Manager, Inside Plant (ISP) Engineering

Tract Capital adopts a unique approach to digital infrastructure investment. Leveraging experience and strategic insights honed over three decades of creating successful companies in the space, we excel in nurturing and advancing leading-edge digital infrastructure enterprises. Our team of specialized experts are united by a singular purpose: to support the growth of digital infrastructure. Tract Capital goes beyond simple investment by acting as a strategic partner and catalyst for innovation within the sector. We ensure our engagements not only generate strong financial results but also develop essential digital infrastructure to meet growing demands. **Position Overview** The Manager, Inside Plant Engineering leads the Inside Plant engineering discipline within Tract Capital's Site Communications & Network Infrastructure organization, owning the pre-construction design and construction-phase delivery of all in-building physical communications infrastructure across the company's data center campuses. This role is accountable for the engineering and field delivery of structured cabling (fiber and copper), main and intermediate distribution frames (MDF/IDF) and meet-me/main distribution areas, racks and passive infrastructure, cable trays and pathways, in-building life-safety and signal systems (ERRCS/BDA, indoor DAS, in-building 5G boosters), and the supporting safety systems (lone-worker, mass notification/PA, duress, BMS integration) — along with the cabling standards and as-built record of record for every campus. Reporting to the VP, Site Communications & Network Infrastructure, this leader manages a team that includes the Senior Inside Plant Engineer, the Signal Systems Engineer, and the Safety Systems Specialist. The Manager translates campus design intent into constructible, code-compliant, schedule-certain inside-plant packages, drives cabling and low-voltage contractors to deliver against Tract Capital standards, and ensures clean commissioning handover to the Daily Operations chain. This is a player-coach leadership role anchored in inside-plant physical infrastructure: the Manager sets direction and standards, makes sound engineering judgment calls, and holds vendors accountable for quality and schedule — while leaning on the team's specialists for deep technical work, particularly the code-driven in-building RF/life-safety systems. Important note – this is not an IP routing / switching role. **Job Responsibilities** The successful candidate will have practical experience across many of the following: - Directly lead, manage, and develop a small team of three specialists — the Senior Inside Plant Engineer (structured cabling, IDF/MDF, rack-and-stack), the Signal Systems Engineer (ERRCS/BDA, indoor DAS, 5G boosters), and the Safety Systems Specialist (lone-worker, mass notification, duress, BMS) — owning hiring, onboarding, goal-setting, and performance management for the group. - Allocate work across the team, balance workloads against the campus build schedule, and serve as the technical escalation point and decision-maker when sub-specialties intersect (e.g., where cabling, in-building RF coverage, and life-safety systems must be reconciled in the same space). - Coach and grow each team member's technical and professional skills, building bench strength and cross-coverage so the small team can support multiple concurrent campuses without single points of failure. - Own the Inside Plant engineering function end-to-end — structured cabling (fiber and copper), MDF/IDF and distribution areas, racks and passive infrastructure, cable trays and pathways, cross-connects, and intra-/inter-building fiber — from pre-construction design through construction, commissioning, and as-built turnover. - Guide structured-cabling design (rack elevations, cable schedules, pathway/fill and separation, labeling, firestopping) and establish Inside Plant design standards and QA/QC criteria for consistent, repeatable campus builds. - Ove…