Cabling Consultant

Role:
Cabling Consultant
Duration: 12 Months

Location:

Remote with extensive travelling to Nordics, Portugal, France, UK to Saudi
Rate: £77 per hour

Are you a Cabling Consultant looking to lead complex deployments at scale and set industry benchmarks for cabling excellence. Then we have the opportunity for you.
This role involves leading the design, program management, and execution of large-scale, complex cabling deployments in data centre environments.
This role requires deep technical expertise in copper, fibre, and Infini Band cabling systems, as well as proven leadership in managing multi-team operations for projects involving 20,000+ endpoints and large GPU clusters (5,000+ GPUs).
The Successful will be responsible for designing standards, building best practices, and supervising partners to ensure high-quality, efficient deployment of structured and point-to-point cabling infrastructures across multiple data halls.

• Design Leadership
• Develop and validate cabling designs for large-scale data centre environments, including leaf-spine and superspine architectures.
• Define structured and point-to-point cabling standards and best practices for high-density deployments.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and alignment with project specifications.
• Plan and manage complex cabling projects involving 20,000+ cables across multiple topologies.
• Coordinate and oversee multiple teams and partners working in 24×7 shifts to meet aggressive timelines.
• Manage project schedules, budgets, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Deployment Supervision
• Lead and supervise partner teams during installation of copper, fibre, and Infini Band cabling.
• Ensure proper labelling, documentation, and quality control throughout the deployment process.
• Monitor progress and resolve technical or operational issues promptly.
• Standards & Best Practices
• Establish and maintain cabling standards, documentation templates, and operational best practices for large-scale programs.
• Drive continuous improvement in deployment methodologies and partner performance.

• Deep knowledge of copper, fibre, and Infini Band cabling systems.
• Experience with large-scale deployments (10,000+ endpoints) and inter-data hall trunking.
• Proven experience with cabling for large GPU clusters (5,000+ GPUs).
• Familiarity with major cable providers:
  Corning, Panduit, Comm Scope.
• Project Leadership
• Proven ability to program manage complex cabling projects with multiple teams and vendors.
• Strong organizational and communication skills to manage 24×7 operations.
• Work closely with selected partner and lead them through cabling phase
• Work on definition and alignment of cabling, labelling, remediation teams
• Management of shifts, teams’ rotation, efficient handover
• Communication and lead of operations team leads
• Attention to Detail
• Expertise in cable labelling and documentation for large environments.
• Ability to enforce standards and maintain quality under tight deadlines.
• Ability to travel across EMEA to lead and supervise the largest cabling programs.

• Experience in hyperscale or enterprise data centre environments.
• Knowledge of structured cabling standards (TIA/EIA) and best practices.
• PMP or equivalent project management certification is a plus.

Please note this role involves extensive travel throughout the Nordics, France, UK, Portugal & Saudi.