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What this job is
A telecommunications field engineer installs, maintains, and repairs telecommunications infrastructure and customer equipment at outdoor and indoor sites across Australia. They diagnose network faults using test equipment, perform preventive maintenance on copper and fibre-optic cabling systems, and ensure compliance with Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) regulations and workplace safety standards.
Pay
A$2,286 a week
This is the median for full-time employees who are not managers and are paid at the adult rate, before tax and salary sacrifice. It is a guide to what the work pays, not a wage rate.
Source: ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025, customised report.
What this role asks for
- Attention to Detailcore
- Incident Reportingcore
- Policy and Procedure Adherencecore
- Problem Solvingcore
- Process Documentationcore
- Quality Assurance and Checkingcore
- Regulatory and Legislative Awarenesscore
- Report Writingcore
- Risk Identificationcore
- SLA and KPI Adherencecore
- Stakeholder Communicationcore
- Team Collaborationcore
- Time Management and Prioritisationcore
- Verbal Communicationcore
- Written Communicationcore
- ABAP
- Active Listening
- Adaptability and Flexibility
- Calibrate electronic instruments
- Cisco
- CoffeeScript
- Continuous Learning and Upskilling
- Digital Literacy
- Escalation Management
- Microsoft Office Suite Proficiency
- Process Improvement Identification
- Record Management
- Research and Analysis
- Workload Self-Management