Join John Holland as a Senior Telecommunications Engineer to play a key role in the successful delivery of the Beerburrum to Nambour (B2N) Rail Upgrade (Stage 1) project. The Telecommunication Engineer will lead the integration of legacy QR telecom systems with next-generation IP/MPLS transport, ensuring compatibility with QR operational constraints and safety systems.
Requirements
- Support cybersecurity risk assessments ensuring compliance with relevant standards and project-specific requirements.
- Understanding of complex electrical and physical interfaces between systems and ability to communicate, document and lead discussions with various stakeholders.
- Review and prepare interface documents to QRâs SEMS and TMR standards without design authority supervision including outlining the interface details, demarcations, scope, responsibilities, interface drawings, and risk/impacts to schedule in a clear and concise manner.
- Review/Preparing and managing the Telecoms Bill of Materials (BoM) to support procurement and construction, and perform verification of vendor adherence to QR Type-approved material specifications and lifecycle management criteria.
- Ability to review and complete requirement verification traceability matrix (RVTM) to QR SEMS and Project requirements and assign them accurately assign the applicable evidence to the applicable project life cycle/stage.
- Project management and scheduling
- Developing and track project forecasts for the Telecoms scope of works
- Ability to understand Telecommunication activities with other interfaces and work with Project Planners to create a schedule that complies to project requirements and timelines/milestones and be able to develop Telecom construction sequencing that considers rail possession windows, protection officer requirements, QR change control constraints, and multi-discipline track access limitations
- Completed at least one QR Project within the Telecoms field
- Have 5-10 yearsâ experience within the Rail Industry
- Have 8-12 yearsâ experience within the Telecommunication or Communication industry
- Have knowledge of working with various cable types, include ethernet, multicore, fibre, power, earthing with its appropriate use in systems, design and testing methods.
- Have knowledge QRâs existing Telecommunication system such as SDH, DWDM, CER, EACS, DC systems, DRS-ETCS/QRON/CSN/SMAS/EMS and interface of Telecom to other systems such as OHLE, MI, Signalling, LV, CSR etc.
- The Telecommunication Engineer must be a Rail Industry Worker (RIW) and have a minimum assessment of Telecommunication Design Engineer (QR Level 2 competency to MD-15-191).
- The Telecommunication Engineer must have excellent communication skills (verbal and written) sufficiently to liaise and interface with internal and external stakeholders to achieve Project and Client requirements and satisfaction.
- Understand the relevant QR SEMS and AS/NZ standards such as MD-13-416, MD-13-417, MD-13-421, MD-13-423, AS/CA S008, AS/CA S009, as a minimum.
- Review Client comments and respond professionally.
- Review and prepare installation test procedures (ITP) to project and customer requirements.
- Review and prepare and reviewing Safe Work Method Statements (SWMS) for Telecoms works to ensure compliance with quality and safety standards.
- Establish rapport/relationships with construction team and/or subcontractor to understand design and schedule to complete construction
- Prepare Activity Method Statements for construction where necessary to relay the information and tasks to be completed.
- Understand construction safety and abide by project and QR site rules and rail corridor access.
- Review and prepare all stages of T&C documentation including FAT, SAT, and SIT and incorporating applicable requirements as per RVTM, and understand the T&C process to Project and Client requirements.
- Ability to lead and execute formal testing with The Client.
- Review and compile Test Reports for submission to Client.
- Prepare scope of works documentation for tender and go through the Projectâs tender process and conclude with the most suitable supplier by facilitating technical sessions.
- Subcontractor management - Coordinate with subcontractors (CER, fibre, radio, EACS) to define construction and testing scopes and acting as the primary JV interface for supervision and progress tracking.
Benefits
- Competitive remuneration with salary continuance, and salary sacrifice options
- Great leave benefits including 18 weeks paid parental leave with super and up to an extra 18 weeks of super paid on further periods of unpaid parental leave, multicultural leave exchange and two extra days to prioritise your wellbeing
