Senior Telecom Communications Specialist (Onsite)

Senior Telecom Communications Specialist (Onsite)
Our client, a leading Pacific Northwest utility provider committed to public service and environmental preservation, is looking for a Senior Telecom Communications Specialist for their Olympia, Washington location. In this role you will install and troubleshoot electronics and communication circuits on our client s system, and provide support for the planning, scheduling, and implementation of capital construction projects, specifically communications projects involving digital radios, fiber optics equipment, network management systems, and all types of command-and-control communications circuits.

This onsite position is a one-year renewable contract that includes employee benefits! If you think this position aligns well with your professional experience and goals, we want to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities for Senior Telecom Communications Specialist:

• Provide planning support, draft and document work processes, coordinate plans of service and implement plans for all capital communications projects.
• Provide technical support to district construction, operations and maintenance personnel, T&E power engineers, and contract installation crews, including technical information/training on the operation of new interfaces, circuits, and equipment and the integration with existing equipment.
• Assist project staff in developing requirements for the planning, installation, and modification of capital communications projects, and in creating project documentation, including start-up configuration files, reading sheets, etc.
• Provide project scheduling updates for project tracking, including entering data and creating technical reports for work accomplished.
• Attend project scoping meetings or design reviews, contribute pre-construction technical knowledge to project plans, and recommend changes to specification diagrams based on technical and operational issues.
• Under the guidance of senior level technicians, engineers, or manager, perform initial acceptance tests and commissioning checks for new installations and obtain data to be used by other personnel on SONET, radio, digital channel banks, SCADA, transfer trip and other miscellaneous communications equipment.
• Perform installation and integration of communications equipment, utilizing technical documentation as required.
• Perform duties related to maintenance of communications equipment, which may occur at substations or remote locations.
• Under direct technical guidance, perform more difficult and non-routine types of maintenance, installation, and troubleshooting work on communications equipment.
• Use test equipment and accepted procedures to perform installation work for the following equipment:
  • Cisco SONET Equipment
  • IMACs multiplex equipment
  • Nokia Transport systems
  • Timing sources
  • Networking equipment
  • Telemetering
  • Miscellaneous control equipment such as fiber optic multiplexed alarms or specialized electronic devices.
• In connection with the various types of work, prepare reports which in general are a collection of test data, instrument readings, and other pertinent information which can be used by engineering staff to make an engineering determination on the equipment operations.
• Facilitate special assignments related to Power System Control work such as assisting in the development of test programs, the development and assembly of special test circuits, and novel tests.
• Assist in the development of trouble-shooting instructions and assist in providing training to craftsman trainees.

Requirements/Qualification for Senior Telecom Communications Specialist:

• U.S. Citizenship and valid U.S. Driver s License is required.
• 9+ years of work experience in an electrical field; installing, performing testing, troubleshooting, repairing, and integrating equipment is required.
• 2+ years of specialized/formal training at a technical school or apprenticeship are required.
• Specialized/formal training must include electrical theory on AC and DC circuits, complex number math, vector diagrams, three phase vector diagrams and three phase load and motor circuits.
• 7+ years experience in testing and installing digital telecommunications equipment.
• 7+ years experience with communications test equipment such as OTDR, optical power meters, DS3, DS1, DS0 test sets.
• 7+ years experience troubleshooting communications systems.
• Must have the ability to travel up to 95% of the time, including some overnight travel.

**We are unable to accommodate corp. to corp. candidates**
About Motus Recruiting and Staffing, Inc: Founded in 2006, Motus is an award-winning recruiting and staffing firm in the Pacific Northwest, specializing in professional services and technology solutions. We are a group of people who not only recognize the importance of representation, but actively fight for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the recruitment process. Our goal is to educate organizations on the importance of DEI when hiring, promoting, and supporting diverse employees. We are calling organizations to demonstrate their commitment to DEI by being intentional about who they hire.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability or protected veteran status.
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