Associate Principal - Telecom

TEECOM

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Associate Principal is a mid-level engineering role responsible for leading small- to mid-scale, multi-discipline projects with growing independence. You’ll guide projects from programming through closeout—clarifying requirements, coordinating design, documenting decisions, and ensuring deliverables meet TEECOM’s standards for quality and constructability. You’ll apply strong engineering judgment, maintain alignment with scope, schedule, and budget, and surface risks early to keep projects on track. You’ll strengthen TEECOM’s system by contributing to GitHub, documenting client-specific nuances, and improving standards, tools, and workflows. Externally, you’ll cultivate strong client relationships—building trust through clear communication, reliable follow-through, and thoughtful problem-solving. You’ll also begin developing credibility through thought-leadership activities by supporting pursuits, contributing technical narratives, participating in interviews, and helping develop content such as blogs, white papers, or presentations. Internally, you’ll mentor Designers and engineers through hands-on guidance, reviews, and feedback that strengthen discipline capability and reinforce TEECOM’s standards. While not a people manager, you’ll play a key role in developing TEECOM’s talent and reinforcing disciplined engineering practices. This position reflects strong engineering capability, reliable project leadership, and growing influence in shaping TEECOM’s systems, documentation, and delivery.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Electrical preferred) or equivalent experience.
6+ years of experience in AEC or related professional services with demonstrated discipline-specific capability (Telecom/ICT, Structured Cabling, Low Voltage)
Proven ability to deliver accurate, well-coordinated designs and make sound decisions within your discipline.
Strong understanding of project delivery workflows, client expectations, documentation standards, and cross-discipline coordination requirements.
Strong proficiency in Autodesk (AutoCAD, Revit), Bluebeam Studio, Microsoft 365 Suite, Google Workspace, and GitHub.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading discipline portions of mid- to large-size projects, supporting coordination, and providing guidance to Designers or engineers.
Demonstrated experience contributing to documentation updates, standards refinement, or QA/QC workflows through GitHub Pull Requests or similar platforms.
RCDD (Telecom/ICT) — preferred
CDT — preferred
CCNA — plus
EIT — plus
PE — plus
PMP — plus

Responsibilities

Lead technical design reviews that reinforce TEECOM standards, improve documentation clarity, and identify coordination risks early.
Contribute to discipline standards, workflows, and tools through targeted Pull Requests and documented lessons learned.
Strengthen team capability by mentoring Designers and engineers through clear technical guidance, markups, and feedback.
Identify recurring coordination challenges or workflow gaps and recommend improvements that enhance delivery predictability and cross-discipline alignment.
When serving as a Mentor, provide structured quarterly feedback that supports technical growth and readiness for increased project leadership.
Deliver coordinated discipline designs including layouts, calculations, specifications, and supporting documentation that align with engineering intent and TEECOM standards.
Partner with Project Leads to confirm scope, sequencing, coordination strategy, and evolving client requirements.
Participate in project and discipline meetings, communicating decisions, constraints, risks, and next steps with clarity.
Review Designers’ and engineers’ work, providing guidance that strengthens technical accuracy, coordination alignment, and documentation quality.
When assigned as a Mentor, delegate meaningful scope, clarify expectations, provide structured feedback, and hold regular check ins that strengthen technical growth, documentation habits, and decision making.
Maintain clear documentation of decisions, assumptions, and client specific nuances across GitHub and project tools to support consistent delivery.
Review discipline progress against scope, schedule, and coordination milestones and surface risks early to support Project Leads in maintaining alignment.
Maintain accurate and timely time and expense entries that support delivery accountability.
Prepare and review layouts, markups, calculations, and related deliverables, resolving discipline-specific issues with sound engineering judgment.
Participate in coordination meetings, clearly communicating impacts, decisions, and required follow-up actions.
Provide guidance to Designers and engineers by clarifying expectations, reinforcing documentation standards, and supporting informed decision-making.
Maintain clear, up-to-date documentation across Asana, GitHub, and shared project platforms to support delivery alignment.
Execute design and documentation tasks with increasing independence while maintaining alignment with TEECOM standards and project priorities.
Communicate proactively with cross-discipline partners to confirm assumptions, surface risks early, and maintain coordination clarity.
Keep project notes, markups, and documentation current as work progresses to ensure transparency and continuity.
Support programming sessions, site walks, surveys, or construction-phase coordination, documenting findings clearly to maintain alignment with design intent.
Contribute to pursuits by developing discipline scope assumptions, OPCC inputs, and interview support as needed.
Research products, codes, and design approaches that strengthen technical solutions and coordination outcomes.
Support other teams during heavy workload periods or complex project phases to maintain firmwide delivery momentum.
When assigned as a Mentee, meet regularly with your Mentor to review feedback, discuss project decisions, and strengthen technical judgment and discipline expertise.
When serving as a Mentor, you provide structured coaching and quarterly performance feedback for assigned mentees.
Support day-to-day discipline execution by aligning Designers, engineers, and production team members with project priorities, scope, and documentation standards, while identifying dependencies, risks, and resourcing needs that inform workload planning.
Provide hands-on coaching and design guidance to Designers and engineers assigned to your projects.
When paired as a Mentor, you hold regular check-ins, clarify expectations, review progress, and contribute input to quarterly and annual performance assessments.
Reinforce disciplined documentation, communication, and coordination practices through clear guidance and example.
Support the development of training content, participate in design reviews, and help team members strengthen technical and documentation skills through practical, project-based coaching.