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Telecommunications Designer

TalentAlly
Washington, DC Full Time
POSTED ON 4/1/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/30/2025
DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients, our communities, and our planet. If this sparks your interest, you're in the right place.

Role

We have an opening for a Telecommunications Designer. We operate within a hybrid work model, supporting flexibility between office time and work from home. Considering this model, this role could be based in the following cities:

  • Cleveland
  • Dallas
  • Denver
  • Los Angeles
  • Pheonix
  • Portland
  • Omaha
  • Orlando
  • Overland Park
  • Seattle
  • Washington, DC

Position Summary

As a Telecommunications Designer at DLR Group you will be responsible for preparing the design of telecommunications Network Cabling Infrastructure from schematic design through construction administration on a wide range of building types.

As part of our integrated design team, you will create buildings that elevate the human experience through design. You will be responsible for participating in the design process of technology systems, preparing detailed Telecommunication plans and specifications.

We know that our only way to grow is by hiring and keeping the best talent in our industry. If you feel like we are a good fit for you, tell us by applying!

What You Will Do

  • Assist in developing project objectives, goals, and documentation policies.
  • Meet with client's IT staff to determine project requirements and goals.
  • Develop telecommunications cabling infrastructure designs from concept through completion of construction.
  • Prepare telecom cabling infrastructure plans and specifications.
  • Prepare detailed telecom systems reports and narratives.
  • Coordinate Telecom design requirements with architecture, structure, mechanical, electrical, and other disciplines.

Required Qualifications

  • Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD) certification through BICSI
  • A minimum of 5 years of experience in the Evaluation/Design of Telecommunications Cabling Infrastructure Systems.
  • Experience with Building Construction documents.
  • Experience with BIM (e.g., Autodesk Revit) and AutoCAD workflow.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
  • The ability to work within an active, multi-disciplined environment.
  • The ability to meet deadlines for multiple projects.
  • Ability to design and detail telecommunications plans and specifications in conjunction with in-house architects, engineers, and specialty design staff.
  • Availability to travel for job meetings, site visits and project interviews.
  • Proficiency with a PDF mark-up tool (such as Bluebeam).

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with a consulting engineering or A/E firm as a telecom cabling infrastructure designer.
  • Experience with sustainable building design.
  • Experience in facility types that coincide with the firm's market channels, which include K12 Education, Higher Education, Healthcare, Justice Civic, Sports, and Workplace.
  • A degree from an accredited Higher Education institution in a field(s) relevant to telecommunications design, including electrical engineering, or other related discipline.

Our comprehensive Benefits at DLR Group include medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off. We also offer a 401(k) plan, employee stock ownership, and bonus opportunities. Compensation considerations are based on location, experience, and skills. The suggested pay range for this position is:

Pay Range$80,000—$140,000 USD

DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects.

We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients' success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.

Through our values - commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork - we elevate the human experience through design, together.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.

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Salary : $80,000 - $140,000

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