, active network infrastructure, IP-based communication, redundancy, availability strategies, and network-management-system interfaces.
• Lead design of security and surveillance systems where in scope including CCTV, IP surveillance, access control, intrusion detection, intercom, video intercom, and security control-room systems.
• Lead design of other low-current/ELV systems depending on project requirements including public address, voice alarm, IPTV, master clock, audio-visual, digital signage, parking management, BMS interfaces, smart-building interfaces, IoT infrastructure, and emergency communication systems.
• Coordinate fire alarm and life-safety systems with the responsible Fire & Life Safety/Electrical discipline where outside direct telecom scope.

Telecom Infrastructure Design

• Lead development of infrastructure telecom networks including master planning, external fibre-optic networks, duct-bank routing, corridor planning, manhole spacing and sizing, and cable-routing strategy.
• Develop network topology, redundancy strategy, service-provider connection points, building-entry points, future expansion provisions, and utility corridor coordination.
• Ensure designs consider maintainability, network resilience, future expansion, and compatibility with Saudi telecom service-provider requirements.

Design Documentation

• Lead preparation and review of Telecom Design Basis Reports, ICT design criteria, and telecom system philosophies.
• Lead preparation and review of network architecture diagrams, telecom schematic diagrams, ICT system block diagrams, fibre network diagrams, and structured-cabling diagrams.
• Lead preparation and review of telecom room layouts, equipment-room layouts, telecom rack layouts, CCTV layouts, access-control layouts, data outlet layouts, and telecom infrastructure layouts.
• Lead preparation and review of duct-bank drawings, manhole details, cable schedules, equipment schedules, system specifications, Bills of Quantities, tender documentation, authority submission documents, and technical reports.

Engineering Calculations and Studies

• Ensure development and review of fibre-loss budgets, copper-cable length assessments, network bandwidth assessments, and data-capacity assessments.
• Ensure development and review of rack-capacity calculations, equipment power requirements, UPS requirements for ICT equipment, and heat-load information for telecom rooms.
• Ensure development and review of CCTV coverage studies, camera field-of-view assessments, network-availability assessments, Wi-Fi coverage studies, CCTV storage calculations, and telecom duct-capacity calculations.

Saudi Regulatory Compliance

• Ensure telecom and ICT designs comply with CST regulations and Saudi Building Code requirements applicable to telecommunications infrastructure.
• Ensure compliance with telecommunications service-provider requirements including STC, Mobily, and Zain where applicable.
• Ensure compliance with Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu standards, client and project-specific ICT and security standards, and relevant Civil Defense requirements for life-safety systems.
• Apply international standards where applicable including TIA, BICSI, ISO/IEC, IEEE, IEC, ITU-T, NFPA, and relevant BS/EN standards.

Coordination and BIM

• Coordinate telecom requirements with CST and relevant service providers, identify connection points, establish OSP infrastructure requirements, and support technical submissions.
• Respond to authority and service-provider comments, attend technical coordination meetings, and monitor telecom-related approvals.
• Coordinate telecommunications and ELV systems with all disciplines including Architecture, Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, Structural, Infrastructure utilities, Fire & Life Safety, Security, BMS, Smart-city systems, AV specialists, Landscape, Interior Design, and Utility Engineering.
• Coordinate telecom models with the multidisciplinary BIM environment, participate in clash-detection workshops, and resolve spatial coordination issues.
• Ensure consistency between BIM models, drawings, schedules, and specifications.

Technical Review, Client Interface, and Tender Support

• Perform technical checks and discipline reviews, review calculations, layouts, schematics and specifications, and ensure designs follow approved project standards.
• Manage resolution of Client and checking comments and maintain compliance with Assystem's Quality Management System.
• Participate in Client technical meetings and workshops, present telecom and ICT design concepts, and provide technical recommendations.
• Respond to tender queries, assist with technical bid evaluation, review contractor technical submissions, shop drawings, material submissions, and RFIs.
• Support testing and commissioning activities and participate in system demonstrations and acceptance activities where required.
• Evaluate alternative technologies, promote scalable and future-ready telecom infrastructure, and support smart-building, smart-city and digital-infrastructure strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Communications Engineering, or a closely related discipline.
• 8-10 years of relevant telecom/ICT engineering experience.
• Demonstrable experience designing telecom and low-current systems for buildings and infrastructure projects.
• Experience leading or coordinating telecom engineers and designers.
• Good experience working in multidisciplinary design environments.
• Saudi Arabian project experience is strongly preferred.