Lead Data Center Telecommunications Designer (Remote/Hybrid)

WSP Global Inc.; Herndon (VA); Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP Global Inc. is seeking a Lead Telecommunications Designer to join its Mission Critical / Data Center BTS team, supporting hyperscale facilities. You will lead telecommunications design, coordinate with multi-discipline teams, and ensure constructible, codes-compliant solutions from planning to turnover.

The role demands 7+ years of telecom ICT design experience, a Bachelor’s degree, and strong leadership. Hybrid work options across US locations, with occasional travel may apply.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressively responsible telecommunications or ICT design experience, including demonstrated technical leadership of telecommunications design delivery for hyperscale, cloud, colocation, or enterprise data centers.
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Telecommunications, Information Technology, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be substituted.
• Demonstrated responsibility for leading coordinated data center telecommunications design packages, including Revit drawings, Division 27 specifications, multidisciplinary coordination, and construction-phase technical support.
• Demonstrated ability to produce coordinated telecommunications construction documents in Revit, direct and review junior designers’ production, and independently complete production tasks when project staffing requires.
• Strong technical knowledge of structured cabling, telecommunications spaces, building and campus pathways, fiber and copper distribution, rack and equipment layouts, grounding and bonding, firestopping, labeling, and installation-testing requirements.
• Demonstrated application of data center telecommunications topology, redundancy, physical-path diversity, failure-domain separation, capacity planning, maintainability, and phased deployment, including coordination with building systems and operations teams.
• Experience interpreting and applying owner-controlled data center telecommunications standards and design templates, resolving review comments, and coordinating approved requirement changes and deviations across project deliverables.
• BICSI RCDD certification
• Working knowledge of BICSI, TIA, NEC, IEEE, applicable building and fire codes, AHJ requirements, and telecommunications industry best practices.
• Excellent verbal, written, organizational, and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to interface directly with owner engineering, construction, operations, commissioning, and network stakeholders.
• Ability to undertake occasional, limited travel for site surveys, client meetings, and construction or commissioning coordination.
• Demonstrated commitment to workplace safety and compliance with company policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• <p>Telecommunications Design & Technical Leadership</p>
• <p>Design data center telecommunications infrastructure, including structured cabling, spaces, pathways, fiber/copper distribution, and layouts.</p>
• <p>Lead Division 27 technical design for projects, directing design delivery from planning through construction and turnover.</p>
• <p>Evaluate design alternatives for capacity, redundancy, and maintainability; document via calculations and narratives.</p>
• <p>Interpret client standards, resolve gaps, and coordinate deviations across deliverables.</p>
• <p>Coordinate interfaces with design, network, operations, construction, and commissioning teams; lead design reviews.</p>
• <p>Develop Revit drawings and basis-of-design narratives aligned with codes and standards.</p>
• <p>Perform quality reviews of deliverables and ensure conformance to requirements.</p>
• <p>Plan, assign, and monitor telecommunications work across concurrent projects.</p>
• <p>Evaluate existing conditions, review submittals, respond to RFIs, and resolve design issues.</p>
• <p>Mentor junior designers and support professional development.</p>

Skills

Telecom design

Technical leadership

Coordination

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Revit

Job description

WSP Global Inc. is seeking a Lead Telecommunications Designer to join its Mission Critical / Data Center BTS team, supporting hyperscale facilities. You will lead telecommunications design, coordinate with multi-discipline teams, and ensure constructible, codes-compliant solutions from planning to turnover.

The role demands 7+ years of telecom ICT design experience, a Bachelor’s degree, and strong leadership. Hybrid work options across US locations, with occasional travel may apply.