Senior Fibre Network Designer

The Opportunity

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Fibre Planner & Designer to join our team in our Sydney Office.

In this role, you’ll be responsible for the planning and Designing the Vocus Fibre network.

What you’ll be doing day-to-day

As the Senior Fibre Planner & Designer your role responsibilities will also include:

• Monitor and manage network capacity, creating new network, network upgrade, and network rearrangement orders as required.
• Design optical fibre paths, utilising various assets, for new customer connections, capacity upgrades, network extensions, relocations, and cancellations.
• Create field ready plans for construction teams to build
• Comply and monitor Safety in Design concepts while designing the network.
• Manage records across the network.
• Create splice schedules/designs for allocation to the workforce and contractors.
• Provide pre-sale designs and assist with cost estimates for tenders to the sales team
• Provide support and direction to the workforce and contractors on carrying out allocated tasks.
• Provide reports and perform other duties as requested by management.
• Ensure designs are delivered within contractually specified timeframes.
• Provide assistance during fault situations during core business hours.
• Liaise strategically with multiple stakeholders to extend the network.
• Provide support for the introduction of new technologies.
• Plan and design the implementation of new technologies onto the network.

What you’ll bring to this role

• To be successful as the Senior Fibre Planner & Designer, you will have at least 7 years of experience in a similar role
• Experience with software tools used for network design and documentation is essential. Examples include:
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software (e.g. QGIS, Google EC)
• CAD software (e.g. AutoCAD)
• Network design and planning tools (e.g. VISIO, Telstra ADR/3^rd party Duct plans)

Fibre Optic Cable Knowledge:

• A deep understanding of different fibre types (single-mode, multi-mode), cable construction, connectors, and splicing techniques is critical
• Fibre Network construction methodologies and best practices
• Network Topologies and Architectures: Familiarity with various network topologies (e.g., point-to-point, ring, star) and architectures is necessary.
• Optical Transmission Principles: Knowledge of optical signal transmission, attenuation, dispersion, and other related concepts is important.
• Testing and Measurement Equipment: Experience analysing results from optical test equipment (e.g., OTDRs, power meters, light sources) is often required.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills