Network Design Specialist

Job Summary

Under minimal direction, undertake a full range of complex and specialised technical microwave transport design functions to ensure projects are delivered to desired outcomes. Provide high level specialist technical expertise, advice, and system and process support to staff engaged in design functions. Strong communication, collaboration and problem-solving skills are core to your role, in addition to having a passion for continuous learning, development, and a willingness to work within a dynamic team.

What We Offer

• Performance-related pay
• Access to thousands of learning programs so you can level-up
• Global presence across 22 countries; opportunities to work where we do business.
• Purchased annual leave scheme
• Additional Telstra day off
• Additional 30% off Telstra products and services
• Toolkit provided (laptop + mobile phone + plan paid for)

What You'll Be Doing

As part of a team and under minimal direction:

• Lead land access assessments for telecommunications projects.
• Determine applicable compliance pathways for Above-The-Line (ATL) and Below-The-Line (BTL) activities.
• Manage Land Access Activity Notices (LAANs), alternate agreements, permits, and access approvals.
• Conduct or coordinate environmental, heritage, native title, and cultural assessments.
• Perform environmental searches covering flora, fauna, waterways, soil, waste, biosecurity, and heritage considerations.
• Ensure compliance with the Telecommunications Act 1997, environmental legislation, heritage requirements, and internal governance processes.
• Maintain compliance records, project artefacts, and audit evidence within approved systems.
• Provide advice to planners, designers, delivery partners, and project managers on land access risks and obligations
• Manage stakeholder engagement with landowners, Indigenous groups, government agencies, councils, and regulatory bodies.
• Support project delivery while minimizing environmental and cultural heritage

Key Technical Skills & Expertise

General

Land access, property, environmental management, town planning, or infrastructure deployment experience. Regulatory interpretation Heritage and Native title awareness Expertise in Project Governance Knowledge of telecommunications network deployment. Understanding of environmental and heritage legislation. Experience managing approvals, permits, easements, leases, or access agreements. Strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills.

Health Safety and Environment (HSE)

You take accountability for the health, safety and environmental performance within your area of accountability and role model the safe and responsible behaviours expected of our employees, contractors and suppliers.

Strategic Influencing

You use your skills in collaboration, critical thinking, and problem solving to help achieve Telstra’s goals. You are able to contribute solutions within the team to unblock risks and issues as well as look for opportunities for improvement in process and ways of working.

Stakeholder Management

You are capable of working with multiple Internal Business Units, Contractors, Suppliers and Regulatory Authorities to achieve the best cost and best practice for ongoing network deployment.

Communication

You have highly developed interpersonal, written and oral communication skills including the ability to lead, negotiate, influence and work collaboratively with others to make effective decisions that benefit the business. You use your facilitation skills to engage and include all team members and encourage a collaborative approach to completing tasks

Collaboration

You don’t just understand working in a team, you are a clear communicator that wants to use your skills to ensure you share knowledge and assist the team around you.

What You'll Bring

Essential

• Extensive previous experience in point to point microwave radio design.
• Ability to interpret High Level Planning & Design Briefs.
• Strong interpersonal skills that allow you to develop relationships with internal and external stakeholders to achieve required outcomes
• Attention to detail, ability to work across multiple initiatives and prioritise work independently.
• A high level of oral and written communication skills with an ability to effectively communicate with all levels of business.

Desirable Qualifications

• Engineering qualifications.
• Previous radio (RF) related experience in the telecommunications industry.
• Knowledge of the Telecommunications Act (Cth) 1997.

Why Join This Team

As part of the National Microwave Planning & Design team, you'll work on complex and large-scale network projects that combine advanced microwave engineering, infrastructure deployment, regulatory compliance, and stakeholder engagement.

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We strongly encourage women and gender-diverse people to apply and are happy to discuss flexible working arrangements or adjustments to the recruitment process.