Immediate need for a talented Engineer with experience in the Telecom Industry. This is a 18+ Months Contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Richardson, TX. Please review the job description below. Job ID: 21-28233 Key Responsibilities: • Perform detailed equipment engineering for network augments. This includes developing all of the specifications required for installation forces to properly install, turn-up, inventory, and configure the equipment, obtaining appropriate management approvals, issuing purchase orders, creating applicable diagrams/ drawings, and ensuring vendor delivery. • Ensure that work meets all applicable engineering, financial, planning, and operational standards. • Develop Bill of Material and place orders for network equipment, rack, and hardware requirements. • Define cable requirements, create cable running lists, and order all cables. • Order all spares required based on sparing plan or directed by capacity management. • Manage, input, and update central Network Inventory Database (i.e. ICON, Nautilus, CoFEE) to reflect new builds, adds, and decommissions. Bachelor's degree in engineering, networking, computer, telecommunications or equivalent job-related experience, 5-6 years progressive, technical experience required. Experience in Engineering and/or Installation and Testing in one (or more) of the following Transport technologies: • Ciena, Nortel, Fujitsu, Cisco, Alcatel-Client SONET and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) equipment platforms is essential. • Experience in PON, NGPON2, Telecommunication and FTTP is a plus. • Experience using Microsoft Office Suites and drawing complex system diagrams using CAD-based software is preferred. • Former client Inside Plant Engineers with ICON experience preferred. Key Requirements and Technology Experience: • Teamwork: Candidate must be able to work well with others (as a team) and individually (on your own projects) with a positive attitude. • Communication Skills: A good communication skills is required for this job. • Project Management: Candidate will be working on several projects at a time and project/ time management is required for this job. Our client is a leading Telecom Industry and we are currently interviewing fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online to for immediate consideration.