Senior Telecom Engineer

1. Telecom and ICT Technical Leadership

• •Lead telecommunications and ICT design activities for assigned projects.
• •Coordinate and supervise telecom engineers, ELV engineers and designers.
• •Provide technical direction and guidance to project teams.
• •Plan discipline activities and monitor design progress.
• •Coordinate discipline workload and resource requirements with management.
• •Review technical outputs prepared by engineers and designers.
• •Mentor junior engineers and support development of technical competencies.
• •Ensure consistent engineering standards are applied across telecom projects.

2. Telecom and ICT Systems Design

Lead design activities for systems including, as applicable:

Telecommunications Infrastructure

• •Telecommunications Outside Plant – OSP.
• •Telecommunications Inside Plant – ISP.
• •Fibre-optic backbone networks.
• •Copper telecommunications networks.
• •Telecom duct-bank systems.
• •Telecom manholes and handholes.
• •Building telecom entrance facilities.
• •Telecom equipment rooms.
• •Main Distribution Frames – MDF.
• •Intermediate Distribution Frames – IDF.
• •Telecommunications risers.
• •Campus and site-wide telecom networks.
• •Service-provider interfaces.

Structured Cabling and Data Systems

• •Structured cabling systems.
• •Fibre-optic cabling.
• •Copper data cabling.
• •Voice systems.
• •Telephone systems.
• •Local Area Networks – LAN.
• •Wide Area Network interfaces – WAN.
• •Data networks.
• •Wireless LAN / Wi-Fi infrastructure.
• •Network cabinets and racks.
• •Data-centre and server-room passive infrastructure where applicable.

ICT Systems

• •ICT backbone systems.
• •Network architecture.
• •Active network infrastructure requirements.
• •IP-based communication systems.
• •Network redundancy requirements.
• •Network availability strategies.
• •ICT equipment-room requirements.
• •Network-management-system interfaces.

Security and Surveillance Systems

Where included in project scope:

• •CCTV systems.
• •IP surveillance systems.
• •Access Control Systems – ACS.
• •Intrusion-detection systems.
• •Intercom systems.
• •Video intercom.
• •Security communication networks.
• •Security control-room systems.

Other Low-Current / ELV Systems

Depending on project requirements:

• •Public Address systems.
• •Voice Alarm interfaces.
• •IPTV systems.
• •Master Clock systems.
• •Audio-visual systems.
• •Digital signage systems.
• •Parking-management interfaces.
• •Building Management System communication interfaces.
• •Smart-building-system interfaces.
• •IoT communication infrastructure.
• •Emergency communication systems.
• •Other specialist low-current systems defined under project scope.

Fire alarm and other life-safety systems shall be coordinated with the responsible Fire & Life Safety/Electrical discipline where these systems fall outside the direct telecom scope.

3. Telecom Infrastructure Design

Lead the development of infrastructure telecom networks including:

• •Telecom network master planning.
• •External fibre-optic networks.
• •Duct-bank routing.
• •Telecom corridor planning.
• •Manhole spacing and sizing.
• •Cable-routing strategy.
• •Network topology.
• •Redundancy strategy.
• •Service-provider connection points.
• •Building-entry points.
• •Future network expansion provisions.
• •Utility corridor coordination.

Designs shall consider maintainability, network resilience, future expansion and compatibility with Saudi telecom service-provider requirements.

4. Design Documentation

Lead preparation and review of:

• •Telecom Design Basis Reports.
• •ICT design criteria.
• •Telecom system philosophies.
• •Network architecture diagrams.
• •Telecom schematic diagrams.
• •ICT system block diagrams.
• •Fibre network diagrams.
• •Structured-cabling diagrams.
• •Telecom room layouts.
• •Equipment-room layouts.
• •Telecom rack layouts.
• •CCTV layouts.
• •Access-control layouts.
• •Data outlet layouts.
• •Telecom infrastructure layouts.
• •Duct-bank drawings.
• •Manhole details.
• •Cable schedules.
• •Equipment schedules.
• •System specifications.
• •Bills of Quantities.
• •Tender documentation.
• •Authority submission documents.
• •Technical reports.

5. Engineering Calculations and Studies

Ensure appropriate development and review of technical assessments including:

• •Fibre-loss budgets.
• •Copper-cable length assessments.
• •Network bandwidth assessments.
• •Data-capacity assessments.
• •Rack-capacity calculations.
• •Equipment power requirements.
• •UPS requirements for ICT equipment.
• •Heat-load information for telecom rooms.
• •CCTV coverage studies.
• •Camera field-of-view assessments.
• •Network-availability assessments.
• •Wi-Fi coverage studies where required.
• •Storage calculations for CCTV systems.
• •Telecom duct-capacity calculations.

6. Saudi Regulatory Compliance

Ensure telecom and ICT designs comply with applicable Saudi requirements including:

• •Communications, Space & Technology Commission – CST regulations.
• •Saudi Building Code requirements applicable to telecommunications infrastructure.
• •Telecommunications service-provider requirements.
• •STC requirements where applicable.
• •Mobily requirements where applicable.
• •Zain requirements where applicable.
• •Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu standards where applicable.
• •Client and project-specific ICT and security standards.
• •Relevant Civil Defense requirements for systems associated with life safety.

International standards shall be used where applicable, including:

• •TIA
• •BICSI
• •ISO/IEC
• •IEEE
• •IEC
• •ITU-T
• •NFPA where applicable
• •Relevant BS/EN standards.

7. Service Provider and Authority Coordination

• •Coordinate telecom requirements with CST requirements and relevant service providers.
• •Identify required telecom-provider connection points.
• •Establish requirements for OSP infrastructure.
• •Coordinate service-provider network-entry requirements.
• •Support technical submissions to telecom providers and authorities.
• •Respond to authority and service-provider comments.
• •Attend technical coordination meetings.
• •Monitor telecom-related approvals and close outstanding technical comments.
• •Ensure adequate infrastructure is provided for multiple service providers where required.

8. Multidisciplinary Coordination

Coordinate telecommunications and ELV systems with all disciplines (Architecture, Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, Structural, Infrastructure utilities, Fire & Life Safety, Security, BMS, Smart-city systems, AV specialists, Landscape, Interior Design, Utility Engineering)

Special attention shall be given to:

• •Telecom-room locations and sizes.
• •MDF and IDF locations.
• •Equipment-room cooling.
• •Power and UPS requirements.
• •Cable containment.
• •Equipment, access and maintenance.
• •Riser requirements.
• •External utility corridors.
• •Separation from electrical power systems.
• •Building penetrations.
• •Security and operational requirements.

9. BIM and Digital Engineering

• •Coordinate telecom models with the multidisciplinary BIM environment.
• •Ensure telecom equipment and containment are properly incorporated into BIM models.
• •Participate in clash-detection workshops.
• •Resolve spatial coordination issues.
• •Coordinate telecom rooms, shafts, risers and containment routes.
• •Ensure consistency between BIM models, drawings, schedules and specifications.

10. Technical Review and Quality Assurance

• •Perform technical checks and discipline reviews.
• •Review calculations, layouts, schematics and specifications.
• •Ensure designs follow approved project standards.
• •Participate in interdisciplinary design reviews.
• •Manage resolution of Client and checking comments.
• •Maintain compliance with Assystem's Quality Management System.
• •Identify and record lessons learned.
• •Promote standardization and continuous technical improvement.

11. Client Interface

• •Participate in Client technical meetings and workshops.
• •Present telecom and ICT design concepts.
• •Explain proposed network architecture and system strategies.
• •Respond to Client comments.
• •Provide technical recommendations.
• •Support assessment of alternat