Telecommunications Field Engineer
Visa sponsorship
Engineering · Brisbane, QLD, Australia · Full-Time · $85,000 - $100,000/yr · Visa: Employer sponsored
Do you hold rigging tickets and understand RF? An Australian-owned telecoms contractor north of Brisbane wants a Telecommunications Field Engineer to take charge of integration, commissioning and carrier acceptance on greenfield and brownfield sites nationwide. Its customers are prime contractors and carriers, and two delivery teams led by directors run the work.
The post is hands-on and technical, in direct full-time employment (not labour hire), ANZSCO 313212, with travel to remote and metro locations. Structural know-how and Tx experience round out the skills sought.
The employer is an approved Standard Business Sponsor under the Subclass 482 Skills in Demand programme, so suitably qualified overseas candidates on eligible visas may be considered; Australian citizens, permanent residents and other Australians come first.
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Key Responsibilities
- Take telco sites through integration, commissioning and carrier acceptance, writing the acceptance packs to the carrier's standard, and fit and commission antennas, RUs, feeders, microwave dishes and outdoor cabinets
- Help the rigging crew with structural works (extensions, face frames, upgrades) where needed
- Work safely to the HSE system (SWMS, permits, exclusion zones, rescue plans) and mobilise around the country
Requirements & Eligibility
- Experience as a telco Field Engineer, proven: RF and Tx integration, commissioning and carrier acceptance packs
- A Rigging ticket (Advanced or Intermediate)
- Current EWP, Working at Heights and First Aid
- Structural steelwork experience on telco towers
- Ready to travel to remote sites and mobilise at short notice, with an open QLD driver's licence; MR/HR and other tickets are beneficial
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