Lead Telecom Designer for Hyperscale Data Centers (Remote)

WSP USA; Tempe (AZ); Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Job summary

WSP USA seeks a Lead Telecommunications Designer to join the Mission Critical / Data Center BTS team, supporting hyperscale facilities. You will lead telecom design from planning to turnover, directing Revit drawings, specifications, and multidisciplinary coordination to ensure scalable, constructible solutions.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, owner-environment guidelines, and collaboration across campuses, with occasional travel and a path to professional growth within a global

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressively responsible telecommunications or ICT design experience.
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Telecommunications, or Information Technology.
• Experience leading coordinated data center telecommunications design packages, including Revit drawings and Division 27 specifications.
• Ability to produce coordinated telecommunications construction documents in Revit and supervise junior designers.
• Knowledge of structured cabling, telecommunications spaces, pathways, fiber and copper distribution, and equipment layouts.
• Experience applying owner-controlled data center telecommunications standards and design templates.
• BICSI RCDD certification.
• Working knowledge of BICSI, TIA, NEC, IEEE codes and AHJ requirements.
• Excellent verbal, written, organizational, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Willingness to travel occasionally.

Responsibilities

• Design data center building and campus telecommunications infrastructure, including structured cabling and pathways.
• Lead telecommunications design delivery from planning through construction, commissioning, and turnover.
• Evaluate design alternatives for capacity, redundancy, and maintainability.
• Interpret client standards and resolve gaps; coordinate changes across deliverables.
• Coordinate interfaces with building, network, operations, construction, and commissioning teams.
• Develop coordinated Revit drawings and basis-of-design narratives aligned with client and codes.
• Conduct quality reviews of drawings, specs, schedules, and calculations.
• Plan, assign, and monitor telecommunications work across concurrent projects.
• Review field conditions, respond to RFIs, and resolve design issues for data centers.
• Mentor junior designers and support professional development.

Skills

Telecommunications design

Technical leadership

Revit / BIM

Project coordination

Data center infrastructure

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Telecommunications, Information Technology

Tools

Revit

BICSI standards

Job description

WSP USA seeks a Lead Telecommunications Designer to join the Mission Critical / Data Center BTS team, supporting hyperscale facilities. You will lead telecom design from planning to turnover, directing Revit drawings, specifications, and multidisciplinary coordination to ensure scalable, constructible solutions.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, owner-environment guidelines, and collaboration across campuses, with occasional travel and a path to professional growth within a global