Technical Lead Engineer in Bury

Performance Profile

• Project Coordination & Planning
  • Attend project calls and deployment meetings.
  • Interpret technical requirements and installation scope from customers.
  • Cascade requirements to internal engineers and subcontractors.
  • Liaise with PMO and deployment teams to ensure resource alignment.
• Technical Oversight
  • Validate site survey outputs (heat maps, floor plans).
  • Identify potential pitfalls and blockers before installation.
  • Ensure compliance with engineering standards and customer specifications.
• Site Engagement
  • Ensure site familiarisation.
  • Conduct occasional site visits for complex projects.
  • Perform pre-installation checks and visual walkthroughs.
• Documentation & Reporting
  • Gather engineering feedback and prepare close-out documentation.
  • Maintain technical records and ensure timely submission to customers.
• Subcontractor Liaison
  • Communicate installation plans, cable runs, antenna placements.
  • Provide technical guidance and resolve issues on-site.
  • Assist with pre-sales support including system surveys, system design, specification, and documentation.
• Design and commissioning of all aspects of PMR, DMR, telemetry radio & microwave infrastructure.
• Supporting and maintaining Motorola radio systems.
• Liaise with customers in respect of system reporting, performance, and maintenance issues.
• Prepare suitable and sufficient H&S documentation to meet customer requirements.
• Maintain standards of technical excellence within the department.
• Ensure a full understanding of products and services are cascaded through the organisation.
• Contribute to bid support and evaluation.
• Post-Sales support, including customer training.
• Support and coach other members of the team.
• May be required to participate on the standby rotas in the region.
• Ensure all documentation is completed and returned in a timely manner.
• Ensure that Health and Safety guidelines are adhered to at all times.
• Actively seek and exploit earning opportunities for the company.
• Any other reasonable duties and responsibilities considered appropriate by the management of the company.

Essential:

• At least 5 years' experience of the two-way radio communications industry including Motorola PMR, DMR, Tetra, Radio Telemetry or Microwave Systems.
• Knowledge, experience & understanding of IP based technologies including routing, switching and VoIP.
• Experience of Distributed Antenna Systems, both Active and Passive, VHF, UHF, Cellular.
• Detection and resolution of RF interference & intermodulation.
• Cell Enhancer utilisation, commissioning and methods of limiting RF pollution.
• 2G/3G/4G in-building coverage techniques.
• EMF testing, calculations, and measurement to ICNIRP guidelines for OFCOM compliance.
• Proven experience of project design and management.
• Competent to produce H&S documentation.
• Able to work at heights and in confined spaces.
• Able to work under own initiative to deadlines.
• Able to work away from home.
• Ability to work as part of the existing team, also display high degree of autonomy.
• Willing to undergo security assessment/vetting.
• Good written and verbal communications skills.
• Ensure a right first-time approach is mandated in the department.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Valid UK Passport.
• Willingness to Travel in the UK and Europe.

Desirable:

• Experience of LV electrical systems installation & maintenance.
• Control & Automation/SCADA Communications protocols & networks (TCP/IP, MODBUS, Profibus, RS232).
• Trbonet / Windows Server / SQL Server proficiency.
• RF over Fibre experience, system design, and commissioning.
• Duplexer, combiner & filter design & tuning.
• Able to work to component level.
• CCNA trained.
• PASMA trained.
• HNC Electrical/Electronics or equivalent experience.
• Confined space trained.
• CSCS/EUSR/SHEA trained holding a current card.