Plans, designs, and monitors complex telecommunications networks and associated broadcasting equipment.

Designs, builds, configures and commissions devices, networks and systems and ensures systems interconnect with equipment from different manufacturers, service providers and users; compiles engineering project proposals to define goals, identifies scope, background and need, and ascertains cost of the project; evaluates and procures new products and services; ensures compliance with laws, regulations, policies and procedures in the provision of systems; develops new sites by locating sites, filing, drawing up, and drafting drawings, and following through to approval; determines appropriate configurations of hardware and software, ensuring desired performance of equipment; prepares and interprets specifications, drawings and regulations for the use of equipment; determines the type and arrangement of circuits, transformers, circuit-breakers, transmission lines and equipment; identifies and analyses problems and needs of existing systems, to determine the most appropriate means of correcting current and future problems and improve communications; monitors systems; assesses performance levels of system hardware and software to project future needs, and develops short and long-terms plans for updating equipment, adding capabilities, enhancing existing systems and providing improved telecommunications.

• Works indoors in offices, meeting rooms and engineering assembly areas.
• Outdoor work is unlikely to be required.
• Works in adequately lit, heated, ventilated and clean, well maintained workspaces.

• Sedentary to light physical demand.
• Frequently sits in offices at a desk, in meetings, work benches and at a computer workstation. Stands and walks around the office and the wider workspace to consult others, when procuring item from vendors, undertaking research and assessing performance level of equipment.
• There is an occasional requirement for lifting, carrying or pulling, most likely within a sedentary range. Bending, squatting, crouching stretching, twisting and climbing may be required occasionally when assessing communication systems.
• Constant to frequent repetitive hand and finger movements are required when using hand tools and equipment including screwdrivers, drawing and writing instruments, calculators and computers.
• Occasional driving of vehicles to attend meetings, visit vendors and clients.
• Mental skills include a high level of cognitive functioning with analytical, computing, report writing, communication, interpersonal, planning, organisational, problem solving, critical thinking and decision-making capabilities and a working knowledge of network administration, software installation, repair tools and design.

A relevant tertiary qualification or at least five years applicable experience (ANZSCO Skill Level 1). In some instances particular experience and/or on-the-job training may be required.

There are opportunities for flexibility of movement.