How to Apply to Emitel

10 min read Last updated April 20, 2026 4 open positions
Blake Crosley
Blake Crosley Researched using publicly available information, hiring data, and ATS analysis.

Key Takeaways

  • Emitel S.A. is Poland's primary broadcast transmission operator and a critical backbone for TV, radio, mobile, and emergency communications — it is infrastructure, not media.
  • Owned by UK-listed Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (LSE: CORD) since 2021, Emitel operates with the discipline of a PE-style infrastructure asset: steady, cash-generative, and cost-aware.
  • The applicant tracking system is custom or Polish-native (likely eRecruiter). Apply in Polish, submit a PDF CV with a RODO consent clause, and do not rely on LinkedIn Easy Apply alone.
  • Field engineering, NOC, regulatory, commercial account management, and project delivery are the dominant career paths. Expect formal safety qualifications for field roles.
  • Interview culture is direct, technical, and Polish-first. Competency-based questions dominate, and quiet competence beats loud self-promotion.
  • Career growth is steady rather than explosive. If you want a long career tied to real infrastructure, Emitel is a serious option. If you want hyper-growth, look elsewhere.
  • Industry context matters: Polish telco consolidation (Cellnex Poland, Polkomtel Infrastruktura), aging tower workforce, and 5G/6G capacity demand shape the hiring priorities.
  • Compensation is competitive for Poland's telecom and infrastructure sector but anchored in local market norms, not US or Western European software salaries.

About Emitel

Emitel S.A. is Poland's dominant independent broadcast transmission infrastructure operator, headquartered in Warsaw with a national network of roughly 550 or more transmission sites (tall masts, rooftop antennas, and mountain-top facilities) that carry nearly all of the country's terrestrial television, FM and DAB+ radio, and a growing share of mobile and mission-critical wireless signals. If you have ever watched TVP, Polsat, or TVN over an aerial, listened to Polskie Radio on FM, or tuned into a DAB+ station in a Polish city, Emitel's towers are almost certainly part of the path. The company operates the country's DVB-T2 multiplexes (MUX-1 through MUX-8) following the national digital switchover from DVB-T that was completed in 2022-2023, runs 5G broadcast trials, and hosts equipment for Poland's major mobile network operators, including Orange Polska, T-Mobile Polska, Play (Iliad), and Plus (Cyfrowy Polsat). It also plays a role in public protection and disaster relief communications, including ICT-Pol 112 infrastructure and some TETRA deployments. Ownership has changed hands several times. Emitel was originally carved out of the state incumbent Telekomunikacja Polska in 2001 as TP Emitel. US infrastructure investor Alinda Capital acquired it in 2011. In 2021, UK-listed Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (LSE: CORD) bought Emitel for roughly 820 million euros, making it a cornerstone asset of Cordiant's European digital infrastructure portfolio. CEO Andrzej Kozłowski has led the company for a substantial period and reports into a Cordiant-supervised board. As a workplace, Emitel reflects its business: steady, capital-intensive, regulated, and deeply operational. This is not a high-growth SaaS company with open-plan ping pong tables. It is a utility-grade infrastructure operator where field engineers climb towers certified to IRATA or GWO standards, network operations centers run 24x7, enterprise sales teams negotiate multi-year hosting contracts with broadcasters and mobile operators, and regulatory affairs teams spend real time in front of KRRiT (Krajowa Rada Radiofonii i Telewizji) and UKE (Urząd Komunikacji Elektronicznej). Polish is the day-to-day working language. English matters more at the executive layer, for Cordiant reporting, and for investor materials. Roles trend toward engineering, operations, project management, regulatory, legal, finance, and enterprise account management. It is a good home for people who want to build long careers around real infrastructure, accept the pace and discipline of a PE-owned utility, and genuinely care whether the signal stays on the air.

