Electrical Engineer 4

Electrical Engineer 4

M.C. Dean is Building Intelligence. We design, build, operate, and maintain cyber-physical solutions for the nation's most mission-critical facilities, secure environments, complex infrastructure, and global enterprises. With over 7,000 employees, our capabilities span electrical, electronic security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audiovisual, and IT systems. Headquarters in Tysons, Virginia, M.C. Dean delivers resilient, secure, and innovative power and technology solutions through engineering expertise and smart systems integration.

Our people are passionate about engineering innovation that improves lives and drives impactful change. Guided by our core values—agility, expertise, and trust—we foster a collaborative and forward-thinking work environment. At M.C. Dean, we are committed to building the next generation of technical leaders in electrical, engineering, and cybersecurity industries.

As the Company continues to expand aggressively both domestically and internationally with increasing project size, scope and complexity, there is a need to hire an Electrical Engineer 4 for the Critical Infrastructure Solutions (CIS) Business Unit.

The Electrical Engineer 4 will serve as a Subject Matter Expert in the areas of Engineering & Design related to Electrical and Critical Power Systems, along with other diverse system components contained within a variety of facilities. The Candidate will be expected to perform site survey, engineering design, and construction support.

Responsibilities

• Establish design standards, specifications, and criteria for projects
• Represent the Company in interactions with the customers, contractors, suppliers and collaborate with other project team members
• Perform site survey, calculations, evaluations, equipment selection, equipment specification, system design, system layout for project proposal and contract execution
• Develop sustainable designs for high performance systems for air and hydronic distribution, central heating and cooling plants and building management
• Pushing, pulling or lifting equipment or supplies routinely encountered in an office environment
• At times, required to access work areas that are accessible only by O.S.H.A. approved site construction ladders or stairs that are under construction.
• Must have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard, including significant fine finger dexterity
• Maintaining effective audio-visual abilities and perception needed for: making observations, reading and writing, communicating with others, operating assigned equipment according to safety standards
• Focusing on complex tasks for extended periods of time
• Address any electrical design, fabrication, construction, and commissioning issues
• Develop system sequence of operations, compliance matrices and other project support documentation
• General knowledge in participate in Pre-Installation Testing and Checkout (PITCO) processes including system programming, integration testing, and equipment build outs.
• Develop electrical project scope, schedule, budget, and discipline coordination
• Participate in and ensure successful project construction, start up and commissioning as needed.
• Serve as Subject Matter Expert and perform quality control review of project documentation
• Participate in new product evaluations and recommendations
• Domestic and international travels on short-term assignments depending on project requirements.

Qualifications

Education, Experience & Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience with a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent engineering degree required.
• 5+ years of experience with a Masters Degree in Engineering or higher.
• Professional Engineer (PE) License
• Strong application knowledge of ASHRAE Handbook and Standards
• Excellent oral and written communication, interpersonal, problem solving and analytical skills
• Design experience with governmental sites, data centers, and building infrastructure.
• Excellent knowledge in short circuit studies, knowledge of software like SKM, ETAP and Easy power, familiarity with coordination studies and general protection schemes for LV and MV transformers, generators, motors.
• Full familiarity and proficiency with CAD software, like AutoCAD and Revit

Desired Qualifications & Certifications:

• Ability to obtain a Security Clearance.
• Ability to understand PLC and ladder logic and write control sequences
• Certified Energy Manager (CEM)
• Lighting Certified (LC)
• Certified Lighting & Efficiency Professional (CLEP)
• Design Build Institute of America (DBIA)
• INCOSE Certification
• NICET/NETA Certifications
• LEED certified
• DoD Secret clearance
• AutoCAD Inventor Experience
• SEL product training
• Experience with Modular Construction and/or LOD 300+400
• AGI32 software knowledge.

Abilities:

• Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.
• Sitting for extended periods of time.
• Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
• Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Identify and understand the speech of another person.