Senior Consultant - Telecommunications Design Job at Acentech in Cambridge

Acentech, a multi-disciplinary design consulting firm specializing in Telecommunications systems, Audiovisual and Security system design, Acoustics, and Vibration, is hiring a Principal-level Telecommunications consultant to work in our Cambridge, MA office. This is a hybrid position with a flexible schedule.

The ideal candidate has:

• Significant experience working in the Telecommunications field
• Consulting and project management experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with co-workers, management, and clients
• Experience writing proposals and assisting with group business development, across our different markets including corporate/commercial, higher education, and healthcare
• Strong project-related client-facing experience, related to design team meetings, working with clients to develop the basis of design for Telecommunications systems, etc.
• Ability to produce bid specifications and drawings
• Self-motivated, with an ability to work both in teams and independently, on multiple projects simultaneously
• BICSI RCDD certification preferred
• Electronic security system design expertise is a plus

The candidate will also need to understand the Audiovisual and Security side of Acentech's business to assist the group in interfacing Telecommunication systems with those systems.

Additional Responsibilities

• Provide mentorship to junior consultants
• Collaborate with CAD department staff on projects, and assist with company's drafting standards efforts
• Attend client meetings, produce meeting minutes, prepare program reports, and develop budgets
• Design with minimal assistance, Telecom systems document packages. This includes:
  • Written program/narrative documents with estimated budgets
  • Assembling catalog cut sheet and product data
  • Detail drawings indicating mounting/installation method
  • Coordinating MEP, AV, and Security requirements
  • Plan, riser, schedule and detail drawings
  • Specification section(s)

• Attend project meetings and site visits, and produce meeting notes
• Visit project sites to develop observation reports during construction and at the completion of construction to develop punch list reports
• Participate in marketing and business development activities, including attending networking events in areas of your professional interest, preparing presentations for non-peer conferences aimed at developing Acentech business, and authoring blog posts or other articles intended for business development-oriented publications
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies products/services, guidelines, standards and their applicability to potential projects
• Attend weekly Technology Group department meetings, including manufacturer provided "Lunch & Learns"
• Maintain targeted chargeability rate

With a professional staff of more than 65 consultants, Acentech is one of the oldest and largest organizations of its type. We foster a highly collaborative environment and we actively look for candidates that can further broaden and enrich our experience, perspective, and expertise. Acentech places a high value on a diverse workforce, and encourages applications from all backgrounds. We value our culture and our staff and place a premium on work-life balance. We are extremely proud of being a 100% employee-owned firm.

Acentech is an equal opportunity employer and offers competitive salaries and outstanding benefits including three weeks of vacation for starting employees, 11 paid holidays, 80 hours of paid sick leave, health and dental coverage that is 80% company paid including reimbursement for 100% of deductible costs, tuition reimbursement, 401(k), and many other benefits. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States.