Telecommunication Engineer - Experienced Professional

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Telecommunications Engineer - Experienced Professional for our Boise, 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 - we need your help. This role supports telecommunications infrastructure and systems for utility and industrial/commercial clients throughout the United States.

The successful candidate will contribute to project delivery, strengthen client relationships, and provide technical leadership and mentoring to project team members.

• Design telecommunications infrastructure and systems for conventional, renewable, and/or distributed generation facilities, substations, transmission and distribution systems, and microgrids.
• Specify equipment and prepare procurement, installation, testing, and provisioning documentation for outside-plant fiber-optic cable, microwave radios, field area networks, multiplexers, network switches, and related communications equipment.
• Experience with fiber-optic, microwave radio, PDH, TDM,OTN and SONET networks.
• Experience with IP, Ethernet, MPLS and data communications networks.
• Review and interpret OTDR reports for fiber-optic links.
• Experience with using Pathloss or similar tools to design and verify microwave radio links.
• Provision circuit channelization on legacy TDM networks and evaluate the security, reliability, availability, latency, and synchronization of packet-based networks.
• Specify telecommunications carrier services, including leased-line services, and coordinate technical requirements with service providers.
• Conducting telecommunications site surveys and field work using GPS equipment, clinometers, high-resolution cameras, and related tools.
• Design and configure network and communications paths for SCADA equipment, and downstream data users.
• Work with telecommunications and networking platforms from vendors such as Fujitsu, RFL/Hubbell, GE, SEL, Aviat, Nokia, Cisco, and Siemens RUGGEDCOM.
• Perform site surveys, field investigations, commissioning, and troubleshooting of communications systems; occasional travel is required.
• Prepare technical reports, design documents, calculations, specifications, test plans, and presentations that clearly communicate findings and recommendations.
• Coordinate with clients and multidisciplinary project teams, support project scoping and delivery, and contribute to successful commercial performance.
• Mentor and support team members while demonstrating integrity, initiative, self-sufficiency, effective communication, organization, and sound problem-solving.
• Maintain quality-control standards and confirm work complies with applicable codes, regulations, client requirements, and project specifications.
• 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.

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, telecommunications engineering, or a related engineering discipline and 3+ years of relevant industry experience; or 7+ years of relevant industry experience in lieu of a degree.
• Experi…