Telecoms Engineer

JOB-10047551

Anticipated Start Date

September 21, 2026

Location

Houston, TX

Type of Employment

Contract-to-Hire

Employer Info

Our client is a global provider of differentiated professional services and technologies across the asset and program life cycle within the Government Services and Hydrocarbons sectors. 

Job Summary

The Telecoms Engineer will lead the development and delivery of telecommunications, IT, and cybersecurity scopes and designs for medium, large, and world-scale oil and gas, refining, and petrochemical projects. This role will coordinate with customers, suppliers, contractors, and multidisciplinary teams while providing technical guidance and engineering solutions for complex, fault-resilient telecommunications networks and systems.

Job Description

• Lead the definition of the telecommunications and IT scope, from early conceptual through detail design, for medium, large and world-scale oil and gas, refining, and petrochemical projects.
• Present to and coordinate with customers on telecommunication strategy.
• Develop telecommunication program strategy through all phases of the stage gate process
• Direct critical activities requiring knowledge and expertise in telecommunications, IT, and cyber security
• Direct the efforts of equipment suppliers and third-party design engineering and construction contractors
• Develop conceptual scopes and write specifications and requirements for telecommunications/IT/cyber security projects
• Prepare accurate and complete designs and calculations as required to meet project requirements.
• Conduct field investigations when needed; produce field reports with detailed sketches.
• Coordinate with other disciplines and assist engineers and/or designers to ensure an effective, quality product.
• Keep up to date on new engineering processes, techniques, and standards.
• Provide technical guidance to the design team.
• Engineer multi-vendor solutions that are fault resilient with integrations that span vendor platforms.

Skills Required

• 15 years related work experience
• Total Minimum 10 years of experience in industry
• Experience and working knowledge related to the design, configuration, installation, and testing in all or most of the following systems: closed circuit television (CCTV), personnel access control, perimeter intrusion detection, public address/general alarm (PA/GA), wired and wireless network systems, telephony, digital radio, marine, microwave systems.
• Knowledge of cyber security implementation methods.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to present, design, plan, and to build relationships with customers
• Experience computer aided drawing package is a plus
• Experience developing specifications, system design, and component selection
• Industry experience in oil and gas, refining and petrochemical facilities
• Experience leading initiatives and managing suppliers
• Knowledge of Instrument calculation computer applications.
• Experience working with other disciplines and understanding their interface requirements.
• Construction support experience a plus
• Knowledge of NEC, IEC , ISA, & IEEE standards, methods and practices.
• Management of virtualization technology
• Deployment and operation of servers, network devices, and/or storage arrays
• Architect telecom networks and solutions, at multiple hierarchical levels
• Documentation of network configurations, traffic formats and associated theory of operations
• Network equipment and configuring related protocol layers including high-capacity transport (e.g., DWDM), multi-layered traffic (IP, Ethernet/VLAN, MPLS) and edge routing/switching
• Network capture/recording, analysis and replay, including both LAN packets and broadband bitstreams
• Crafting of network traffic (protocol layers and content)
• Implementation and troubleshooting long-haul telecommunication links
• Must have relevant industry experience in downstream/chemical/Petrochem/LNG large scale industrial projects 

Education/Training/Certifications

• 4 year Bachelor's Degree