Are you looking for an awesome place to work, where you can proudly be your authentic self, and be part of #oneteam?
We are looking for a passionate team player who aligns with our values and culture, takes pride in their unique contributions, and can challenge the status quo with disruptive thinking. If this sounds like you, come and join us!
The Opportunity
The Fibre Network Design Estimator is responsible and accountable for supporting the planning, design and cost estimation of fibre network builds across the Vocus network. The role combines strong GIS analytical capability with fibre network design principles to accurately evaluate route options, validate spatial data, prepare design artefacts,
and generate cost estimates for new connections, upgrades and relocations.
This position is technical and detail oriented, with no formal leadership responsibility, but requires effective collaboration with fibre designers, planners, engineers, and project managers and reports to Manager of Fibre Network Design Analytics.
What You’ll Be Doing
Geospatial & Data Analysis
- Evaluate, analyse and integrate geospatial datasets, including telecommunications network infrastructure, cadastral data, and satellite imagery to support design decisions.
- Digitise and validate optical fibre routes in GIS, ensuring accuracy and alignment with legacy spatial repositories.
- Produce maps, reports, charts, and spatial visualisations using GIS software and spatial analysis methodologies and generate custom GIS-based reports to support design estimates and project scoping.
Fibre Design Support & Estimation
- Prepare pre-sales fibre designs and develop cost estimates for connection requests, bids, and customer proposals.
- Support fibre planners and designers by providing accurate interpretation of spatial data, constraints, and route options and assist in planning and designing fibre paths for new connections, capacity upgrades, relocations, network extensions, and data centre migrations.
- Contribute to splice schedule preparation and record updates as required by design activities.
- Ensure designs comply with Safety in Design principles and Fibre Engineering standards.
Network Planning & Records
- Maintain and update fibre network records, spatial layers, and associated datasets.
- Assist in monitoring network capacity and identifying upgrade or re arrangement needs.
- Integrate newly collected field or contractor-provided spatial data into GIS systems.
Technical Support & Stakeholder Engagement
- Provide expert user support in GIS layer manipulation, spatial queries, and analysis.
- Troubleshoot GIS, mapping, and data issues, escalating where necessary.
- Collaborate with engineers, fibre designers, planners, and project teams to support accurate and feasible design
outcomes.
- Communicate clearly with internal customers, stakeholders, and contractors as required.
Systems, Tools & Continuous Improvement
- Support the development or enhancement of GIS tools, scripts, and applications relevant to fibre design and estimation.
- Contribute ideas for improving network design workflows, systems, and processes.
- Follow organisational WHSE and Risk Management requirements and report hazards or risks.
- Ensure to meet KPI and SLAs for this role
- Other ad hoc duties as assigned to meet business objectives and organization strategy.
What You’ll Bring
- 3+ years’ experience in telecommunications, fibre design, construction, GIS analysis, or a related technical discipline.
- Proven experience producing fibre design drawings, cost estimates, or route assessments.
- Understanding Data Centre cabling architecture, and fibre network infrastructure is advantageous.
- Exposure to web development (JavaScript, React, Angular, Node.js) is advantageous.
- Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications or GIS or related discipline
Technical & Professional Capabilities
- GIS Fundamentals & Fibre Network Context: Proficient
- GIS Platform Proficiency (Data Capture, Editing & Visualisation): Proficient
- Spatial Data Quality Assurance & Standards Compliance: Proficient
- Spatial data integration, analysis, and validation of workflows: Proficient
- Python scripting experience within a geospatial context: Working
- Understanding fibre network infrastructure, routing, and design considerations: Proficient
- MS Office, particularly Excel: Proficient
- Technical Documentation & Work Instruction Development: Proficient
- Stakeholder Communication & Collaboration: Proficient
Key Attributes
- High attention to detail and strong analytical capability.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
- Strong customer service orientation when supporting internal stakeholders.
What We Offer
Working at Vocus will give you rewarding experiences and the opportunity to do extraordinary work. You will enjoy:
- Diverse and dynamic teams with a supportive and inclusive culture.
- Supportive career development plans with comprehensive ongoing training, support, and development opportunities.
- Flexible hours and a hybrid working environment
- Generous discounts on power, gas, mobile and internet; plus, discounts to over 400 retailers.
- Competitive leave options, including anniversary leave, purchased leave, parental leave, volunteering leave, study leave, and 5 extra days of Vocus leave each year, plus more.
- Study assistance programs to excel your personal growth, learning and development.
- Health and wellness offerings, including access to our wellbeing initiatives that can help you from a financial, psychological, and physical perspective.
Working at Vocus is never just a job – it’s personal. We’re crazy about our customers and believe our people are the difference. Our wonderfully diverse team and a vibrant culture define us. We care about the impact we have on our people, our customers, and our communities and are committed to operating as a responsible, ethical business.
We pride ourselves on setting audacious and ambitious goals and believe that we can play our part in changing the Australian telecommunications landscape and make a fundamental difference to people’s lives.
With us, you’ll have the opportunity to lead and inspire teams, work on projects that are shaping the future of telecommunications and become part of a culture that thrives on creativity, encourages new ideas, and provides a collaborative and inclusive environment.
About Us
As Australia’s specialist fibre and network solutions provider, we own and operate 25,000km of secure, high-capacity fibre connecting people, businesses, governments, and communities across Australia to the world. Through our well-known retail brands, we deliver simple and affordable broadband, mobile, voice and energy services with the purpose of Building Critical Connections. Enabling Better Possibilities.
Ready to take the next step?
If you like the sound of this role and think you’d do a great job, but are worried you don’t tick every box, we encourage you to back yourself – we know that diverse groups are less-likely to apply for roles they’re not 100% qualified for, but just as likely to succeed at them!
We are a proud equal opportunity employer committed to providing a safe, diverse, and inclusive working environment where all our team members feel like they belong. We know diversity makes us stronger and we encourage applications irrespective of background, age, origin, gender, sexual orientation, identity, or ability.
If you feel comfortable, please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements upon application, so we can make any adjustments required to support you throughout our recruitment process.