Application Process

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    Find open roles on the careers section of emitel

    Find open roles on the careers section of emitel.pl (Polish site) and mirror listings on LinkedIn, Pracuj.pl, and occasionally NoFluffJobs for technical positions. Emitel's applicant tracking system as of the latest verification appears to be a custom or eRecruiter-style Polish careers portal rather than a well-known global ATS like Workday or SuccessFactors, so expect a Polish-language form.

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    Apply in Polish unless the posting is explicitly in English

    Apply in Polish unless the posting is explicitly in English. For field engineering, NOC, regulatory, and most commercial roles, Polish-language CVs are strongly preferred and often required. Executive, Cordiant-facing, or specialist roles sometimes accept English.

  3. 3
    Use the standard European CV format (chronological, one to two pages, include a

    Use the standard European CV format (chronological, one to two pages, include a professional photo only if you are comfortable doing so, Polish norms still tolerate photos but they are not required). Include the GDPR/RODO consent clause that is customary in Polish job applications.

  4. 4
    Tailor your CV to the exact job title and responsibilities listed

    Tailor your CV to the exact job title and responsibilities listed. Keyword match matters because the recruiting team screens high volumes for field technician and operations roles, and a custom or lightly configured ATS is less forgiving than a polished commercial system.

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    Attach relevant certificates directly: SEP uprawnienia (Polish electrical licens

    Attach relevant certificates directly: SEP uprawnienia (Polish electrical licenses), IRATA or GWO tower climbing certificates, radio operator licenses, Cisco/Juniper/Huawei networking certs, PMP or Prince2 for project management, and any broadcast-specific qualifications (DVB-T2, ATSC 3.0 familiarity is a bonus).

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    Expect the first touchpoint to be a recruiter phone screen in Polish covering mo

    Expect the first touchpoint to be a recruiter phone screen in Polish covering motivation, salary expectations, notice period (two weeks to three months is standard under Polish labor law depending on tenure), and basic fit.

  7. 7
    Technical interviews vary by function

    Technical interviews vary by function. Field and RF engineers get practical scenario questions about antennas, feeders, propagation, and safety. NOC roles get incident-handling scenarios. Commercial roles get case-style questions about tower hosting economics and customer negotiation.

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    Some roles include a final panel with a senior manager or director, and for lead

    Some roles include a final panel with a senior manager or director, and for leadership positions a conversation with an executive and occasionally a Cordiant representative.

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    Background checks are standard for roles touching critical infrastructure

    Background checks are standard for roles touching critical infrastructure. Expect verification of identity, education, and sometimes a criminal record certificate (Zaświadczenie o niekaralności) for security-sensitive positions.

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    Offers are typically issued as umowa o pracę (employment contract under the Poli

    Offers are typically issued as umowa o pracę (employment contract under the Polish Labor Code) for permanent roles. Contractor roles (B2B) exist, especially for specialized engineering, but permanent employment is the norm for core functions.

Resume Tips for Emitel

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Lead with concrete infrastructure experience

Lead with concrete infrastructure experience. Towers maintained, kilowatts of ERP handled, multiplexes operated, kilometers of fiber run, number of sites supported — Emitel respects specific, quantified operational ownership.

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If you have broadcast experience (TVP, Polsat, TVN, Polskie Radio, a regional st

If you have broadcast experience (TVP, Polsat, TVN, Polskie Radio, a regional station, or an equipment vendor like Rohde and Schwarz, GatesAir, Harris, or Kathrein) name it explicitly. The broadcast world in Poland is small and recruiters recognize the brands.

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For mobile tower experience, name the operators and the tower companies you have

For mobile tower experience, name the operators and the tower companies you have worked with (Cellnex Poland, Polkomtel Infrastruktura, On Tower Poland, American Tower's legacy footprint) and the technologies deployed (4G, 5G NR, small cells, DAS).

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Highlight safety certifications visibly: GWO (Global Wind Organisation) Basic Sa

Highlight safety certifications visibly: GWO (Global Wind Organisation) Basic Safety Training, IRATA rope access levels, Polish SEP E/D grades (especially SEP G1 for electrical up to and above 1 kV), working at heights medical clearance, and first aid certification.

