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Telecom Project Designer

Encepta4 days ago
Hybrid
Burnaby, BC
Mid Level
full_time

About the role

About the Role

At Encepta, we specialize in outside plant and pole related telecommunications design, and this role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to various design projects while developing your technical and leadership skills.

As a Telecommunications Designer, you'll be responsible for drafting and designing telecommunications infrastructure, including civil, cable, and pole line design for fiber networks. You'll work independently on multiple design types while collaborating with team members and external stakeholders. If you're detail-oriented, technically proficient, and passionate about telecommunications design and structural analysis, we invite you to join our innovative team in building the networks of tomorrow!

Key Responsibilities

  • Design & Drafting: Create outside plant telecommunications designs including civil, cable, and pole line designs for fiber networks (GPON/FTTP), copper, coax cable, HFC systems. Perform 2-D CAD drafting and conduct site visits for measurements and documentation.
  • Project Management: Handle projects from start to finish, including planning, status monitoring, addressing issues, and ensuring successful outcomes. Coordinate effectively with team members and external stakeholders.
  • Technical Leadership: Assist and train junior designers, participate in research and development projects, and perform quality assurance reviews when needed. Demonstrate a willingness to both be mentored and mentor others as the team grows.
  • Standards & Quality: Apply industry specifications and standards correctly while upholding training, operating, and health and safety procedures. Maintain high-quality design outputs across all projects, and confidently defend design decisions with stakeholders while balancing technical, operational, and customer considerations.

What We're Looking For

  • Education: University/College/Technical School Graduate or equivalent combination of experience and training. Professional designations like P.L., PTech, AScT, CET, CTech, or EIT are considered for advancement.
  • Experience: 3-5 years of experience in drafting and designing work for civil, utility, or telecom-related projects.
  • Technical Proficiency: Proficient in AutoCAD and Spatial Net. Intermediate understanding of OSP design methods including GPON, FTTx, Building Entrances, MDU, Civil, Copper, Pole Lines, and Feeder Fibre.
  • Cross-functional Skills: Ability to perform work in at least two design areas or mastery of commonly used design work types. Comfortable taking on new and innovative types of design work outside of one’s comfort zone.
  • Industry Knowledge: Intermediate understanding and application of industry specifications and standards.
  • Quality Focus: Careful attention to detail with ability to QA personal work and others' work as needed.
  • Software Skills: Proficient in Google Suite or equivalent Microsoft applications.
  • Communication & Confidence: Strong interpersonal skills with a customer service-oriented approach. Able to clearly articulate and stand behind design decisions with confidence while remaining open to constructive feedback.
  • Adaptability & Growth: Ability to learn quickly and adapt to evolving technologies, methods, and client requirements.

Nice to Haves

  • Problem-Solving Excellence: Strong analytical skills with the ability to research and implement innovative solutions.
  • Team Collaboration: Well-developed interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively in a cross-functional, diverse team environment.
  • Professional Growth: Commitment to continuous learning and staying current with industry developments.

About Encepta

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Encepta provides highly configurable software for telecommunications and utility industries, so our clients can better understand the condition of their infrastructure and manage the associated business process or workflow.

Our clients benefit from better data solutions to make critical engineering decisions with confidence, a message system to reduce email correspondence while increasing transparency, and a continuity of outside plant knowledge.

We have a specialized professional services group that tests our technology tools in conjunction with key client projects. The result is a powerful software suite that has been created through practical industry feedback and can be configured for a highly customized feel to meet each client specific requirements.

Encepta focuses on providing an empowering and exciting culture as a foundation for our teams. Our enthusiasm, courage, and desire to solve practical industry problems has been paramount in helping us build strong relationships with our clients.