Low Voltage Design Leader (RCDD) – Senior Practice Lead

AE Works Ltd.; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401

Mentorship culture and technical-excel

Generous PTO including holidays

Flexible hybrid schedule

Licensure support and professional成长

Job summary

AE Works is seeking a hands-on leader for its low voltage practice. You will set technical direction for Division 27 communications design, and Division 28 safety and security, leading designers and engineers.

You will own QA/QC, develop team members, and serve as the client-facing expert on RCDD-level design across healthcare, higher education and federal projects. You will coordinate with owners, IT and facilities staff, travel between Pittsburgh and Arlington, and help grow the discipline

Qualifications

• Active BICSI RCDD certification.
• Twelve or more years designing low voltage systems in an architecture, engineering or consulting environment, including at least three years leading designers or running discipline-level QA/QC.
• Proven experience supervising, mentoring and developing designers, including reviewing their work and giving direct feedback.
• Proficiency in Revit and AutoCAD, with Bluebeam and Microsoft Office, and the ability to set and enforce BIM and drawing standards for a team.
• Working knowledge of BICSI, ANSI/TIA, NEC and NFPA standards and the judgment to apply them on healthcare, higher education and federal projects.
• Strong written and verbal communication, including the ability to explain technical choices to owners, architects and engineers.
• Willingness to travel to project sites and between our Pittsburgh and Arlington offices as projects require.

Responsibilities

• Lead AE Works' low voltage practice: set the technical direction for Division 27 communications design and, as the team grows into it, Division 28 electronic safety and security, and serve as the firm's authority on RCDD-level design.
• Manage, mentor and develop a team of low voltage designers and engineers: assign work against capacity, run regular check‑ins and reviews, and plan each person's training and certification path.
• Own QA/QC for every low voltage deliverable that leaves the building: perform or direct design reviews at each phase and confirm drawings, specifications and calculations are coordinated and code‑compliant before issue.
• Set, maintain and enforce discipline standards (Revit families and templates, device and drawing standards, master specifications, typical details, design guides) and train the team on them.
• Lead projects schematic design through construction administration (RFIs, submittals, change orders, site visits).
• Be the technical lead in front of owners and their IT, security and facilities staff: gather requirements, run technology workshops and explain system choices to non‑technical stakeholders.
• Coordinate low voltage scope with electrical, architecture, mechanical, structure and the owner's IT team, and secure space, pathway, power and cooling for telecommunications rooms early in design.
• Forecast staffing and workload for the discipline with project managers, and manage fee, scope and schedule on assigned projects, flagging additional services when scope moves.
• Support pursuits: scope and price low voltage services, write approach and staffing sections, join interviews and presentations, and build relationships with owner IT and facilities groups.
• Keep the firm current on codes, standards and technology (BICSI TDMM, ANSI/TIA, NEC, NFPA 70 and 72, and the criteria our federal and owner clients impose) and fold changes into our guides and templates.
• Represent the firm externally at client meetings and professional organizations such as BICSI.

Skills

RCDD certification

Leadership of designers

Mentoring designers

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field

Tools

Revit

AutoCAD

Bluebeam

Microsoft Office

Job description

AE Works is seeking a hands-on leader for its low voltage practice. You will set technical direction for Division 27 communications design, and Division 28 safety and security, leading designers and engineers.

You will own QA/QC, develop team members, and serve as the client-facing expert on RCDD-level design across healthcare, higher education and federal projects. You will coordinate with owners, IT and facilities staff, travel between Pittsburgh and Arlington, and help grow the discipline