Lead Telecommunications Designer (Mission Critical/Data Center)

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Lead Telecommunications Designer (Mission Critical/Data Center)

• Troy, NY, United States
• New York, NY, United States
• Herndon, VA, United States
• Atlanta, GA, United States
• Milwaukee, WI, United States
• Tempe, AZ, United States
• Houston, TX, United States
• Dallas, TX, United States

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Job Description

Building ICT & Structured Cabling | Hyperscale Data Center Projects

kW Mission Critical Engineering, a WSP USA company, is currently initiating a search for a Lead Telecommunications Designer - Building ICT & Structured Cabling for Hyperscale Data Center Projects to work a hybrid schedule out of one of our kW offices (Troy NY, New York City, Atlanta GA, Herndon VA, Milwaukee WI, Tempe AZ, Houston TX, or Dallas TX) or fully remote.

Job Description

Great people. Great places. Great projects. WSP is a high-performance, fast-paced consulting engineering firm designing data centers and mission critical environments across the globe. We hire smart, responsive team players to work in collaborative, mentoring settings. Our mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, controls, telecommunications, and security building system designs keep many of the world’s top Fortune 100 financial, technology, enterprise, hyperscale, and colocation companies up and running 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

We work on innovative, award-winning, large-scale projects. We travel to construction sites to see our designs being built. As part of WSP, we can offer our employees increased professional development and career opportunities in addition to our office culture, which is consistently recognized as one of the “Best Places to Work.” Join our great people at our great places designing great projects.

This Opportunity

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. The position requires experience operating within owner-controlled design environments where standards, governance processes, prototypes, and quality expectations are applied consistently across multiple projects, campuses, and geographic regions

Your Impact

Telecommunications Design & Technical Leadership

• 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. Exercise delegated project approval authority and escalate significant scope, fee, schedule, or liability concerns to project and portfolio leadership.

• Evaluate data center telecommunications design alternatives for capacity, redundancy, physical-path diversity, failure-domain separation, maintainability, phased deployment, and commissioning readiness. Document recommendations through calculations, capacity studies, risk and constructability reviews, and basis-of-design narratives.

• Interpret and apply client telecommunications standards, identify gaps or conflicts, and develop coordinated resolutions. Document decisions, project-specific requirements, and approved deviations; coordinate changes across deliverables and escalate matters outside delegated authority.

• Coordinate telecommunications interfaces with building-design, network, operations, construction, and commissioning teams. Lead design reviews and clearly communicate technical decisions, recommendations, risks, and project status to clients and project leadership.

• Develop coordinated Revit drawings, including plans, room layouts, risers, details, elevations, and schedules, together with Division 27 specifications and basis-of-design narratives. Align deliverables with client requirements, applicable codes and industry standards, authority having jurisdiction requirements, and WSP practices.

BIM, Documentation & Quality

• Use coordinated Revit models to validate equipment layouts and pathways, resolve multidisciplinary clashes, and assess constructability while following project BIM execution plans, content standards, and quality procedures.
• Perform quality reviews of your own and others' telecommunications deliverables, checking coordination among drawings, specifications, schedules, and calculations. Resolve review comments and verify conformance with project requirements and established quality procedures before issue.

Project Delivery, Collaboration & Mentorship

• Plan, assign, and monitor telecommunications work across concurrent project activities to meet agreed scope, schedule, and fee. Communicate resource needs, changes, and delivery risks to project and portfolio leadership.
• Evaluate existing and field conditions, review contractor submittals, respond to RFIs, and resolve telecommunications design issues for new data centers and phased expansions or renovations of operating facilities within delegated project authority.
• Guide junior designers by assigning appropriate work, reviewing deliverables, providing technical feedback, and supporting progressively greater independence and professional development.

Who You Are

You are an experienced telecommunications professional with strong technic