Telecommunications Project Lead

Jacobs

The Role

Overview

Lead telecom design for data center projects, overseeing BIM, specs, and client coordination.

Key Responsibilities

  • document review
  • design lead
  • stakeholder management
  • drawing production
  • site visits
  • bim coordination

Tasks

-review technical documents -leading designs with support from your peers, SME’s, and BIM designers -Managing the relationship with internal and external stakeholders. -drawing and specification production -conduct site visits -leading the BIM designers in preparation of engineering drawings

Requirements

  • rcdd
  • electrical engineering
  • navisworks
  • ansi/tia
  • nfpa 70
  • project management

What You Bring

-DIV 27 specification creation, or modification. -Self-motivation to coordinate with other disciplines, project managers and clients -Minimum 4 years’ experience actively designing or leading designs for Telecommunications structured cabling systems. -Familiarity with responding to RFP’s -Experience working on other low voltages systems which include -Experienced in creating and maintaining a project schedule -Credential as an RCDD or can attain it with (1) year after being hired. -Experienced in identifying and mitigating company risk -Thorough knowledge of ANSI/TIA and BICSI standards -Excellent project management skills. -Electrical Engineering degree, or related discipline -Familiarity working with Navisworks -customer and vendor accessibility. -Technical or associate’s degree from an accredited institution -Experienced in creating a budget for a project. -Thorough knowledge of NFPA 70 and how it applies to telecommunications structured cabling systems. -internal and external problem resolution

Benefits

-You will also learn from more senior team leaders and will be mentored.

The Company

About Jacobs

-Headquartered in Dallas, it has evolved into a global powerhouse delivering consulting, technical, scientific and project delivery services. -Its portfolio spans transformative projects—clean water systems, data centers, rail expansions, offshore wind roadmaps, and wastewater plants. -Specialising in advanced manufacturing, cities & places, energy, environmental, national security & defense, life sciences, transportation and water sectors. -Jacobs has reshaped itself via key moves—spinning off government services, acquiring CH2M in 2017, and exiting traditional oil & gas units. -Projects often tackle high-stakes, complex challenges: wastewater treatment in Vancouver, LIRR station upgrades, and AI data centres in Portugal. -Unusually, the firm shifted its HQ from California to Dallas in 2016 to align with its expanding national and global reach.

Sector Specialisms

Advanced Manufacturing

Cities & Places

Energy

Environmental

National Security & Defense

Life Sciences

Transportation

Water

Cybersecurity and Operational Technology

Telecommunications Project Lead at Jacobs in New York, NY