Telecommunication Engineer - Technical Director

WSP is seeking a Telecommunications Engineer – Technical Director for their Boise, ID office, with potential for additional locations or remote arrangements.

As a senior role, you will provide technical and project leadership for telecommunications infrastructure and systems serving utility and industrial/commercial clients throughout the United States.

Your Impact

• Provide proactive technical and project leadership for telecommunications engineering work, helping teams deliver complex projects.
• Lead telecommunications infrastructure and system design for conventional, renewable, and distributed generation facilities, substations, transmission and distribution systems, and microgrids.
• Specify equipment and oversee procurement, installation, testing, and provisioning documentation for outside-plant fiber-optic cable, fiber terminals, microwave radios, field area networks, multiplexers, network switches, and related equipment.
• Lead the design and configuration of fiber-optic, microwave radio, PDH, TDM, OTN, and SONET networks.
• Lead the design for IP, Ethernet, MPLS, and data communications networks.
• Review and interpret OTDR reports.
• Use Pathloss or similar tools to design and verify microwave radio links.
• Oversee circuit channelization on TDM networks and evaluate the security, reliability, availability, latency, synchronization, and resiliency of packet-based networks.
• Specify telecommunications carrier services, including leased-line services, and lead coordination of technical requirements with service providers.
• Lead the design and configuration of network and communications paths for SCADA equipment, and downstream data users.
• Apply experience with telecommunications and networking platforms from vendors such as Fujitsu, RFL/Hubbell, GE, SEL, Aviat, Nokia, Cisco, and Siemens RUGGEDCOM.
• Lead site surveys, field investigations, commissioning, and troubleshooting of communications systems; occasional travel is required.
• Lead technical reviews and confirm that designs, specifications, test plans, and deliverables comply with applicable codes, standards, regulations, client requirements, and QA/QC procedures.
• Develop and review project scopes, schedules, budgets, pricing inputs, and technical proposals; monitor delivery performance and support successful commercial outcomes.
• Lead technical aspects of client meetings, presentations, contract discussions, and coordination with multidisciplinary project teams.
• Maintain and expand client relationships, identify follow-on opportunities, and support the growth and pipeline of telecommunications and SCADA work.
• Mentor and supervise project team members and support their technical and professional development.
• Remain current with telecommunications engineering practices, technologies, and compliance requirements, and promote innovation across project work.

Who You Are Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of relevant telecommunications engineering industry experience supporting utility, industrial, or commercial facilities.
• Advanced experience designing telecommunications infrastructure and communications systems for substations, generation facilities, transmission and distribution systems, or similar critical infrastructure.
• Experience leading complex engineering projects and coordinating scopes, schedules, budgets, technical deliverables, and multidisciplinary contributors.
• Ability to work independently and provide technical guidance, leadership, mentoring, and supervision to project team members.
• Advanced ability to prepare and review specifications, network designs, provisioning documentation, installation plans, test plans, technical reports, and commissioning documentation.
• Strong knowledge of network topologies, latency, synchronization, circuit channelization, security, reliability, availability, and resiliency.
• Excellent leadership, client-service, interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills for effectively working with clients, regulators, management, and technical teams.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, organizational, and decision-making skills, with attention to detail and the ability to prioritize responsibilities in a dynamic project environment.
• Experience maintaining and improving client relationships and supporting customer-focused technical and commercial performance.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety, and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
• Strong ability to quickly adapt to change and demonstrate flexibility to a variety of schedules and hours to meet business needs.
• Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, telecommunications engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license, equivalent professional credential, or eligibility to obtain licensure.
• Solid understanding of radio-path engineering, including propagation, antennas, Fresnel zones, link-budget calculations, k-factor, and rain effects.
• Familiarity with FCC and FAA requirements related to licensing microwave radio links.
• Working knowledge of WECC, FERC, and NERC compliance requirements pertaining to electronic communications.
• Applicable licenses or certifications, to include, PMP, CISSP, TIA, or based on vendors; Nokia, Cisco, Juniper, HPE, Extreme, Fortinet, F5 or other.
• Proven history of completing similar projects in a utility and/or consulting environment.
• Strong experience managing the review and approval of technical documents, discipline-specific deliverables, processes, and plans in a multi-project environment.

Benefits: WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation: Expected Salary (all locations): $89,600/yr - $147,800/yr Expected Salary (Colorado only): $100,800/yr - $166,400/yr