Sr Planning Engineer (Broomfield, CO)

Company: CenturyLink
Location: Broomfield
Posted on: September 12, 2019

Job Description:

About CenturyLink CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) is the second largest U.S. communications provider to global enterprise customers. With customers in more than 60 countries and an intense focus on the customer experience, CenturyLink strives to be the world's best networking company by solving customers' increased demand for reliable and secure connections. The company also serves as its customers' trusted partner, helping them manage increased network and IT complexity and providing managed network and cyber security solutions that help protect their business. Job Summary Responsible for evaluating and planning optimal network capacity utilization and design requirements. Ensures efficient and timely deployment or removal of equipment, meets customer demand through analyzing current network designs, port/route consumption trends, new technologies and future opportunities for augmentation. Assimilates various internal and external customer requirements, creates new network capacity solutions, assembles the required equipment augment costs and budgets and participates in the overall network augment approval and trigger process. Undertakes specific network simplification and network enablement projects. Acts as a team lead and/or leads cross functional projects. Responsible for training within the team, represents the department in activities requiring planning, participation and support and assists through delegation. Works under minimal supervision. Performs a wide spectrum of moderately difficult assignments requiring analysis, innovation, and judgement. Assumes all routine tasks for major or multiple projects and is periodically called upon to make unreviewed decisions. Has a strong internal and external network. May act as a team lead, mentor others, and handle order escalations. Job Description * Applies knowledge of the telecommunications industry, specifically related to the transport/IP layer and equipment supporting transport/IP applications (SONET, DWDM, IP, etc.) for the deployment of all telecommunication related capacity and equipment. * Applies moderate discretion to make decisions outside of guidelines on utilization of capacity/equipment within projects. * Coordinates with other groups regarding any deviation required on project. * Manages complex small, medium and large scope projects from beginning to end and ensures goals, dates, and timelines are met. * Evaluates and recommends solutions from several options that impact OPEX and capital resources. * Functions as team/project lead for internal teams with ability to coordinate project tasks and may mentor others. * Defines solutions after identification of problems on complex systems Qualifications * Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and relevant experience * 6 - 8 years of related experience * 4+ with a Master's Degree Education Masters or Equivalent Bachelors or Equivalent

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