Senior Telecom Engineer

Job Description

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 activities for Telecommunications Infrastructure including OSP, ISP, fibre-optic backbone networks, copper networks, duct-bank systems, manholes, entrance facilities, equipment rooms, MDF, IDF, risers, campus networks, and service-provider interfaces.
• Lead design activities for Structured Cabling and Data Systems including structured cabling, fibre-optic cabling, copper data cabling, voice systems, telephone systems, LAN, WAN interfaces, data networks, wireless LAN/Wi-Fi infrastructure, network cabinets and racks, and data-centre passive infrastr
• Lead design activities for ICT Systems including ICT backbone systems, network architecture, active network infrastructure requirements, IP-based communication systems, network redundancy, network availability strategies, ICT equipment-room requirements, and network-management-system interfaces.
• Lead design activities for Security and Surveillance Systems including CCTV, IP surveillance, Access Control Systems, intrusion-detection, intercom, video intercom, security communication networks, and security control-room systems.
• Lead design activities for Other Low-Current / ELV Systems including Public Address, Voice Alarm interfaces, IPTV, Master Clock, audio-visual, digital signage, parking-management interfaces, BMS communication interfaces, smart-building-system interfaces, IoT communication infrastructure, and emergen

Telecom Infrastructure Design

• Lead the development of infrastructure telecom networks including telecom network master planning, external fibre-optic networks, duct-bank routing, telecom corridor planning, manhole spacing and sizing, cable-routing strategy, network topology, redundancy strategy, service-provider connection point
• Designs shall 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, telecom system philosophies, network architecture diagrams, telecom schematic diagrams, ICT system block diagrams, fibre network diagrams, structured-cabling diagrams, telecom room layouts, equipment-room layouts, tele

Engineering Calculations and Studies

• Ensure appropriate development and review of technical assessments including fibre-loss budgets, copper-cable length assessments, network bandwidth assessments, data-capacity assessments, rack-capacity calculations, equipment power requirements, UPS requirements for ICT equipment, heat-load informat

Saudi Regulatory Compliance

• Ensure telecom and ICT designs comply with applicable Saudi requirements including CST regulations, Saudi Building Code requirements, telecommunications service-provider requirements, STC requirements, Mobily requirements, Zain requirements, Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu standards, client an
• International standards shall be used where applicable, including TIA, BICSI, ISO/IEC, IEEE, IEC, ITU-T, NFPA, and relevant BS/EN standards.

Coordination and Quality Assurance

• Coordinate telecom requirements with CST requirements and relevant service providers, identify required telecom-provider connection points, establish requirements for OSP infrastructure, coordinate service-provider network-entry requirements, support technical submissions, respond to authority and s
• 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, ensure telecom equipment and containment are properly incorporated into BIM models, participate in clash-detection workshops, resolve spatial coordination issues, coordinate telecom rooms, shafts, risers and containment routes, an
• Perform technical checks and discipline reviews, review calculations, layouts, schematics and specifications, ensure designs follow approved project standards, participate in interdisciplinary design reviews, manage resolution of Client and checking comments, maintain compliance with Assystem's Qual

Client Interface and Tender Support

• Participate in Client technical meetings and workshops, present telecom and ICT design concepts, explain proposed network architecture and system strategies, respond to Client comments, provide technical recommendations, support assessment of alternative solutions, and assist Project Managers in res
• Respond to tender queries, assist with technical bid evaluation, review proposed telecom equipment, review contractor technical submissions, review shop drawings, review material submissions, respond to RFIs, assess proposed substitutions, review value-engineering proposals, support testing and comm
• Evaluate alternative technologies and design solutions, promote scalable and future-ready telecom infrastructure, incorporate redundancy and resilience based on project criticality, consider lifecycle cost, maintainability and future expansion, promote IP convergence where appropriate, support smart

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.
• Valid or eligible professional registration with the Saudi Council of Engineers.
• Relevant international professional accreditation is advantageous.
• Preferred additional certifications may include BICSI RCDD, CCNA / CCNP, vendor-certified networking qualifications, relevant security-system certifications, and relevant ICT/data-centre certifications.