Senior Telecoms Engineer

Wood is currently recruiting for Senior Telecoms Engineer to be based at our Abu Dhabi Engineering Center.

• Engineering Design, FEED and detail Engineering experience and Costing estimation for proposal in Telecom systems
• Experience in IT / Telecom field including Security & Safety, wired & wireless communication in Oil & Gas
• LAN &WAN, ACS, CCTV, FOC, IDS, PAGA, Hotline systems, F&G, and IP telephone etc
• Responsible for complete engineering document activities like preparing block diagram, functional design specification, datasheets, MR, equipment layouts, interconnection drawings, termination drawings, cabinet drawings
• Technical bid evaluations, Vendor document review and approvals
• Engineering Design, FEED and detail Engineering experience and Costing estimation for proposal in Telecom systems
• Experience in IT / Telecom field including Security & Safety, wired & wireless communication in Oil & Gas
• LAN &WAN, ACS, CCTV, FOC, IDS, PAGA, Hotline systems, F&G, and IP telephone etc
• Responsible for complete engineering document activities like preparing block diagram, functional design specification, datasheets, MR, equipment layouts, interconnection drawings, termination drawings, cabinet drawings
• Technical bid evaluations, Vendor document review and approvals
• Participates as a team member in a specific phase of a broad engineering assignment
• Directs preparation of appropriate documentation for assigned projects
• Ensures successful completion of the assigned project / phase within the budgeted time and cost constraints
• Participates in defining engineering approaches, and in planning and scheduling work
• Evaluates problems, organizes investigations, and establishes overall performance specifications for components, equipment, systems, processes, etc
• Check Engineering calculations as well as check all drawings in accordance with industry codes and standards; Assist with the development of less senior Technical Professionals
• Adhere to and comply with relevant discipline specific procedures and provide feedback for continuous improvement
• Participate in audits and incident investigations as required
• Performs complex engineering tasks related to specific units of major projects
• Participate in site visits, project review meetings, design reviews and other workshops as required
• Organizing and active participation in design reviews
• Solves problems requiring development of innovative approaches or new uses for existing approaches; exercises mature professional judgment in evaluating and selecting technical strategic options
• As necessary, modifies established guidelines, devises innovative approaches, applies existing criteria in new ways and draws conclusions from comparative situations
• Regularly functions as a technical leader or significant contributor to a major complex problem or project
• Produces innovative ideas and solves problems requiring development of innovative approaches or new uses for existing approaches
• Consistently called on to use creativity and professional judgement to formulate results based on engineering standards, experience, and constructive thinking
• Develops unique solutions for complex technical problems
• Anticipates potential problems and takes the initiative to solve complex problems through creative thinking and creative use of internal and external resources both inside and outside of discipline expertise
• Exercises mature professional judgement in identifying the implications of experimental results
• Understands customer needs and applies technical solutions to meet goals
• Provide technical input and support to proposals as required
• May supervise a small work group consisting of technical / professional staff with some coaching from own supervisor, or may provide advice and guidance in area of specialization to others
• Assist in performing managerial tasks as requested, such as assigning tasks to engineers; planning and coordinating portions of the engineering work; preparing scopes, schedules, and budgets; attending project meetings; and developing lesser – experienced technical professionals
• Discusses with other senior engineers to agree priorities and implications on work of others
• Approves work schedules and makes recommendations for increased resources and special equipment
• Makes commitments on acceptance of projects, completion dates, resources and staff required to meet goals
• Coordinates the activities of engineering and design groups assigned to small projects
• Participates in developing deadlines, projects, and work to be done
• May manage one or more small projects, with responsibility for cost, schedule, resources allocation and risk
• Provide appropriate HSSE leadership including compliance with site and office safety requirements
• Minimum of 10 years proven capability in an engineering design company
• Demonstrated leadership experience and previous track record of successfully working in PMC team
• Experience of working with multi – national and multi – cultural project teams is strongly preferred
• Previous experience of working for Wood is strongly preferred
• Previous experience of working in the Middle East would be an advantage
• Bachelor Degree in Telecomms Engineering

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