About the Role
The Telecom Designer will be a part of our national IES Design Branch, providing consulting and design services for technology-enhanced spaces. This role requires active participation in multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring efficiency, accuracy, and high-quality deliverables.
Responsibilities
- Contribute expertise in telecommunications systems and design elements to project teams.
- Lead projects, execute design work, and delegate production tasks.
- Perform complete technology systems design according to code.
- Meet with clients (architects, end-users) to assess system needs and project requirements.
- Maintain positive client relations.
- Engage in design meetings to determine project goals and requirements.
- Collaborate with CAD/BIM staff to develop construction drawings and systems drawings.
- Review submittals of shop drawings, coordinating with various stakeholders.
- Provide complete project design, space layouts, and material selection.
- Attend design meetings virtually or in person.
- Review drawings, RFPs, and design work products for quality assurance.
- Develop and graphically lay out construction schedules with client and team input.
- Act as a liaison between sales, project management, and operations during project turnover.
- Follow company guidelines on preferred vendors and products, working with vendors for optimal solutions and pricing.
- Ensure all design work meets customer and company quality and safety standards.
- Attend training and review sessions on technical requirements.
- Handle other assigned responsibilities.
Requirements
- Must be self-motivated, positive, professional, and able to lead process improvements.
- Must promote Company culture and mission.
- Must possess proven problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
- Must be able to effectively read, write, and present orally.
- Must have high skill level to interpret blueprints and project documents.
- Must be able to travel within the United States as needed.
- Must be able to learn Company and customer project management systems.
- Must be able to manage multiple projects/estimates and maintain high organization.
- Regular attendance is mandatory.
- Must have at least a High School diploma or GED equivalency.
- Must have a minimum of five (5) years of low-voltage Design experience.
- Must have a minimum of five (5) years of experience in low voltage contracting or a related technical or construction field.
- Must be proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and MS Project).
- Must meet Company minimum driving standards.
- Must be able to manage multiple tasks/projects simultaneously.
- Must have proven ability to design and develop written and graphic representations of proposed solutions using Company software.
Skills
- Low Voltage design
- Telecommunications infrastructure systems design
- Technology enhanced spaces design
- Project leadership
- Design execution
- Task delegation
- Client relations
- CAD/BIM collaboration
- Submittal review
- Space layout
- Material selection
- Construction scheduling
- Vendor management
- Quality assurance
- Safety standards
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, MS Project)
- AutoCAD (familiarity preferred)
- Revit (familiarity preferred)
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Remote
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Minimum of five (5) years of low-voltage Design experience
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience in low voltage contracting or a related technical or construction field
- 6+ years of experience
Education Level
- High School diploma or GED equivalency
- Bachelor’s Degree preferred
- RCDD or other low voltage design credential strongly preferred
Salary/Compensations
- USD $115,000.00/Yr.
- USD $140,000.00/Hr.
Benefits
- Company 401K plan with Employer Contribution Match
- Company Paid Time Off
- Company Paid Life Insurance
- Choice of Medical Coverage including Prescription and Short Term Disability Plans
- Choice of Dental and Vision Coverage
- Optional Long-term Disability, Critical Illness, Accident, Legal and Pet Coverage
- Auto and Home Insurance Discount Programs
About the Company
- IES is a national provider of industrial products and infrastructure services to a variety of end markets, including electrical, mechanical and communications contracting solutions for the commercial, industrial, residential and renewable energy markets.
- IES is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol IESC.
- As of the end of IES’s 2025 fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, IES produced over $3.3 billion in revenue and employed over 9,400 employees at over 174 domestic locations across the United States.
- From office buildings to wind farms, industrial complexes to housing developments, our employees and design professionals design, build, and maintain the systems that empower lives.
Equal Opportunity
- IES is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer: Minorities, Females, Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, Individuals with Disabilities, Protected Veterans Encouraged to Apply.
- The IES policy on equal employment opportunity prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, individuals with disabilities, protected veterans, or any other protected status or characteristic.
- This policy applies to recruiting, hiring, transfers, promotions, terminations, compensation, benefits, and all other terms and conditions of employment.
- Retaliation against any employee who files a complaint regarding possible violations of this policy will not be tolerated.
- IES is also committed to taking affirmative steps to promote the employment of minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans.
- IES develops affirmative action programs to support its commitment to equal employment opportunity, consistent with company policy and the company’s obligations as a contractor to the United States government.
- IES provides reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
- Applicants who need accommodation in the job application process should contact the IES corporate office at (713) 860-1500 or any IES office to request assistance.
- IES Participates in E-Verify/IES participa en el programa E-Verify
- Right to Work/Ley de Derecho al Trabajo
