ITS Communications/Telecommunications Engineer

Parsons Corporation

OPPORTUNITY: TELECOM ENGINEER

Parsons is seeking an exceptionally talented Telecom Engineer to join our team on complex and mission critical infrastructure construction supervision programs. In this role, you will support the Resident Engineer across all administrative, technical, and operational aspects of telecommunications systems, ensuring end to end delivery from verification of contractor s design and specification compliance through supervising proper installation, testing, integration, and final handover to the client.

You will play a key role in supervising construction fiber optic networks, transmission systems, active and passive telecom infrastructure, data, voice, and video networks, power systems, and associated civil works, ensuring full compliance with contract documents, authority requirements, and international standards.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Support and supervise telecommunications design input, specification interpretation, installation, testing, and system integration across major infrastructure projects.

• Review and recommend approval of FSDDs, shop drawings, material submittals, method statements, and test plans.

• Coordinate installation of fiber optic networks, ducts, handholes, cabinets, telecom rooms, active equipment, and power systems.

• Conduct routine site inspections to verify quality, safety, and compliance.

• Witness FAT, SAT, OTDR testing, power and performance testing, and system integration testing.

• Manage punch lists and support commissioning and handover.

• Maintain approvals, correspondence, change records, and photographic documentation.

• Support variation orders and change claims evaluation.

• Review as built drawings, O&M manuals, and final documentation.

• Supervise telecom system deployment, testing, and integration.

• Review and approve telecom integration and test plans.

• Review and recommend FSDDs for approval.

• Ensure contractor compliance with contract documents.

• Inspect materials, splicing works, terminations, and labeling.

• Coordinate with civil, electrical, ITS, and other contractors.

• Review and approve shop drawings and network diagrams.

• Monitor site safety and ensure corrective actions.

• Attend telecom meetings and prepare minutes and correspondence.

• Maintain photographic documentation.

• Conduct final inspections and validate punch list closure.

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Bachelor s Degree in Telecommunications, Electrical, Electronics & Communications, Computer Engineering, or related field.

• Minimum 7 years of telecom engineering experience on infrastructure projects.

• Strong knowledge of fiber optic networks (OSP/ISP), DWDM, SDH, IP/MPLS.

• Experience with structured cabling, data, voice, and video networks.

• Proficiency in fiber routing, splicing, and OTDR analysis.

• Knowledge of active network equipment (routers, switches, firewalls).

• Understanding of telecom power systems and grounding.

• Familiarity with local authority standards and approval processes.

• Knowledge of network architecture and cybersecurity fundamentals.

• Ability to interpret civil, electrical, and telecom drawings.

• Ability to conduct comprehensive studies and analyses of existing communication networks, encompassing both active and passive infrastructure, to identify integration points and potential upgrades.

• Proficiency with CAD and network documentation tools.

• Knowledge of IP networking, VLANs, QoS, SNMP, and cabling standards.

• Strong coordination, communication, and documentation skills.

• Familiarity with Linux and Windows environments.

• CCNA, CCIE, RCDD, CompTIA+ or equivalent certification is highly desirable.