Sr. Structured Cabling Engineer

Sr. Structured Cabling Engineer - Contract - New York City, NY - $60.00 - $62.50/hr.

The final salary or hourly wage, as applicable, paid to each candidate/applicant for this position is ultimately dependent on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate's/applicant's qualifications, skills, and level of experience as well as the geographical location of the position.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Sponsorship not available.

Our client is seeking a Sr. Structured Cabling Engineer in New York City, NY.

Role Description

Enterprise Network Design: Subject Matter Expert (SME) on Structured Cabling. The design, documentation, construction and project management of layer 1-3 fiber/copper enterprise networks. Experience includes Designs for datacenter, Local Area Networks (LAN), Campus Area Networks (CAN) and Outside Plant Facilities (OSP). Work includes Entrance Facilities (EF), pathways and spaces. Network nodes included in designs are access control, teleconferencing, PA Systems, CCTV, WAPs, DAS, VoIP and data terminals.
Strategic Leadership: Provide subject matter expertise and strategic direction of comprehensive IT strategies that align with business objectives. Provide direction on cloud applications and IT infrastructure strategy to support
business administration and ensure operational excellence. Lead and develop the IT operations, cloud, networking and support services teams with the goal of providing mentorship, guidance and professional development opportunities.
Project Management, Team Management: Advanced technical fluency with the ability to effectively apply management, analysis and interpersonal skills, thus facilitate decision making to the benefit of technology strategy, planning and governance. Extensive skills and experience at managing client/customer relationships, time management, verbal/ written communication. Follow industry standards, codes and best practices. Use PMP, ITIL, ITSM methodologies to collaborate and partner with other IT leaders and business stakeholders to align infrastructure and operations initiatives with overall business strategy.
Vendor Management: Manage vendor relationships, support RFP/RFQ processes, and assist with contract negotiations and project closeout.
Disaster Recovery: Partner with stakeholders to identify assets and set recovery benchmarks. Create contingency plans identifying recovery team members, specific responsibilities and recovery objectives.
Construction: Expert level experience planning and coordinating site work, vendor negotiation to reduce interdisciplinary, scheduling conflicts. Well versed in data collection, contract management, cost estimates, Request for Proposal (RFP), bid leveling.
Asset Lifecycle Management: Implemented strategic initiatives using ITIL strategies and technical expertise to optimize software licensing costs and improve efficiency. Use tools like DCIM to track IT assets.
IT Budget Management: Ensure accurate documentation and approval of expenditures to guard for cost-effective use or all organizational resources as related to staffing, ICT assets and projects. Develop, manage, track and periodic review of ICT budget to ensure targets, goals are met.

Skills & Requirements

GTI Structured Cabling Standards
BICSI, TIA, EIA, etc.
Regulatory Approvals
Low Voltage Cabling
Fiber/Copper Testing
Fiber Optic Networks
AutoCAD

Project Management
Change Management
IT Infrastructure Operations
Construction Design, Coordination, and Execution
2D/3D Design
CAD Standards
Bidding and RFI Processes

Telecom Infrastructure
Data Center Architecture and Design
Budget Development
Technical Drawings
Network Design and Architecture
Hands-On Engineering

Be an extension to GTI structured cabling team onsite at 237 Park Ave (or another site close to 237 Park Ave)
Dedicated to the team (flexible to attend ad hoc meetings if required including weekends/overtime)
Subject matter expert in the field
Attend site walks, meetings as required
Document and issue field observation reports
Ensure telecom infrastructure installation aligns with BICSE/TIA/local codes and GTI structured cabling standards
Attend construction and coordination meetings between Architectural, MEP, AV, Security, Smart Building(IoT), WiFi, DAS, Auxiliary Radio Communications, Vertical Transport
Develop tracker updates, port matrixes
Review/analyze telecom bids
Coordinate meetings between different teams for coordination/reviews
Review RFIs responses by design telecom consultants
Review Telecom design documents and issue comments (via PDF markups, log tracker)
Ensure design aligns with GTI structured cabling standards
Construction Administration
Site walks as needed
Document and issue field observation reports
Ensure telecom infrastructure installation aligns with BICSE/TIA/local codes and GTI structured cabling standards
Attend construction and coordination meetings between Architectural, MEP, AV, Security, Smart Building(IoT), WiFi, DAS, Auxiliary Radio Communications, Vertical Transport
Review RFIs responses by Telecom design consultants
Close out documents supervision
shell ready, room ready & production ready checklist signoffs
pull patch schedule completed by low voltage contractor
Fiber/Copper test results
As built drawing (Revit/CAD/PDFs)
Warranty and certification documentation
The manager would like to see a structured cabling engineer with project management experience as a plus. The first time around we were seeing more PM candidates that knew structured cabling.
(RCDD cert is a plus)

Benefits/Other Compensation

This position is a contract/temporary role where Hays offers you the opportunity to enroll in full medical benefits, dental benefits, vision benefits, 401K and Life Insurance ($20,000 benefit).

Why Hays?

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