Transport Engineer

Reference # : 19-03186
Title : Transport Engineer
Location : Richardson, TX
Position Type : Contract
Experience Level :
Start Date / End Date : 09/30/2019 / 03/29/2021
Description
Description:
Define, engineer, and resolve network capacity requirements for Telecommunication's Intelligent Edge, long haul and metro transport network utilizing high capacity next generation lightwave and wave division multiplexing technologies to meet network services capacity, vulnerability, diversity and growth requirements.

Specific responsibilities include:
- Perform detailed equipment engineering for network augments. This includes developing all of the specifications required for installation forces to properly install, turn-up, inventory, and configure the equipment, obtaining appropriate management approvals, issuing purchase orders, creating applicable diagrams/ drawings, and ensuring vendor delivery.
- Ensure that work meets all applicable engineering, financial, planning, and operational standards.
- Develop Bill of Material and place orders for network equipment, rack, and hardware requirements.
- Define cable requirements, create cable running lists, and order all cables.
- Order all spares required based on sparing plan or directed by capacity management.
- Manage, input, and update central Network Inventory Database (i.e. ICON, Nautilus, CoFEE) to reflect new builds, adds, and decommissions.

Bachelor's degree in engineering, networking, computer, telecommunications or equivalent job-related experience, 5-6 years progressive, technical experience required.

Experience in Engineering and/or Installation and Testing in one (or more) of the following Transport technologies:
- Ciena, Nortel, Fujitsu, Cisco, Alcatel-Client SONET and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) equipment platforms is essential.
- Experience in PON, NGPON2, Telecommunication and FTTP is a plus.
- Experience using Microsoft Office Suites and drawing complex system diagrams using CAD-based software is preferred.
- Former Telecommunication Inside Plant Engineers with ICON experience preferred.

Job Skills:
- Teamwork: Candidate must be able to work well with others (as a team) and individually (on your own projects) with a positive attitude.
- Communication Skills: A good communication skills is required for this job.
- Project Management: Candidate will be working on several projects at a time and project/ time management is required for this job.