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For NOC and IT roles, list monitoring stacks you know (Nagios, Zabbix, Prometheu

For NOC and IT roles, list monitoring stacks you know (Nagios, Zabbix, Prometheus, Grafana, SolarWinds, vendor NMS systems) and incident management frameworks (ITIL, ISO 20000, ISO 27001).

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For project and program management roles, quantify capex budgets managed, number

For project and program management roles, quantify capex budgets managed, number of sites delivered per year, and adherence to KPI-based SLAs with hosting customers.

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For commercial and legal roles, frame deals in PLN (Polish zloty) and reference

For commercial and legal roles, frame deals in PLN (Polish zloty) and reference contract structures common to tower hosting: master lease agreements, colocation orders, and escalator clauses.

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Include the RODO/GDPR consent clause at the bottom of your CV in Polish

Include the RODO/GDPR consent clause at the bottom of your CV in Polish. Without it, some Polish recruiting systems will not let the recruiter formally process your application.

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Keep formatting plain: single column, standard fonts, no complex tables, no text

Keep formatting plain: single column, standard fonts, no complex tables, no text in images. Polish applicant tracking systems and custom portals are less robust than Workday or Greenhouse and can lose structured content in fancy templates.

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Mention language levels honestly on a recognized scale (A1 to C2) for Polish, En

Mention language levels honestly on a recognized scale (A1 to C2) for Polish, English, and any additional languages. For cross-border or Cordiant-facing roles, B2 or higher English is usually required.

ATS System: Custom Polish careers portal (likely eRecruiter or bespoke, verify per posting)

Emitel's registry entry lists its applicant tracking system as 'custom', which in practice means either the widely used Polish product eRecruiter (by Grupa Pracuj) or a bespoke corporate portal integrated with their HR system. You should not assume the polished parsing behavior of global systems like Workday, Greenhouse, or SuccessFactors. Expect a Polish-language application form, manual field entry for work history, and a CV upload that is often read by a human recruiter rather than a parser with rich semantic extraction.

  • Submit your CV in PDF. Polish portals handle PDF more reliably than .docx for mixed-font documents.
  • Include a Polish RODO/GDPR consent clause at the bottom of your CV. Without it, your application may be withheld from processing under Polish data protection rules.
  • Apply in Polish unless the job posting is written in English. Recruiters prioritize Polish-language applications for Polish-based operational roles.
  • Mirror job posting keywords in your CV. Custom and lightly tuned ATS filters rely heavily on literal keyword match rather than semantic understanding.
  • Keep layout simple. Single-column, standard section headings (Doświadczenie zawodowe, Wykształcenie, Umiejętności, Certyfikaty), no embedded images or icons for skills.
  • Use the native job posting ID in any cover letter or follow-up email. Internal tracking is often by reference number rather than job title.
  • Do not rely on LinkedIn Easy Apply alone — always complete the application on the Emitel careers portal when that option is presented.
  • If the portal shows an error or times out, try a different browser (Chrome on desktop is safest) and avoid incognito mode, which can break session cookies.

Interview Culture

Emitel's interview culture reflects the company itself: serious, operationally grounded, and respectful of technical competence.

You should expect a two to four stage process depending on seniority. The recruiter-led phone screen is in Polish and focuses on fit, motivation, compensation expectations, and notice period. The second stage is usually a technical or functional interview with the hiring manager, often in person at the Warsaw headquarters or at a regional operations site, sometimes remote via Microsoft Teams. For senior or specialist roles, expect a panel with a director and occasionally an executive, and for leadership positions a conversation with a Cordiant-linked stakeholder where English fluency matters. The tone is direct rather than Silicon Valley performative. Interviewers rarely ask about your five-year vision or your passion for reinventing industries. They ask how you would restore service to a downed transmitter on a remote mountain in winter, how you would negotiate a multi-year hosting extension with a mobile network operator facing its own capex pressure, how you would manage a digital switchover project milestone, or how you would navigate a KRRiT or UKE regulatory filing. Competency-based questions are common. Behavioral questions exist but tend to be practical: a time you handled a major outage, a time you delivered a large project under budget pressure, a time you disagreed with a senior stakeholder. Polish workplace culture in infrastructure sectors values punctuality, preparation, and a measured tone. Dress business casual to business formal. Arrive or connect five to ten minutes early. Bring printed copies of your CV for in-person interviews. Salary discussions are typically direct and happen early rather than late. Expect gross monthly figures in PLN. Do not over-sell — Polish engineering culture is skeptical of self-promotion and rewards quiet competence. Follow up with a short, polite email within 24 hours. Decisions can take one to four weeks, longer for senior or cross-functional roles where Cordiant alignment is required.

