Data Center Telecom Engineer

• Data Center Telecom Engineer
• Location: Hybrid in Kansas City, MO

Our client is expanding its mission-critical engineering capabilities and is seeking an experienced Data Center Telecom Engineer to play a foundational role in that growth. This is a high-impact opportunity for an RCDD-certified professional who wants more than a traditional design position. You will take ownership of sophisticated data center telecommunications projects, serve as a senior technical resource, influence design standards, and help build out a growing low-voltage capability.

• This Role Offers
• Competitive base salary, plus discretionary bonus.
• Chance to serve as a trusted subject-matter resource guiding communications infrastructure and integrated building systems.
• Significant autonomy across design execution, project delivery, and client interaction.
• Opportunity to mentor technical professionals and help develop a growing low-voltage team.
• Long-term opportunity to influence technical standards, team capabilities, and the direction of a growing practice.

• Focus
• Lead telecommunications and structured cabling design for complex data center and mission-critical environments.
• Develop coordinated construction packages covering cabling, pathways, telecommunications spaces, specifications, schedules, and related infrastructure.
• Integrate low-voltage designs with architectural, electrical, mechanical, structural, security, and audiovisual disciplines.
• Conduct site assessments, evaluate existing conditions, and translate findings into practical design solutions.
• Support projects throughout construction through submittal reviews, RFIs, field observations, and design updates.
• Serve as a technical resource for clients, contractors, vendors, and multidisciplinary project teams.
• Independently manage design scope, schedules, deliverables, and technical quality across assigned projects.
• Help establish design standards, mentor technical professionals, and support the continued growth of the low-voltage team.

• Skill Set
• 8 or more years of professional telecommunications or low-voltage building systems design experience, including data center or other mission-critical facilities.
• Current BICSI Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD) certification.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Strong experience designing structured cabling systems, telecommunications pathways and spaces, and associated infrastructure.
• Demonstrated success leading telecommunications or low-voltage design projects.
• Experience producing construction documents using Revit, AutoCAD, or comparable design software.
• Strong ability to coordinate technical solutions across multiple building disciplines and communicate with clients, contractors, and project stakeholders.
• Additional credentials such as CTS-D, PSP, SmartScore AP, or WiredScore AP are beneficial but not required.

• Work Authorization
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis. This employer is unable to sponsor or assume sponsorship of an employment visa now or in the future.

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