Equipment Engineer
- Southfield, MI, United States
- Full-Time Technology
- Job # 504658
- Date posted - 2019-02-08
What you’ll be doing...
Cell sites are pretty important to support our most reliable and fastest network. That’s where you come in. You’ll work with cellular engineering and operations to ensure that the equipment required for cell site projects is available when it’s needed and complete. When a project needs to be completed, you will determine equipment needs and order and integrate a wide range of equipment like antennas, power systems, and fiber optic cable. You’ll work closely with other Network teams such as RF Design, Operations, Real Estate, Construction, Facilities and System Performance to implement new technologies and services and meet project milestones.
Responsibilities:
- Determining the equipment needs for cell sites based on engineering plans and project outlines.
- Coordinating the ordering and integration process to provide complete equipment sets for projects.
- Managing supplier relationships to meet targeted network milestones and turn-up dates.
- Attending project update meetings to present status updates.
- Following appropriate methods and procedures for equipment tracking and inventory control.
- Develop, engineer, order and implement equipment requirements necessary to integrate cell site equipment and peripherals. This includes, but is not limited to: engineering DC power systems, batteries, Ericsson (Nortel) CDMA BTS, Ericsson 4G LTE, 5G, towers, tower re-analysis, RET antennas, telecom interconnect equipment and other items that may be defined in the future. Work with and administer the RFQ, Xpress and Quick Bidding, Purchase Orders and equipment ordering and receiving processes, CATS along with developing Work Orders, Scope of Work (SOW) and Method of Procedures (MOP) for each project. Provide assistance necessary to support the accounts payable function. Proficiency in Microsoft applications, AutoCad, PeopleSoft, Workflow tools and internal Environmental databases.
- Work closely with all engineering groups within the Network team including RF design, real estate, construction, operations, inventory control, transport and system performance.
- Work closely with vendors to integrate the equipment within a timely schedule and in a cost effective manner. Initiate and coordinate the investigation, test and evaluation of new and more effective equipment. Provide input for budget and implementation of regional and area planning. Project management of new technologies and services. Work both independently and well within the team. Develop methods/procedures for equipment tracking and Cell Site equipment design layout.
- Work/interact closely with the engineer providing fiber facilities circuit design. Develop and maintain a relationship with the Area Planning team.
- Work in creating team environment with coworkers, vendors and customers. Assist the manager of project implementation in developing reports and projections.
What we’re looking for...
You enjoy the challenge of orchestrating a lot of moving parts to deliver a solution for your team. Sharing information inside and outside the company and influencing people to meet your timeline comes naturally to you. You’re interested in new technologies and services in the area of cell site engineering and keep up with changing technology. Working independently is as comfortable for you as being part of a team.
You’ll need to have:
- Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
- Three or more years of relevant work experience.
Even better if you have:
- A degree in Engineering.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office and Project.
- Three or more years of experience in the cellular or telecommunications industry.
- Strong analytic, interpersonal, and communication skills.
- Excellent troubleshooting skills.
- Decision making skills (making appropriate use of available information and data; making sound decisions with minimal support from Manager; and being responsible for specific projects or definable portions of larger projects or processes).
- Leadership skills - commitment to excellence, demonstrating company values and policies, initiating action, accepting responsibility for results, and making quality decisions.
- Ability to be flexible in attempting alternate solutions to resolve issues, and seamlessly adjusting to a dynamic, changing business environment.
- Strong organizational and project planning skills.
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely; listen attentively; integrating large volumes of information from multiple sources.
- Knowledge of DC power systems used in the telecommunications environment.
- Knowledge of cellular network architecture.
- Knowledge of Alcatel Lucent base station equipment, CATS/FULCRUM, MapInfo and PeopleSoft.
When you join Verizon...
You’ll be doing work that matters alongside other talented people, transforming the way people, businesses and things connect with each other. Beyond powering America’s fastest and most reliable network, we’re leading the way in broadband, cloud and security solutions, Internet of Things and innovating in areas such as, video entertainment. Of course, we will offer you great pay and benefits, but we’re about more than that. Verizon is a place where you can craft your own path to greatness. Whether you think in code, words, pictures or numbers, find your future at Verizon.
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