Planning Engineer III; Sr. Transport Planning Engineer

Planning Engineer III (Sr. Transport Planning Engineer)

This role develops network growth, capacity, and evolution plans for a national core transport network and supporting metropolitan transport networks, with a focus on SONET consolidation and migration planning. The position involves building implementation-ready planning packages for design and field engineering teams, managing project funding, and supporting network modernization initiatives. This role provides technical leadership and mentoring across engineering and operations teams while ensuring compliance with applicable telecommunications standards and regulations.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop SONET network growth and capacity plans across the core backbone and metropolitan transport networks.
• Build implementation-ready engineering and planning packages for design and field engineering teams.
• Pull and analyze transport inventory to size augments and plan consolidation and migration activity.
• Forecast capacity demand and identify relief, consolidation, and modernization requirements.
• Manage capital and expense budgets for assigned planning projects.
• Coordinate with planning stakeholders across engineering and operations to align scope, sequence, and readiness.
• Mentor and train junior engineers.
• Ensure planning work complies with applicable telecommunications standards and regulations.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of transport network planning or network engineering experience.
• Hands-on SONET transport planning experience, including capacity management and consolidation or migration planning.
• Working knowledge of optical transport networks and DWDM.
• Proficiency in TIRKS and Meta Solv for transport inventory and planning.
• Demonstrated ability to build implementation-ready planning packages handed off to design or field engineering.
• Capacity planning and forecasting experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to coordinate across engineering and operations teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with a Tier 1 US telecom or ILEC service provider.
• Familiarity with one or more legacy transport planning and inventory systems: CNDC ASPEN Portal, LCAM, Fireworks, or CORE.
• Knowledge of central office infrastructure, including power, alarms, and common systems.
• Capital and expense budget management experience.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and mentoring junior engineers.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

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