AECOM

Digital Infrastructure Design Manager

AECOM • $110K — $130K *
Conshohocken, PA 19428In-Person
Telecommunications & Hardware
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Telecommunications, Architecture, Construction Management, Information Technology, or related field + 8 years of relevant experience or equivalent.
  • Professional Engineer (PE) or similar certification preferred.
  • Experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering and design teams.
  • Proficient in managing project schedules, budgets, and client communications.
  • Strong written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the planning, design, and delivery of global digital infrastructure projects.
  • Coordinate multidisciplinary design teams across various engineering and technology disciplines.
  • Manage project scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk throughout all phases.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for clients and stakeholders.
  • Facilitate design coordination for critical telecommunications infrastructure.

Benefits

  • Fully remote position eligible for candidates across the United States.
  • Opportunities for involvement in international telecommunications projects.
  • Chance to lead multidisciplinary teams and projects.
  • Professional development opportunities for mentoring junior staff.
  • Active engagement with global telecommunications and infrastructure providers.
Full Job Description
Job Description

AECOM is seeking a talented and motivated Digital Infrastructure Design Manager to support the planning, design, and delivery of global digital infrastructure projects with a primary focus on submarine cable landing stations, terrestrial networks, and hyperscale data center infrastructure.

This position is fully remote and may be based anywhere within the United States.

The successful candidate will lead multidisciplinary teams delivering cable landing station facilities, fiber optic infrastructure, network operations facilities, edge compute environments, and related communications infrastructure projects. The role requires strong project leadership skills, technical coordination experience, and the ability to work with both domestic and international clients across the telecommunications and digital infrastructure sectors.

AECOM is a global leader in infrastructure consulting, supporting some of the world's most complex digital infrastructure programs. This role offers the opportunity to work with global telecommunications providers, cloud providers, infrastructure investors, and public-sector organizations developing the next generation of international connectivity infrastructure.

Job Responsibilities
  • Lead the planning, design, and delivery of digital infrastructure projects from site selection through design and delivery.
  • Coordinate multidisciplinary design teams including civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, telecommunications, security, environmental, and permitting disciplines.
  • Manage project scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk throughout all project phases.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for clients, stakeholders, and project partners.
  • Support site due diligence, feasibility evaluations, and infrastructure planning activities.
  • Lead design coordination for cable landing station facilities, backhaul fiber routes, network support facilities, and related telecommunications infrastructure.
  • Coordinate utility, power, resiliency, security, and operational requirements associated with mission-critical communications facilities.
  • Facilitate design workshops, technical reviews, and interdisciplinary coordination meetings.
  • Identify project risks and develop mitigation strategies to support successful project outcomes.
  • Review design deliverables to ensure compliance with client requirements, industry standards, and AECOM quality processes.
  • Support construction administration activities including RFI responses, submittal reviews, field coordination, and commissioning support.
  • Contribute to proposal development, project pursuits, and strategic business growth initiatives.
  • Develop and maintain strong client relationships while identifying opportunities for additional services.
  • Mentor junior staff and support the continued growth of AECOM's Digital Infrastructure practice.


Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Telecommunications, Architecture, Construction Management, Information Technology, or a related field + 8 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Professional Engineer (PE) or similar industry certification.
  • Demonstrated experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering and design teams.
  • Experience managing project schedules, budgets, and client communications.
  • Strong written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
  • Experience supporting telecommunications, digital infrastructure, fiber networks, mission critical facilities, utility infrastructure, cable landing station, broadband, carrier, network infrastructure, data center projects, or related project delivery environments.
  • Experience with submarine cable systems, cable landing stations, terrestrial backhaul networks, dark fiber infrastructure, or carrier-neutral facilities.
  • Experience supporting international telecommunications infrastructure projects.
  • Familiarity with telecommunications facility design, network resiliency requirements, mission-critical infrastructure.
  • Experience with permitting, utility coordination, and environmental review processes.
  • Knowledge of BIM/Revit, Bluebeam, fiber network planning tools, Civil3-D or related design technologies.
  • Strong stakeholder management and client relationship skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent projects in fast-paced environments.
  • Proven leadership and team development capabilities.


Additional Information
  • This position is fully remote within the United States.
  • Domestic and international travel may be required to support client meetings, site assessments, design workshops, key project milestones, and construction activities.
  • Relocation assistance is not available for this position.
  • Sponsorship for US employment authorization is not available now or in the future for this position.


At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

About AECOM

AECOM is a global provider of professional technical and management support services to a broad range of markets, including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, water and government. With approximately 45,000 employees around the world, AECOM is a leader in all of the key markets that it serves. AECOM provides a blend of global reach, local knowledge, innovation and technical excellence in delivering solutions that create, enhance and sustain the world's built, natural, and social environments. A Fortune 500 company, AECOM serves clients in more than 150 countries and had revenue of $8.0 billion during the 12 months ended March 31, 2014.

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Learn more about AECOM
Size
51,000 employees
Market Cap
$11.8 billion
Industry
Real Estate & Construction
Net Income
-$200.8 million
Founded
1990
5 Year Trend
-6.3%
Revenue
$13.3 billion
NASDAQ
ACM
* Ladders Estimates

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