What Emitel Looks For

  • Demonstrable experience with broadcast transmission, mobile tower infrastructure, or adjacent telecom and utility operations — not just adjacent IT work.
  • Polish fluency at working level for almost all operational, field, regulatory, and commercial roles, with English at B2 or higher for cross-border and executive-facing positions.
  • Formal safety and electrical qualifications for field roles: SEP E/D grades, IRATA or GWO certifications, working at heights medicals, and a clean record of safety performance.
  • Comfort with regulated environments, including interactions with KRRiT, UKE, and compliance with national and EU critical infrastructure rules.
  • Track record of delivering or operating mission-critical systems with 24x7 uptime obligations, not best-effort consumer platforms.
  • For commercial roles, credibility with Polish broadcasters, mobile network operators, and the large enterprise customer base that forms Emitel's revenue backbone.
  • For engineering and project roles, fluency with RF fundamentals, IP networking, fiber transmission, and the specific technologies Emitel operates (DVB-T2, DAB+, FM, LTE and 5G hosting, and increasingly private wireless).
  • Discipline with budget and capex processes that fit a Cordiant-owned, cash-flow-oriented PE-backed business, rather than loose startup spending habits.
  • Low drama and high ownership. Infrastructure utilities reward people who take incidents seriously, document thoroughly, and communicate cleanly across ops, commercial, and regulatory teams.
  • Long-term orientation. Emitel hires for tenure-friendly careers, not rapid hops.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Emitel hire English-speaking candidates who do not speak Polish?
Rarely for operational roles. Most positions — field engineering, NOC, regulatory, commercial, HR, finance — require working-level Polish because the day-to-day workplace, vendor ecosystem, and regulators (KRRiT, UKE) operate in Polish. Cross-border, investor-facing, and a handful of specialist roles sometimes accept candidates with strong English if they commit to learning Polish, but assume Polish is required unless the posting explicitly states otherwise.
What applicant tracking system does Emitel use?
Registry data lists Emitel's ATS as 'custom'. In practice, Polish companies of Emitel's size either build a bespoke careers portal or use eRecruiter (the dominant Polish product by Grupa Pracuj). Do not assume the polished parsing behavior of Workday or Greenhouse. Apply directly on emitel.pl when possible, submit PDFs, and keep the CV layout simple.
What is the hiring timeline from application to offer?
Typically two to six weeks. Standard operational roles move in two to four weeks: phone screen, technical interview, panel, offer. Senior and leadership roles can take six to ten weeks because of Cordiant alignment on compensation and strategic hires. Field technician roles can sometimes move faster when a region has an urgent vacancy.
Does Emitel offer remote work?
Partially. Office-based roles (corporate, legal, some commercial, IT) often support a hybrid model, typically two to three days in the Warsaw office. Field, NOC, and site-based roles are inherently on-site. Fully remote roles are rare and usually reserved for specific specialist hires with strong justification.
What is the compensation range at Emitel?
Compensation is quoted in PLN (Polish zloty) and is anchored in local market norms. Field technicians typically earn in the mid-range of Polish telecom field pay, with overtime, standby, and climbing allowances. Engineering and NOC specialists earn competitively for Warsaw-based telecom roles. Senior managers and directors are paid at parity with the Polish telecom and utility sector, not at US software scale. Expect a clear structure of base salary plus benefits rather than large equity components — Emitel employees do not typically receive Cordiant listed stock.
What are Emitel's main competitors in Poland?
