Description
WSP is seeking a Lead Telecommunications Designer to join our Mission Critical / Data Center Building Technology Systems (BTS) team supporting hyperscale data center and mission-critical facilities.
This role provides technical leadership and design authority for telecommunications and structured cabling systems, supporting projects from early planning through construction, commissioning, and turnover.
The successful candidate will serve as a technical leader for large-scale telecommunications infrastructure programs, translating owner requirements into scalable, repeatable, and constructible solutions while supporting some of the world's most advanced hyperscale and mission-critical facilities.
Responsibilities:
- Design data center building and campus telecommunications infrastructure, including structured cabling, telecommunications spaces, inside- and outside-plant pathways, fiber and copper distribution, wireless access point layouts, and associated underground infrastructure.
- Serve as the Division 27 technical lead for assigned projects, independently directing telecommunications design delivery from planning through construction, commissioning support, and turnover.
- Evaluate data center telecommunications design alternatives for capacity, redundancy, physical-path diversity, failure-domain separation, maintainability, phased deployment, and commissioning readiness.
- Interpret and apply client telecommunications standards, identify gaps or conflicts, and develop coordinated resolutions.
- Coordinate telecommunications interfaces with building-design, network, operations, construction, and commissioning teams.
- Develop coordinated Revit drawings, including plans, room layouts, risers, details, elevations, and schedules, together with Division 27 specifications and basis-of-design narratives.
Requirements:
- 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.
- Demonstrated responsibility for leading coordinated data center telecommunications design packages, including Revit drawings, Division 27 specifications, multidisciplinary coordination, and construction-phase technical support.
- BICSI RCDD certification.
- Working knowledge of BICSI, TIA, NEC, IEEE, applicable building and fire codes, AHJ requirements, and telecommunications industry best practices.
Benefits:
- Comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee's career.
- Expected Salary: $131,000 - $180,000