ICT Designer

ICT Designer Strategic Mission Critical
• Phoenix, AZ, US

Engineering data centers with precision and expertise. At Strategic Mission Critical, we are more than just engineers; we are experts focusing solely on mission critical facilities. Our seasoned leadership team brings together decades of experience, equipping data center providers worldwide with robust, reliable solutions that keep pace with the evolving digital landscape.

With a rapidly expanding market and the anticipated increase in demand driven by AI advancements, SMC is at the forefront of industry growth. We offer not just jobs, but career paths that reward innovation and expertise. If you want to work alongside highly skilled professionals with years of mission critical experience, then we want you to be part of our team, a team that works on major projects for top-tier data center providers.

Your work will ensure the resilience and efficiency of data infrastructure that millions depend on.

SMC is actively looking for a ICT Designer to execute telecommunications design for mission critical projects. Typical project types may include design of greenfield and brownfield data center facilities, design of fit-out packages for hyperscale and enterprise clients of colocation providers, data center campus planning, conceptual designs and feasibility studies, and other mission critical applications such as command-and-control centers.

This candidate shall be capable of executing basic telecommunications design projects independently, taking established design criteria through generation of design plans and specifications for permitting and construction. The candidate shall also be capable as serving as a key contributor in part of a larger telecommunications design team on large and/or complex mission critical projects under the guidance of a senior engineer.

The telecommunications design scope will be a part of a broader project and therefore this candidate should be capable of interfacing with design leads within SMC (mechanical, electrical, A/V) as well as externally including architectural, civil, structural, etc.

The ideal candidate will be comfortable mentoring recent graduates and junior designers and engineers, reviewing the work of others, and collaborating with senior engineers to implement broad project goals.

• Design telecommunications infrastructure for mission critical buildings and campuses including outside plant infrastructure, inside plant cabling, cable tray and conduit conveyance systems, telecommunications space layouts, telecommunications bonding network systems, rack elevations, wireless access point layouts, and communications for MEP controls/monitoring systems.
• Produce complete sets of construction drawings suitable for stamping and submission utilizing Autodesk Revit.
• Working knowledge of Telecommunications standards, including but not limited to TIA, BICSI, and UL.
• Coordinate with all disciplines for required telecommunication interfaces.
• Editing, and understanding of Division 27 Specifications.
• Coordinate power requirements with internal or external electrical engineers.
• Be capable of reviewing and understanding client standards, design criteria, applicable standards, and best practices in order to apply them to a design project.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert to clients for telecommunications design and all aspects of Division 27.
• Understand local and national construction codes and project specifications.
• Have experience with the use of Microsoft tools such as Word, Power Point, Excel, and Teams.
• Meet project deadlines, including working necessary hours to complete major deliverables.
• Have the ability to travel when required to project sites (less than 10% travel).
• Have the ability to clearly communicate with others in both written and spoken forms.
• Lead junior engineers, designers, and modelers, and coordinate the tasks of small project teams to execute delivery of specific design elements.
• Mentor and train junior engineers, designers and modelers to assist in developing telecommunications design knowledge base.
• Maintain excellent organizational skills, with the ability to…