On the tower hosting side, the main competitors are Cellnex Poland (which acquired Play's towers in 2020 and later Iliad's Polish towers), Polkomtel Infrastruktura (part of the Cyfrowy Polsat group), and several smaller regional tower operators such as DCT. On the broadcast side, Emitel is effectively dominant for terrestrial TV and national radio transmission in Poland, with limited direct competition.
Is Emitel unionized?
Polish labor law allows trade union representation, and major Polish telecom and broadcast employers typically have some union presence. OPZZ and Solidarność both organize in the sector. Candidates should not expect the adversarial culture of some legacy telcos, but union engagement is a normal part of the workforce landscape for field and operational staff.
What does Emitel's DVB-T2 migration mean for careers?
Poland completed its nationwide switchover from DVB-T to DVB-T2 in 2022 and 2023. Emitel runs the national multiplexes (MUX-1 through MUX-8). The migration drove a surge of project, engineering, and field work that has now stabilized. Ongoing work focuses on MUX operations, 5G broadcast trials, capacity upgrades, and content partner onboarding rather than another big switchover. Candidates should expect optimization and growth adjacent to the existing platform rather than a greenfield buildout.
How does Cordiant ownership affect day-to-day work?
Cordiant is a UK-listed infrastructure investor (LSE: CORD) with a long-term hold philosophy and a focus on cash yield and dividend discipline. Day-to-day, most Emitel employees do not interact with Cordiant directly. Senior management does, especially around capex planning, major customer contracts, regulatory strategy, and reporting cycles. The practical effect on staff is a culture of cost discipline, careful capital allocation, and an expectation that every major project has a clear business case.
What certifications help most for field engineering roles?
Polish SEP E and D grades (especially SEP G1 for electrical work up to and above 1 kV) are essential. GWO Basic Safety Training and IRATA rope access levels matter for climbing and working at heights. A valid medical clearance for working at heights is required. Vendor certifications for broadcast transmitters (Rohde and Schwarz, GatesAir), antenna systems (Kathrein, RFS), and IP networking (Cisco, Juniper) are strong differentiators.
Does Emitel sponsor work permits for candidates from outside Poland and the EU?
Occasionally, for specialist and senior roles where the Polish and EU candidate pool is thin. For standard operational and field roles, sponsorship is uncommon. Candidates from Ukraine benefit from the simplified legal framework Poland applies post-2022. Candidates from non-EU countries should expect that sponsorship is a case-by-case decision driven by skill scarcity and the hiring manager's willingness to push HR.
How should I follow up after an interview?
Send a short, polite email in the language of the interview (Polish if the interview was in Polish, otherwise English) within 24 hours. Thank the interviewer, reference one or two specific topics you discussed, and confirm your interest. Avoid aggressive follow-up cadences. If you have not heard back after two weeks, a single polite check-in with the recruiter is appropriate. Beyond that, the silence is the answer.

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  1. Emitel S.A. official corporate website —
  2. Cordiant Digital Infrastructure — Emitel portfolio asset overview —
  3. Cordiant Digital Infrastructure on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: CORD) —
  4. KRRiT — Krajowa Rada Radiofonii i Telewizji (National Broadcasting Council of Poland) —
  5. UKE — Urząd Komunikacji Elektronicznej (Polish Office of Electronic Communications) —
  6. Poland's DVB-T to DVB-T2 switchover — Ministry of Digital Affairs overview —
  7. Cellnex Poland — tower infrastructure operations —
  8. eRecruiter — Polish applicant tracking system by Grupa Pracuj —
  9. GWO — Global Wind Organisation safety standards —
  10. IRATA International — industrial rope access certification —
  11. Polish Labour Code (Kodeks Pracy) — employment contract framework —
  12. RODO / GDPR in Polish recruitment — guidance from UODO —