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ICT Designer - Mission Critical
HED is looking to add an experienced team member to our talented ICT team. The ICT Designer is is a trusted contributor with advanced technical experience in low-voltage and communication systems.
About HED
We are a team that is full of ideas, experience, creativity, passionate opinions, insatiable curiosity, uncompromising integrity, commitment, and skill. Our culture is about aspiration, embracing change and challenges, listening to (and learning from) each other, encouraging continual learning, and inspiring collective growth. As an inclusive, integrated architecture and engineering practice, we value the diversity of perspectives, experiences, abilities, and expertise that advance both the work we do, and the world we share.
Position Summary
This role combines deep design execution with growing project leadership responsibilities. Operating with a high degree of autonomy, the ICT Designer contributes to project delivery, leads coordination efforts, mentors junior staff, and supports the refinement of internal standards and best practices across the discipline.
Essential Functions:
- Lead the development of mid to large-scale ICT design packages including floor plans, riser diagrams, and device layouts in Revit.
- Independently create and manage Revit families, system templates, and modeling workflows for ICT.
- Ensure alignment of documentation with applicable codes, client standards, and project specifications.
- Perform advanced calculations related to cable routing, backbone sizing, and equipment loads.
- Oversee QAQC of deliverables and provide technical guidance to junior team members.
- Lead internal and cross-discipline coordination meetings and resolve design conflicts.
- Edit and generate technical narratives, basis of design documents, and specifications.
- Participate in construction administration including field surveys, submittal reviews, and RFI responses.
- Estimate and manage time budgets for own work and delegated tasks; monitor progress against DWP plans.
- Train team members in ICT design standards, tools, and workflows, and contribute to knowledge sharing within the discipline.
Requirements
- Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Must be able to effectively communicate in writing and verbally via phone, video conferencing, and in-person.
- Visual acuity to perform responsibilities.
Physical Requirements
- Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Must be able to effectively communicate in writing and verbally via phone, video conferencing, and in-person.
- Visual acuity to perform responsibilities.
Work Environment
- We embrace a hybrid model that promotes both autonomy and collaboration, including the freedom to work from home, with regular in-office days to connect with teammates and build culture.
- The office is a professional, open-space environment for collaborative and independent work.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.