Design Specialist II

Join our team and what we'll accomplish together

The Inside Plant Engineering team is a high-performing group of individuals who collectively make TELUS one of the leading telecommunications companies in Canada. The team is responsible for all Central Office based equipment designs for the TELUS core network and is the gatekeeper of the TELUS Central Office inventory.

As a Design Specialist II in Inside Plant Engineering you will work as an integral member of the leadership team. You are passionate about being strategic. You are excited to seek opportunities to streamline, automate and transform our tools and processes. Your creativity and innovative thinking knows no boundaries. Your daily mission will be to facilitate the creation of timely, accurate and cost effective outputs for our partners in the build process, while searching for ways to further enhance and optimize our business with a continuous improvement mindset.

What you'll do

• Contribute to crafting strategic direction to high performing technical resources completing Inside Plant Engineering tasks
• Operate under the mentorship of senior and peer engineers to advance your career and expand your scope of practice; including progression towards Professional Engineer status
• Participate in manpower decisions and lead the allocation of resources within the team to accomplish our goals
• Assist in compiling an accurate and authoritative repository of documentation and job aids for Inside Plant Engineering
• Deliver on our efforts to establish world class records to the highest degree of detail and accuracy
• Collaborate with our key stakeholders to ensure successful outcomes on all TELUS Central Office based projects
• Collaborate and mentor team members and provide effective training to the team and our stakeholders as needed
• Liaise with internal customers to determine their needs. Negotiate the delivery and methodology for all teams to succeed
• Leverage your Dev-Ops skills to help strengthen Dev-Ops practice within TELUS

What you bring

• Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
• 2 to 5 of years of experience as a physical network design engineer or team leader, preferably in a DevOps or agile environment, with expertise in networking equipment, power and physical infrastructure
• Prior experience and affinity with programming, scripting, RPA, APIs and/or AI
• Familiarity with low code platforms such as JIRA and Appian
• Desire to expand your leadership capabilities and be an integral part of team decision making
• Ability to prioritize and multitask in a fast paced, deadline driven environment and adapt to changing priority schedules
• Ownership mindset with result driven passion
• Creative thinking and problem solving abilities
• Dynamic mentorship and collaboration approach

Great-to-haves

• Experience with network & inventory tools such as NetCracker, SAP, MicroStation and Meridian
• Previous physical network installation experience as asset
• Prior participation in the planning, material ordering, design and deployment of network equipment in a telecommunications or data center environment