Design Engineer

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.  

Where will you be working? 

At M Group Telecom, we’re enabling and enhancing telecom networks, playing a lead role in the delivery of our tech enabled future.  

We deliver full network cycle services for fixed, private and mobile operators.  

This role is in our Mobile networks team, our team is responsible for keeping the country connected through the survey, design, installation and maintenance of private 5G networks, small cells, supporting Smart Cities & Connected infrastructure across the Group. Want to come and be a part of it?  

What will you be doing?

You’ll deliver high-quality radio design solutions for a range of clients and vendors. You’ll conduct site visits, produce site survey reports (SSRs), and interpret customer requirements to create comprehensive Design Packs and Scopes of Work (SOWs).

You’ll ensure all aspects of the design are addressed, including BTS equipment placement, cable management, antenna and dish locations, rigging, earthing, safety systems, power supply (AC/DC), lightning protection, internal layouts, tower designs, civil works, and health and safety compliance with relevant authorities.

You’ll generate General Arrangement (GA) drawings for planning consent and create detailed design drawings that support cost-effective builds and Bill of Materials (BOM) production. Working closely with clients’ delivery teams, you’ll secure design approvals and resolve complex site-specific challenges.

You’ll provide technical guidance, mentor junior staff, and produce essential documentation such as survey reports, risk assessments, CAD briefs, and detailed design packs.

What you’ll bring

We’re looking for a experienced Design Engineer with at least three years’ experience leading wireless base station design projects, backed by proven references. You’ll confidently interpret client requirements for base station design and upgrades, and be familiar with all major UK wireless network operator site types. Expertise across multiple vendors (Ericsson, Huawei, Nokia, NEC, SIEA) and a deep understanding of ICNIRP and Health & Safety standards is essential. Ideally, you’ll have experience with structural challenges in telecom site upgrades. Advanced skills in AutoCAD, Microsoft Office, Google Earth/Maps, and Outlook are a must for this role.

What’s in it for you?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;  

• Matched or contributory pension scheme  

• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year    

• Employee assistance programme 

• My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts   

• Life assurance  

• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes  

• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave 

• Reward and recognition scheme  
• Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us! 

In addition, this role offers;

• Company car (or allowance) and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from  

• My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme   

• Discretionary bonus scheme  

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays   
  
• Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more
• Overtime/standby/callout

About us 

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.  

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours. 

• We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet 

• We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations 

• We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts 

• We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life 

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development. 

It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group. 

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