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:

Desired Candidate Profile

• Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Communications Engineering or a closely related discipline.
• 8 10 years of relevant telecom/ICT engineering experience.
• Demonstrable experience designing telecom and low-current systems for buildings and infrastructure projects.
• Experience leading or coordinating telecom engineers and designers.
• Good experience working in multidisciplinary design environments.
• Saudi Arabian project experience is strongly preferred.

Professional Registration

• Valid or eligible professional registration with the Saudi Council of Engineers.
• Relevant international professional accreditation is advantageous.

Preferred additional certifications may include:

• BICSI RCDD.
• CCNA / CCNP.
• Vendor-certified networking qualifications.
• Relevant security-system certifications.
• Relevant ICT/data-centre certifications.

These specialist certifications are advantageous but should not substitute for strong design-engineering experience