Per-MW pricing, regional variance, and cost drivers for owners scoping hyperscale & AI builds.
Salary benchmarks across the 14 mission-critical disciplines.
Hire Structured Cabling Designers — sometimes titled Network Infrastructure Designers — who design the copper and fiber plant of mission-critical facilities: data hall white space, campus backbone, MDF/IDF architecture, and enterprise fit-out. TIA-568/942 depth, RCDD-track credentials, and drawing production verified before you see a resume.
A structured process for the cabling designer hire — where standards discipline and rack-level accuracy decide whether the install matches the drawings.
30-minute call. Align on environment (white space, campus backbone, enterprise), standards set, RCDD requirement, CAD/Revit platform, and start date.
Within 2 weeks we introduce 3–5 Structured Cabling Designers with environment-matched design history. Credentials verified and references from prior ICT leads included.
Interview, select, and make the offer with market comp data in hand. Every placement carries a replacement guarantee — on every engagement model.
Designers fluent in TIA-942 topologies, hot/cold aisle constraints, and high-density fiber architecture — not just office horizontal cabling.
Reference-verified rack elevations, patch-field architecture, and labeling schemes that survive day-2 operations — checked with the teams who lived with them.
Whether your req says Structured Cabling Designer or Network Infrastructure Designer, we match the actual scope — pathways, plant, and the network rooms that host them.
TIA-568, 942, and 606 labeling; BICSI design framework; RCDD or DCDC verified where required.
Single-mode/OM4 selection, trunk and breakout architecture, and Cat6A horizontal design.
Rack elevations, containment coordination, patch-field and meet-me room architecture.
Tray and conduit sizing, fill calcs, and MDF/IDF layouts coordinated with MEP.
Revit or AutoCAD sheet production speed and QC discipline referenced with design leads.
Certification test-plan literacy, as-built quality, and labeling standard enforcement.
We’ll help scope the role on the call — environment, standards set, credential requirements.
Time to shortlist is typically 2 weeks. Total time to placement is typically 3–4 weeks. Designers with real hyperscale white-space history are a tight market — we keep a live bench.
Pricing depends on the engagement model. A single hire typically runs through recruiting support; leadership roles through executive search; multi-hire ICT programs through embedded recruiting or RPO. We scope the model on the first call.
In the US market, structured cabling designers typically earn $75,000–$110,000 base; senior and RCDD-credentialed designers $105,000–$140,000; hyperscale specialists trend higher. Ranges shift by metro.
Substantially, yes. Network Infrastructure Designer is the same seat under a different req title — physical-layer design of the copper and fiber plant plus the rooms and pathways that carry it. We recruit to the scope, not the title.
Yes. Every placement carries a replacement guarantee, on every engagement model — search, embedded, or RPO. If the hire does not stick, we replace them.
Yes. Multi-hire builds — cabling designers, LV designers, and a telecom engineer to lead — route through embedded recruiting or RPO.
30-minute scoping conversation. We’ll review the Structured Cabling Designer role, environment, standards set, and credential requirements — then start sourcing.
