Security/Technology (Low Voltage) Designer

Job Description

Designing Secure, Connected Environments - Security/Technology (Low Voltage) Designer - Birmingham, AL

Dewberry is seeking a talented Security/Technology (Low Voltage) Designer to enhance our Technology group within the Engineering Design Center located in Birmingham, AL. If you are a client-focused, highly motivated, and organized designer looking to expand your technical and management skills, this is your opportunity to thrive in our growing, fast-paced, multi-disciplined engineering department!

In this dynamic role, you will leverage your 3+ years of experience in low-voltage systems while also embracing the chance to develop your expertise across various technical disciplines and management. We are particularly interested in candidates with a strong technology design background who are enthusiastic about contributing to innovative security solutions.

The Security/Technology Group is a specialized group of individuals responsible for security electronics, telecommunications infrastructure, and audio/visual designs for a variety of project types, including K-12, Higher Education, Healthcare, Justice/Public Safety, and Commercial.

You'll lead and coordinate multidisciplinary design teams, ensuring project commitments are successfully delivered while overseeing the quality and execution of work across each discipline. Partnering closely with Project Managers, you'll help align technical resources with client goals, project schedules, and budget expectations. You'll also have opportunities to support business development efforts, contribute to client relationships, and provide the engineering guidance and resources needed to deliver exceptional results on complex multidisciplinary projects.

For nearly four decades, MEPS South, an engineering division of Dewberry Engineers Inc, has delivered engineering excellence across Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Our team is trusted by educational institutions, healthcare systems, and public-sector clients to solve complex challenges and design projects that strengthen the communities we serve. We're looking for engineers, designers, and technical leaders who are passionate about solving complex challenges, collaborating with talented professionals, and continuously growing their skills. Whether you're launching your career or bringing years of experience, you'll find opportunities to learn, lead, and make a meaningful impact while helping build a better future for the communities we serve in MEPS South.

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors is our people. At Dewberry, we seek exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century. 

Responsibilities

• Provide technical design for discipline area.
• Peer review project work for the discipline area.
• Work with team members in establishing/improving standards for discipline area.
• Adherence to project design schedules.
• Adherence to discipline project budgets.
• Pay attention to project scope during the design process to identify potential additional services.
• Provide general updates of projects (status in the process, tasks to complete, percentage complete currently, etc.)
• Identify milestone dates when each discipline should provide information, at each phase, to allow sufficient time for good design coordination.
• Provide 'on-the-spot' advice and decisions, technical and cost estimates.
• Coordinate with all of the disciplines involved, including outside consultants.

Required Skills & Required Experience

• H.S. Diploma required.
• Required certifications include: Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD), Certified Protection Professional (CPP), or Physical security Professional (PSP) certifications.
• Accomplished (3+ years of experience) in low voltage systems including:
  • Structured cabling, both inside and outside plant
  • Electronic Physical Access Control
  • Video Surveillance
  • Intrusion Detection
  • Overhead Paging
  • Audio/Visual
  • Nurse Call
  • Real Time Locating Systems
  • Infant (and memory care) Protection
  • Emergency Responder Radio Communication Systems
• Experience in the following systems:
• Experience in the following systems a plus:
• Knowledge of the design and construction process
• Self-motivated with highly developed verbal, written and interpersonal skills
• Experience in the design of low voltage systems, and an understanding of document preparation utilizing a BIM/Revit platform
• Well organized with the ability to take detailed notes
• Strong conceptual understanding of low voltage systems with general knowledge of system operation, space requirements, and cost

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for our employee’s. So if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

*At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.

*Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

*Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.

Notice to Third Party Recruiters:  Dewberry only compensates job placement recruiters that have a valid Dewberry-approved written agreement in place for recruiting services. Dewberry does not compensate third party recruiters for unsolicited job placement candidate information.

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