Site Survey Engineer

Rightech Temp•Edison, NJ

21h

About The Position

Temp Rightech , a leading nationwide low voltage telecommunications, and electrical staffing firm, is seeking the following; Job Title - Site Survey Engineer Location - NYC/N J Duration - On-Going to permanant Rate - DOE Job Description This is a first level position performing the role as a site survey engineer. The engineer in this position provides the detail engineer with information required to successfully engineer a job in its entirety, as well as to provide the installation department with the up front knowledge required to perform a successful installation. The Site Survey Engineer will have to also be prepared to perform detail engineering duties from time to time and have extensive experience working directly for the same EFI Services customer base. Qualifications: High School diploma is necessary. Some college or technical school a plus. At least 7-10 years of installation experience or equivalent field engineering experience. An understanding of various software packages including MS Word, spreadsheet/database programs such as MS Excel, MS Access The ability to quickly learn customer requirements and methods. Must be able to handle multiple tasks and priorities and must be able to consistently work under and meet strict deadlines. Must possess good verbal and written communication skills. Responsibilities: Schedule, perform, and write-up site surveys and audits Create and present site survey and audit data, be able to think through information and quickly put together a survey/audit with little guidance. Regularly interface with customer representatives (field engineers, vendor managers, CO Foremen). Should be able to solve customer problems/issues with limited guidance Interface with “internal customers” such as detail engineers, installation supervisors, lead installers, and installation techs. Guides detail engineer through surveys and situations which were of concern to the customer Fully understand format and structure of an engineering specification. Working knowledge of equipment drawings, T-BASD drawings, and material and spec sheets. Also has ability to seek out information not readily available Often will initiate site visits and site surveys. Visit sites when necessary to solve problems or perform Must have an understanding of customer quality documents such as Installation Practices, Engineering Practices, CORE documents, etc… take site survey data and transfer information into customer drawings and databases such as Vendorlink, CCP, COAR, and VENUe apply knowledge of telecommunications equipment to building material lists for quoting jobs exposure to drafting and updating customer drawings using drafting programs such as Myriad, VISIO, and AUTOCAD Engineering/ Skills and Reasoning Ability: Ability to logically think through the process of telecommunication installation and engineering. Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical specifications in order to translate such information into a detailed engineering survey. Ability to apply principles of logic to a wide range of intellectual, technical, and practical problems. Ability to use common engineering tools effectively such as a tape measure, calculator, power lead calculator, etc. Ability to interpret information from documents such as the customer’s Installation Practices and CORE documents and to apply the rules of those documents in a fair and objective manner.

Requirements

High School diploma is necessary. Some college or technical school a plus.
At least 7-10 years of installation experience or equivalent field engineering experience.
An understanding of various software packages including MS Word, spreadsheet/database programs such as MS Excel, MS Access
The ability to quickly learn customer requirements and methods.
Must be able to handle multiple tasks and priorities and must be able to consistently work under and meet strict deadlines.
Must possess good verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to logically think through the process of telecommunication installation and engineering.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical specifications in order to translate such information into a detailed engineering survey. Ability to apply principles of logic to a wide range of intellectual, technical, and practical problems.
Ability to use common engineering tools effectively such as a tape measure, calculator, power lead calculator, etc.
Ability to interpret information from documents such as the customer’s Installation Practices and CORE documents and to apply the rules of those documents in a fair and objective manner.

Responsibilities

Schedule, perform, and write-up site surveys and audits
Create and present site survey and audit data, be able to think through information and quickly put together a survey/audit with little guidance.
Regularly interface with customer representatives (field engineers, vendor managers, CO Foremen). Should be able to solve customer problems/issues with limited guidance
Interface with “internal customers” such as detail engineers, installation supervisors, lead installers, and installation techs. Guides detail engineer through surveys and situations which were of concern to the customer
Fully understand format and structure of an engineering specification.
Working knowledge of equipment drawings, T-BASD drawings, and material and spec sheets. Also has ability to seek out information not readily available
Often will initiate site visits and site surveys. Visit sites when necessary to solve problems or perform
Must have an understanding of customer quality documents such as Installation Practices, Engineering Practices, CORE documents, etc…
take site survey data and transfer information into customer drawings and databases such as Vendorlink, CCP, COAR, and VENUe
apply knowledge of telecommunications equipment to building material lists for quoting jobs
exposure to drafting and updating customer drawings using drafting programs such as Myriad, VISIO, and AUTOCAD