Telecommunications Engineer - Technical Director

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Telecommunications Engineer – Technical Director for our Boise, ID office. Additional WSP office locations and remote arrangements may be considered based on business needs. Be involved in projects with our Electrical Studies, SCADA, and Protection (ESSP) and be a part of a growing organization that meets our clients' objectives and solves their challenges.

WSP brings global expertise in power delivery, power generation, and program management- anchored by the acquisition of POWER Engineers, Inc. TRC Companies have now joined WSP, deepening our power practice and expanding our energy advisory and intelligent grid services. We're partnering with clients to shape how energy systems evolve around the world—and we need your help.

This senior role provides technical and project leadership for telecommunications infrastructure and systems serving utility and industrial/commercial clients throughout the United States. The successful candidate will lead project delivery, maintain and improve client relationships, and mentor and supervise team members assigned to projects.

Your Impact

• Provide proactive technical and project leadership for telecommunications engineering work, helping teams successfully deliver complex utility and industrial/commercial projects.

• Lead telecommunications infrastructure and system design for conventional, renewable, and distributed generation facilities, substations, transmission and distribution systems, and microgrids.

• Specify equipment and oversee procurement, installation, testing, and provisioning documentation for outside-plant fiber-optic cable, fiber terminals, microwave radios, field area networks, multiplexers, network switches, and related equipment.

• Lead the design and configuration of fiber-optic, microwave radio, PDH, TDM,OTN and SONET networks.

• Lead the design for IP, Ethernet, MPLS and data communications networks.

• Review and interpret OTDR reports.

• Use Pathloss or similar tools to design and verify microwave radio links.

• Oversee circuit channelization on TDM networks and evaluate the security, reliability, availability, latency, synchronization, and resiliency of packet-based networks.

• Specify telecommunications carrier services, including leased-line services, and lead coordination of technical requirements with service providers.

• Lead the design and configuration of network and communications paths for SCADA equipment, and downstream data users.

• Apply experience with telecommunications and networking platforms from vendors such as Fujitsu, RFL/Hubbell, GE, SEL, Aviat, Nokia, Cisco, and Siemens RUGGEDCOM.

• Lead site surveys, field investigations, commissioning, and troubleshooting of communications systems; occasional travel is required.

• Lead technical reviews and confirm that designs, specifications, test plans, and deliverables comply with applicable codes, standards, regulations, client requirements, and QA/QC procedures.

• Develop and review project scopes, schedules, budgets, pricing inputs, and technical proposals; monitor delivery performance and support successful commercial outcomes.

• Lead technical aspects of client meetings, presentations, contract discussions, and coordination with multidisciplinary project teams.

• Maintain and expand client relationships, identify follow-on opportunities, and support the growth and pipeline of telecommunications and SCADA work.

• Mentor and supervise project team members and support their technical and professional development.

• Remain current with telecommunications engineering practices, technologies, and compliance requirements, and promote innovation across project work.

• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources, and conduct, and adhere to WSP's Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.

• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of relevant telecommunications engineering industry experience supporting utility, industrial, or commercial facilities.

• Advanced experience designing telecommunications infrastructure and communications systems for substations, generation facilities, transmission and distribution systems, or similar critical infrastructure.

• Experience leading complex engineering projects and coordinating scopes, schedules, budgets, technical deliverables, and multidisciplinary contributors.

• Ability to work independently and provide technical guidance, leadership, mentoring, and supervision to project team members.

• Advanced ability to prepare and review specifications, network designs, provisioning documentation, installation plans, test plans, technical reports, and commissioning documentation.

• Strong knowledge of network topologies, latency, synchronization, circuit channelization, security, reliability, availability, and resiliency.

• Excellent leadership, client-service, interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills for effectively working with clients, regulators, management, and technical teams.

• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, organizational, and decision-making skills, with attention to detail and the ability to prioritize responsibilities in a dynamic project environment.

• Experience maintaining and improving client relationships and supporting customer-focused technical and commercial performance.

• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.

• Strong ability to quickly adapt to change and demonstrate flexibility to a variety of schedules and hours to meet business needs.

• Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, telecommunications engineering, or a related engineering discipline.

• Professional Engineer (PE) license, equivalent professional credential, or eligibility to obtain licensure.

• Solid understanding of radio-path engineering, including propagation, antennas, Fresnel zones, link-budget calculations, k-factor, and rain effects.

• Familiarity with FCC and FAA requirements related to licensing microwave radio links.

• Working knowledge of WECC, FERC, and NERC compliance requirements pertaining to electronic communications.

• Applicable licenses or certifications, to include, PMP, CISSP, TIA, or based on vendors; Nokia, Cisco, Juniper, HPE, Extreme, Fortinet, F5 or other.

• Proven history of completing similar projects in a utility and/or consulting environment.

• Strong experience managing the review and approval of technical documents, discipline-specific deliverables, processes, and plans in a multi-project environment.

Disclaimer

• Relocation assistance is not available for this position. 

WSP Benefits:   

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.  

Compensation: 

Expected Salary (all locations): $145,400yr - $247,200yr 

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law. 

Expected Salary (Colorado only): $163,800yr - $278,400yr  

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law. 

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