# Network Design Specialist

**Company**: Telstra
**Location**: Australia (Flexible)
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

As a Network Design Specialist at Telstra, you will undertake complex and specialised technical microwave transport design functions to ensure projects are delivered to desired outcomes.

You will provide high-level specialist technical expertise, advice, and system and process support to staff engaged in design functions.

Key responsibilities include:

- Leading land access assessments for telecommunications projects

- Determining applicable compliance pathways for Above-The-Line (ATL) and Below-The-Line (BTL) activities

- Managing Land Access Activity Notices (LAANs), alternate agreements, permits, and access approvals

- Conducting or coordinating environmental, heritage, native title, and cultural assessments

- Performing environmental searches covering flora, fauna, waterways, soil, waste, biosecurity, and heritage considerations

- Ensuring compliance with the Telecommunications Act 1997, environmental legislation, heritage requirements, and internal governance processes

- Maintaining compliance records, project artefacts, and audit evidence within approved systems

- Providing advice to planners, designers, delivery partners, and project managers on land access risks and obligations

- Managing stakeholder engagement with landowners, Indigenous groups, government agencies, councils, and regulatory bodies

- Supporting project delivery while minimizing environmental and cultural heritage

Telstra offers:

- Performance-related pay

- Access to thousands of learning programs

- Global presence across 22 countries

- Purchased annual leave scheme

- Additional Telstra day off

- Additional 30% off Telstra products and services

- Toolkit provided (laptop + mobile phone + plan paid for)

To be successful in this role, you will need:

- Extensive previous experience in point-to-point microwave radio design

- Ability to interpret High-Level Planning & Design Briefs

- Strong interpersonal skills

- Attention to detail

- High level of oral and written communication skills

Desirable qualifications include:

- Engineering qualifications

- Previous radio (RF) related experience in the telecommunications industry

- Knowledge of the Telecommunications Act (Cth) 1997

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## Skills

### Required
- microwave radio design
- land access assessments
- compliance pathways
- environmental assessments
- stakeholder management
- telecommunications network deployment

### Nice to have
- engineering qualifications
- radio (RF) related experience
- Telecommunications Act (Cth) 1997

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