Structured Cabling Design Engineer

Job Opportunity

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Structured Cabling Design Engineer based in United Kingdom.

This is an opportunity to design and deliver critical physical network infrastructure supporting large-scale AI and data center environments.

• You will develop structured cabling solutions that connect compute, storage, networking, security, and building systems across complex facilities.
• The role spans the full project lifecycle, from initial concepts and detailed design through construction, commissioning, and deployment.
• You will work across fiber and copper infrastructure, creating scalable solutions designed for reliability, maintainability, and future capacity growth.
• Close collaboration with network engineering, construction, operations, vendors, and multidisciplinary design teams will be central to your work.
• As a remote engineer, you will combine technical ownership with occasional site surveys and field inspections when required.

This is a strong opportunity to contribute to high-impact infrastructure projects within a fast-moving, international, engineering-led environment.

Accountabilities

• Develop end-to-end structured cabling designs for new-build, expansion, retrofit, and capacity-add data center projects.
• Design fiber-optic and copper cabling infrastructure supporting networking, compute, storage, management, security, and building systems.
• Develop connectivity designs for MDFs, IDFs, MMRs, network rooms, meet-me rooms, and data halls.
• Create fiber backbone, horizontal cabling, interconnect, cross-connect, and equipment connectivity architectures.
• Produce single-line diagrams, cabling schematics, rack elevations, patching diagrams, pathway layouts, fiber routing plans, and connectivity schedules.
• Determine appropriate fiber counts, cable and connector types, patch-panel requirements, termination methods, and pathway capacity.
• Design single-mode and multimode fiber solutions, including high-density and MPO/MTP-based connectivity where appropriate.
• Specify Category 6/6A copper cabling and associated patching infrastructure.
• Calculate capacity requirements for cable trays, conduits, ladder racks, pathways, and containment systems.
• Coordinate cabling designs with network, electrical, mechanical, architectural, security, and construction disciplines.
• Review construction drawings, BIM/CAD models, technical specifications, vendor submittals, RFIs, and supplier proposals.
• Prepare Bills of Materials (BOMs) and support material forecasting and procurement activities.
• Establish and maintain cabling standards, design guidelines, naming conventions, labeling requirements, and installation specifications.
• Ensure designs comply with applicable TIA, BICSI, IEEE, NEC/NFPA, ISO/IEC, and manufacturer standards.
• Support capacity planning by assessing future fiber, copper, rack, and pathway requirements.
• Review contractor installation packages and verify that field implementation aligns with approved designs.
• Support testing, certification, commissioning, punch-list resolution, and project closeout activities, including reviewing OTDR and insertion-loss results where applicable.
• Participate in remote design reviews, construction coordination meetings, and technical troubleshooting.
• Conduct occasional site surveys and field inspections when required.
• Identify design risks, constructability challenges, capacity constraints, and opportunities for standardization.
• Maintain accurate as-built documentation, cable schedules, port assignments, rack elevations, and connectivity records.
• Manage multiple concurrent data center projects while maintaining high standards of quality and meeting schedule commitments.