Land Cable Engineer – London

I am working with a large telecommunications company in London and they need a Land Cable Engineer to join the team.

There will be a lot of travel in this position to worldwide sites around 40-50% of the time depending on the projects.

Responsibilities include:

• Implementation of site surveys, including earth resistivity measurements
• Engineering design of land cable and system earth installation requirements
• Production of drawings for installation, including land route diagrams
• Identification of suitable resources, and local subcontract management
• Fibre splicing, jointing, and testing of land cable, beach joints and system earths
• Unrepeatered system testing, both on land and at sea
• Cable termination to ASN terminal station equipment
• Project resource planning, cost efficiency, and liaison with Customer representative
• Preparing site specific scopes of work, and their associated procedures
• Completing H&S risk assessments, site survey, on site and as-built reporting
• Liaising with the ASN’s Calais cable factory, Purchasing, Project Management and Logistics Teams

Experience / Qualifications

• Knowledge of fibre optics and electrics
• 2 years or more relevant hands-on work experience with preferably an engineering background
• Good communication skills, and dedication to collaborative work
• Project Management, Problem-solving skills, and a familiarity with basic IT packages
• Training will be provided for: ASN land-based jointing, cable termination, and working in confined spaces
• Self-motivated, flexible individual, excited by the challenge of installing fibre optic cable for the world’s leading submarine telecommunications company.

This person should have trunk network/large exchange experience on big projects and not FTTP.

Applicants must have an existing right to live and work in the UK and live within a commutable distance to London or be prepared to relocate at own expense.

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