Senior Principal Telecommunications Engineer - Digital Consulting

Senior Principal Telecommunications Engineer – Digital Consulting
Worley Consulting Group
Canada and United States

Worley Consulting. Be part of the solution.

Worley Consulting is a global group of consultants, scientists, engineers, and digital experts dedicated to solving the world’s critical infrastructure, environmental, energy, and resource challenges.

We partner with our customers to find solutions that create value over the life of their assets. We implement new technologies to run assets more efficiently, secure and safeguard social license, support local communities, and accelerate the energy transition.

We evaluate options and identify opportunities and risks to support our customers’ decision making. We assist with asset strategy and selection, business case preparation, concept and feasibility studies, technology evaluation, energy strategies and asset operational excellence.

Purpose:

The primary purpose of this role is to drive the growth and expansion of new business opportunities within the telecommunications sector of mining and industrial. The consultant will play a pivotal role in identifying and capitalizing on emerging trends, fostering strategic partnerships, and delivering innovative solutions that enhance operational efficiency, safety, and sustainability in mining and industrial operations.

This is a full-time hybrid position based at a Worley office in Canada: Alberta, Ontario, or British Columbia; or in the United States: Houston, Texas; Phoenix, Arizona; or Denver, Colorado.

Overall Responsibilities and Key Accountabilities:

Technical Expertise and Thought Leadership:

• Detail orientated with significant consulting experience and proven network.

• Strong self-starter, entrepreneurial mindset and motivated.

• Practical consulting experience - including scoping, selling, and delivery.

• Excellent communication skills including ability to communicate complex ideas effectively, produce concise reports and presentations appropriate for all levels.

• Ability to work collaboratively in a multicultural environment.

• Desire to expand role and be adaptable to client's needs.

• Assists, and later, leads the preparation of proposals, execution plans and budgets.

• Supports a continuous improvement culture and identifies gaps, develops work processes, tools, and methodologies to drive productivity and growth.

• Manages one or more client relationships.

• Generates business opportunities.

• Drives business and Worley pull-through opportunities through the organization.

• Takes the lead to identify and develop new services to meet changing customer needs.

• Uses an understanding of clients’ changing business environments to develop new services.

• Presents solutions in terms of incremental economic value and competitive advantage to clients.

• Knowledge resource for the telecommunications field including the design of telecommunications networks including fixed cabling and wireless networks and able to lead discussions with clients.

• Develop network architecture design to support Process Automation and Autonomous solutions in Mining, Oil and Gas and Chemical industries.

• Provide technical direction for the design, configuration and troubleshooting of firewalls, routers, switches and other network infrastructure (Office and Field Experience required).

• Experience of research, quantitative analysis, structured problem solving and executive communication techniques.

• Experience in development and deployment of complex telecommunications systems including fixed cabling, Wi-Fi and LTE/5G solutions to support autonomous operations in industry.

Leadership:

• Takes ownership for project success: delivery of target quality, cost management and customer satisfaction.

• Proactively builds a knowledge base of tools and methodologies to drive productivity and growth.

• Lead role in work process improvement.

• Models safety excellence; proactive in identification of and closure to gaps.

Team Collaboration and Supervision:

• Effectively communicates (verbal and written) expertise to peers and customers and facilitates communications across multi-party activities; helps others develop these skills.

• Leads post-project audits, translating key lessons into improvement actions.

• Organizes and leads company meetings with customers.

• Leverages and helps develop the diverse background and skills of people for the attainment of company goals.

• Plans and executes projects through teamwork with other departments and with outside organizations.

• Identifies gaps and builds an environment which has readily accessible knowledge and continuous learning.

• Mentors and assists with career development of junior consultants.

What you will bring:

Technical and Industry Experience: 

• Experience in mining, heavy industry, industrial operations, Oil & Gas, and Chemical industries.

• Accomplished in system designs for access control, surveillance CCTV, fire detection systems, VoIP telephony, SCADA, preferred private LTE, public address (PA) systems and Wi-Fi systems on IP networks.

• Knowledgeable in UIT-T, UIT-R, TIA, IEEE, ISO/IEC, and CSA standards.

• Fluent in English (read, write and speak).

• Experienced in basic and detailed engineering and implementation of high-availability network architectures for LAN/WAN networks in industrial surface and underground environments.

• Experience in the design and implementation of Wi-Fi and Private LTE networks for industrial facilities.

• Practical experienced in network design for buildings and industrial facilities including data centers, inside and outside plant (OSP).

• Experience in the implementation of cybersecurity planning and implementation within industrial facilities.

• Experience in various industrial networks including Ethernet, Ethernet IP, Profibus, etc.

• Field Experience in deployment and / or operations of telecommunication Systems.

• Field Experience in the commissioning of telecommunication Systems.

• Experience with various telecommunications and networking products required. 

• Experience in various phases of vendor selection and technical negotiation is preferred. 

• Experience in inspection and testing of equipment items preferred. 

• Experience in equipment installation requirements preferred. 

• Registered Professional Engineering license preferred. 

Education – Qualifications, Accreditation, Training:

Required:

• Recognized Bachelor's degree or Master's degree in engineering or technical field from an accredited college or University.
• Must be eligible to obtain a P.Eng. (Canada) or P.E. (U.S.) license in the applicable location where the role is based.

Additional Information:

For applicants based in the province of British Columbia, the salary range is CAD $189,810 to $279,133.

Application of the pay band: Variation in salary is determined by factors such as the candidate’s qualifications, relevant years of experience, geographic location, internal pay equity, and prevailing market conditions for the specific role.

Please note: No agency representation or submissions will be recognized for this vacancy.

Worley Consulting offers an excellent remuneration & benefits package, a friendly, professional, dynamic and flexible work environment along with the opportunity to develop your career prospects within Canada and overseas.

We strive to be an industry leader in health, safety and environmental performance. Our vision is to achieve zero harm to people and assets, and zero environmental incidents. We select people who share our values, beliefs and commitment to this vision and who demonstrate the expected behaviours, competencies and performance associated with their prospective roles within the company.

Worley is committed to providing a fair and equitable hiring process for all applicants. As part of this commitment, Worley will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. If you require any accommodations or assistance, please contact us at:  [email protected]

We are committed to providing accommodations in all parts of the hiring process in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code. If you require any accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs.

We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by law

We thank all candidates for their interest; however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted. Worley Consulting is an equal opportunity employer.