Senior Telecom Designer – Data Center

Company Description

We are Olsson, a team-based, purpose-driven engineering and design firm. Our solutions improve communities and our people make it possible.

Our most meaningful asset is our people, and we are dedicated to providing an environment where they can continue to learn, grow, and thrive. Our entrepreneurial spirit is what has allowed us — and will continue to allow us — to grow. The result? Inspired people, amazing designs, and projects with purpose.

Job Description

Olsson’s Facility Engineering and Design Team leads the way in engineering innovation, delivering comprehensive solutions for data centers, healthcare facilities, commercial developments, educational institutions, and military installations. Our expertise spans technical analysis, design services, and professional consulting, ensuring top-tier quality and world-class installations.

As a Senior Telecom Designer, you’ll play a key role in supporting Data Center projects, developing innovative telecommunications and low-voltage system designs that enable scalable, high-performance infrastructure to meet the demands of an evolving digital landscape. This is an opportunity to collaborate with top engineers and clients, ensuring secure, efficient, and future-ready telecom systems that support global data operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design advanced telecommunications and low-voltage systems for data centers.
• Develop detailed layouts for MDF/IDF/Demarc rooms, fiber/copper cabling, wireless access, and security systems.
• Utilize BIM/CAD tools (Revit, AutoCAD, Navisworks) to create high-precision models and layouts.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards (BICSI, TIA) and best practices for data center infrastructure.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to integrate telecom designs with mechanical, electrical, and security systems.
• Mentor junior designers and technicians, sharing expertise to elevate design quality.
• Conduct site visits to validate designs and ensure seamless implementation in mission-critical data centers.

Qualifications

You are passionate about:

• Working collaboratively with others
• Having ownership in the work you do
• Using your talents to positively affect communities

You bring to the team:

• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to contribute and work well on a team.
• 8+ years of CAD/BIM experience in telecom, low voltage, or structured cabling design.
• Experience in data center design or mission-critical facilities (preferred).
• RCDD certification (preferred) or willingness to obtain.
• Strong knowledge of BICSI and TIA standards.
• Experience in Cellular DAS, PSDAS, ROIP, and ERRCS design is a plus.
• Proficiency in Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD, and Navisworks.

Additional Information

Olsson is a nationally recognized, employee-owned firm specializing in planning and design, engineering, field services, environmental, and technology. Founded in 1956 on the very mindset that drives us today, we’re here to improve communities by making them more sustainable, better connected, and more efficient. Simply put, we work to leave the world better than we found it.

As an Olsson employee, you’ll receive our traditional benefits package (health care, vision, dental, paid time off, etc.), plus you’ll:

• Become an owner in the company after your first year through our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Engage in work that has a positive impact in communities
• Receive an excellent 401(k) match
• Participate in a wellness program promoting balanced lifestyles
• Benefit from a bonus system that rewards performance
• Have the possibility for flexible work arrangements

Olsson is an EEO employer. We encourage qualified minority, female, veteran and disabled candidates to apply and be considered for open positions. We do not discriminate against any applicant for employment, or any employee because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender, disability, age, or military status.

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