Leading Australian Mines Increase Radio Communications Workforce

The mining industry continues to see the number of advertised jobs increase as mining companies become more confident with current markets. Upgrades in Two Way Radios and wireless applications from Analogue to Digital Platforms including P25, Tetra, and Tier 3 trunked, are on the rise as mines look to become more productive through automation.

The objective of moving to digital is to improve current system architecture and configuration that offer better functionality for radio communications management and provide performance health checks to WANs, Motorola P25, Tetra and Tait Communications P25 radio systems. Not withstanding new LTE devices that are now becoming more prevalent in the Australian radio communications market. 

Today a Senior Radio Engineer must be a subject matter expert that is able to cover:

• Level 3 technical support for Motorola, Tait, Kenwood, Hytera technology;
• Management, Planning and Governance;
• The ability to Optimization and upgrade existing systems;
• Build Low Level Designs;
• Developing and maintaining RF maintenance strategies;
• Managing and critiquing designs; and
• Planning operational projects teams.

2 Way Radio communication systems and terminal technology is growing at an unprecedented pace. Senior RF Two Way Radio Engineers require the following level of experience in systems architecture, and multi-protocol environments.

• A relevant tertiary degree in Engineering (Electrical/Telecommunications/Wireless), Information Systems or related discipline
• Previous experience in managing Digital Radio Systems within the port, rail and mining environment or related technology;
• Experience in management of RF Systems and RF Communications standards.
• Motorola qualifications in P25 M2, L1, L2 and Express is preferable;
• Must have a high level of Motorola P25 knowledge;
• Experience with MCC7100 Dispatch Consoles supported in K1/K2, L1/L2, M1/M2 and M3 Cores;
• Previous experience in Analogue Base Voting Radio Systems is desirable but not essential;
• RF/Infrastructure/network management experience in IT and / or process control in a large and remote environment;
• Experience with Damm Tetra, Tait P25 is desired but not essential;
• Experience in, Analog, Digital Radio and other radio communication standards, and systems knowledge required;
• Experience with Auditing and Optimizing Radio Systems;
• Experience with solving in depth technical Motorola P25 Problems;
• Experienced with in Industry Grade RF desktop planning tools such as ICS Designer or Mentum Planet but not essential;
• Understanding of Industry Standards;
• Resource experience is desirable although not essential;
• Hands on experience with lab testing;
• Design for manufacturability experience from concept to implementation for quality, performance, and total cost;
• Preferable experience with a wide variety of analog, and RF test equipment i.e Aeroflex, Agilent, Anritsu, HP;
• Proficient with RF simulation and CAD schematic capture tools is essential (AWR , Genesys and Altium preferably);
• Ability to analyse and highlight issues without direction from leadership;
• Prior experience in Factory Acceptance Testing and compliance standards;
• An clear understanding of ACMA rules and regulations;
• Ability to conduct link budget analysis, capacity planning and coverage analysis; and
• Problem solving and understanding of root cause analysis techniques.

MiningTelecoms is an equal opportunity employer and encourages inquiries from men and women of all ages.