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About the Role
Working within the Network Planning & Design team, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality fibre network designs, cost estimates, and technical documentation. You will ensure compliance with engineering standards, Safety in Design principles, and project requirements, collaborating with stakeholders, contractors, and vendors to achieve resilient, buildable, and commercially sound network outcomes. Depending on experience, you will receive mentorship or provide technical leadership.
Responsibilities
- Design end-to-end fibre routes for new customer services, network expansions, and strategic projects.
- Develop fibre network solutions and cost estimates for accurate customer quoting and commercial decision-making.
- Monitor network capacity and utilisation to identify upgrade, augmentation, and rearrangement requirements.
- Produce and maintain high-quality design documentation, including plans, drawings, work orders, scopes of work, and as-built records.
- Apply Safety in Design principles, engineering standards, and regulatory requirements to all design activities.
- Provide technical support during network build and delivery, resolving design queries.
- Support fibre network preventative maintenance activities, including risk assessment, network audits, and remediation solutions.
- Review temporary repairs and implement long-term network restoration strategies.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives across planning, design processes, systems, data quality, and tools.
- Maintain network records and documentation for compliance with industry standards, carrier agreements, and property requirements.
- Achieve agreed KPIs, SLAs, and project delivery targets.
Requirements
- 5+ years' experience in fibre network planning, design, documentation, and delivery.
- Strong understanding of fibre network architecture, including aerial and underground network design.
- Experience producing design deliverables such as route plans, splice schedules, work orders, and GIS/CAD records.
- Knowledge of network capacity management, route optimisation, and buildability considerations.
- Experience developing cost estimates and supporting commercial decision-making.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver outcomes in a fast-paced environment.
Skills
- Fibre network planning
- Fibre network design
- Fibre network documentation
- Fibre network delivery
- Fibre network architecture
- Aerial network design
- Underground network design
- Route plans
- Splice schedules
- Work orders
- GIS records
- CAD records
- Network capacity management
- Route optimisation
- Buildability considerations
- Cost estimation
- Stakeholder engagement
- Communication
- Priority management
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Hybrid working environment
Experience Level
- 5+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Telecommunications or a related discipline
Benefits
- Supportive career development plans
- Comprehensive ongoing training, support, and development opportunities
- Flexible hours
- Hybrid working environment
- Generous discounts on power, gas, mobile and internet
- Discounts to over 400 retailers
- Competitive leave options (anniversary, purchased, parental, volunteering, study, 5 extra Vocus days)
- Study assistance programs
- Health and wellness offerings
- Access to wellbeing initiatives (financial, psychological, physical)
About the Company
- Australia’s specialist fibre and network solutions provider.
- Owns and operates 25,000km of secure, high-capacity fibre connecting people, businesses, governments, and communities across Australia.
- Delivers simple and affordable broadband, mobile, voice, and energy services.
- Purpose: Building Critical Connections. Enabling Better Possibilities.
Equal Opportunity
- Proud equal opportunity employer committed to providing a safe, diverse, and inclusive working environment.
- Encourages applications irrespective of background, age, origin, gender, sexual orientation, identity, or ability.
- Encourages candidates to apply even if they don't meet every qualification.
- Accommodations available for accessibility requirements during the recruitment process.