Transmission Planning & Design Engineers - 12 month contract in Australia

20 x Transmission Planning & Design Engineers - 12 month contract in Australia. 457 Visa sponsorship available, work on expanding transmission network for a large increase of SDH & PDH E1 radio links.

CLIENT
Our client is a highly successful multinational Telecommunications infrastructure services company.

RESPONSIBILITIES
• The Transmission Engineer's key accountabilities and responsibilities are:
• Planning and designing microwave transmission networks
• Planning and designing deployment of SDH, PDH and microwave technologies into the transmission networks
• Preparing network design documents
• Providing technical support to field staff for the SDH, PDH and microwave networks
• Perform quality control checks in the network
• Maintain current and accurate transmission network topology documents, diagrams and databases to a standardised format
• Comply with relevant design standards and Australian regulations

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
• 3 to 5 years Microwave radio link planning and design experience (ideally on Ericsson Mini link, Traffic Node & Siae equipment)
• Transmission configuration experience using Network Manager Systems
• 3-5 year experience of planning Microwave PDH and SDH systems
• Experience with point of interconnect planning and implementation will be useful but not essential
• Tertiary qualification preferably in electronic, electrical / communications engineering or equivalent.
• Knowledge of Transport network planning tools
• Understanding of Transport networks and NMS systems in a mobile network environment
• Highly motivated, positive, ethical team player
• Computer literate and competent with MS office suite applications, Project and Visio/AutoCAD
• Self starter who thrives, unsupervised, in a multi disciplined team environment
• Customer Intimate, and able to mentor staff
• Awareness of business goals, direction and strategy
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Understanding of quality systems, OH&S and regulatory compliance
• Availability to work weekend work, up to 2 Saturdays each month during key phases of the project (if required)
TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENT
• PDH & SDH based Transmission Networks and technologies
• Fixed and microwave Transmission Networks and technologies
• Knowledge of Ericsson Minilink & Traffic node equipment
• Siae microwave Radio equipment
• Knowledge of Transmission configuration using Network Manager Systems such as MV36 MV38 MLM or SOM

LOCATION: Australia, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne (Australia)
START DATE: JUNE, JULY 2011
DURATION: Full Time 12 month contacts
SALARY: Salary will be provided upon further discussion
OPEN TO: Australian Residents and international professionals looking for Visa sponsorship. We will sponsor the right people for these roles.

Send your resume to vha@koigroup.com.au with the role TRANSMISSION in the subject heading of your email.

KEY WORDS: RF Engineer, Senior RF Engineer, Transmission, RAN Engineers, Nokia, NSN, Huawei, Vodafone, Optus, Telstra, Ericsson, Optimisation, Planning, 2G, 3G, LTE

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