Senior Engineer, FCC Support, Telecom Engineering, Salt Lake City, UT or Portland, OR #113885

Senior Engineer, FCC Support, Telecom Engineering

PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability and diversity, equity and inclusion.

General Purpose

Provides technical leadership, engineering design, provisioning, and support of the company's enterprise-wide private utility telecommunications OT infrastructure, including complex and business-critical engineering projects. Develops engineering studies, plans, specifications, calculations, evaluations, design documents, and performance assessments associated with the planning, design, licensing, construction, operation, and maintenance of the Company's generation, transmission, distribution, telecommunication, or other utility facilities / systems. Implement technology standards, designs, policies, and practices for telecommunications enterprise systems to ensure they address company needs while following industry best practices.

This position is a subject matter expert for performing numerous technical tasks related to FCC licensing functions, including new frequency coordination and licensing, new or renewal applications (including tracking mobile radio frequency usage), assessing build-outs required to hold frequencies, tracking power line carrier frequencies / lines, responding to 3rd party transmission requests, tracking MAS master / remote radio locations, FCC database administration, FAA / FCC ASR applications, and general engineering design, configuration, and support of company's operational telecommunications systems.

Responsibilities

• Independently conduct highly complex engineering research studies and technical analyses in areas of specialized expertise not commonly available or obtainable in the competitive engineering market. Perform tasks related to FCC licensing & database administration, frequency coordinations, FAA / FCC ASR applications, mobile radio buildouts & frequencies, site agreements, MAS radio administration, property / site / frequency information requests, power line carrier management, etc.
• Develop complex engineering studies, plans, specifications, calculations, evaluations, and design documents.
• Coordinate with various engineering disciplines, project engineers / managers, and customer representatives to design telecom transport systems based on anticipated requirements.
• Design major network and communications systems. Create and update networking system diagrams, equipment diagrams, etc. and implement moderately complex provisioning of connected systems.
• Provide budget estimates for construction project requirements.
• Analyze system problems and implement solutions.
• Provide technical input during project planning development.
• Deliver on commitments, performing site visits and coordinating with field personnel when necessary to accomplish assigned work.
• Maintain project timeliness and budgets.
• Provide technical oversight and guidance to other engineering staff in the development of critical telecom solutions.
• Serve as a company expert in the discipline and provide authoritative consultation and recommendations to senior management.
• Develop detailed design specifications and prepare bid packages for external engineering services and similar contracts to support the needs of the business.
• Review, investigate and evaluate system and equipment performance, tests and analyses performed by engineering staff.
• Participate in government, industry, collegiate and other applicable associations or work groups which have the ability to influence or set policy impacting the future of our utility.
• Recommend alternative engineering solutions to senior engineers / management to meet business needs. Assist in analyzing and developing standard engineering methods, when requested.

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