EY Submarine Fibre Cable Engineer Consultant - Telecommunications 

Australia, Victoria, Melbourne 

670311063

We bring together extraordinary people like you to build a better working world.

By joining our Infrastructure Advisory team as Senior Consultant, or Manager focusing on telecommunications, you’ll play an important leadership role working with clients from all levels of government and within the private sector on projects that serve our communities and have meaningful impacts on our society. Our projects span strategic planning and business case development, policy and regulatory development within terrestrial fibre and wireless domains, satellites and submarine fibre cables.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct technical analysis for expanding national and international fibre backbones to guide project design for policy and regulatory reform.
• Collaborate with submarine fibre cable experts to convert engineering best practices into policy and regulatory guidelines.
• Perform technical business planning for FTTx, fixed wireless access, and LEO satellite connectivity to advise national policymakers and regulators.
• Consult with country operators, utilities, and infrastructure owners on infrastructure sharing to reduce network expansion costs and improve network quality.
• Engage with Australian Government stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain financial and economic models to analyse complex projects.
• Create and apply frameworks for assessing value for money, economic, and financial impacts.
• Develop and implement frameworks to evaluate policy options, regulatory impacts, and advise on regulatory compliance.
• Produce clear, well-written reports and presentations to help clients understand complex issues.

What we’re looking for

Here’s our ‘wish list’, but don’t worry if you don’t tick all the boxes.

• 3 to 7 years of experience in network, radio frequency planning or submarine fibre cable design, and procurement within a relevant technology organization, or a similar role focused on network and technology economics (e.g., commercial strategy, ACMA, ACCC).
• Knowledge of key regulatory, commercial, and financial issues related to market structure, wholesale services, infrastructure access, enabling markets (e.g., Data Centres), and emerging technologies (e.g., quantum computing).
• Knowledge or experience applying telecommunication standards to Industry 4.0, utility automation (e.g., smart grids, ports, rail), and vehicle automation.
• Overseas market experience in the Indo-Pacific region desirable but not a requirement.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, high presentation standards, strategic thinking in problem-solving, and a proven track record of insightful, data-driven quantitative analysis.
• Self-starter and the ability to take on a managing role for a range of different sized projects.
• Strong interpersonal effective communication skills to support client engagement.
• A proactive, supportive, and respectful team approach, with the ability to function under pressure and seek help when needed.
• Commitment to a positive team culture and enthusiasm for working in a flexible and diverse team environment.

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Apply now… we’re over 9,000 perspectives in Australia and we’re ready to welcome yours.

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Our preferred applicant will be required to undertake employment screening by EY or our external third-party provider.

Important Notice: End of Year Office Closure

• Australia, Fiji, and PNG: Offices will be closed from 20 December 2024 to 3 January 2025 inclusive.
• New Zealand: Offices will be closed from 23 December 2024 to 10 January 2025 inclusive.

We appreciate your understanding and patience during this time. We look forward to reviewing your application and will get back to you as soon as possible once our offices reopen.