Engineering Leader 1

M. C. Dean • Richmond, VA • 7h ago

Overview

About M.C. Dean

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.

Why Join Us?

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.

The Engineer Leader 1 (EL1) supports, participates in, and leads projects/programs while building client trust and validating a world class solution. The EL1 leads engineering best practices across several disciplines and has experience with coaching and mentoring concepts and methods.

Responsibilities

Leading complex technical discussions, projects, and/or programs.

Validating world class technical solutions on projects.

Ensuring engineering best practices are followed across multiple engineering and solution disciplines.

Managing technical risk on a project.

Providing oversight, direction, and technical expertise to engineering teams on a project.

Leading an engineering discipline to develop new and upcoming engineers and technical experts.

Preparing client-specific solutions.

Driving the development and maintenance of project artifacts that are required to ensure success for a project.

Identifying, recommending, and implementing work process improvements.

Reviewing technical project details with project leadership.

Managing the integration of data from multiple company systems and analyzing the data to draw insights on project technical solution.

Ensuring safety regulations are adhered to and issues identified and resolved.

Maintaining a positive, assertive relationship with project engineers to achieve project milestones and overall project success.

Qualifications

Education, Experience & Training:

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Math or Physics preferably from an ABET accredited program with 7+ years of experience in any Engineering discipline with Construction experience OR

Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Math or Physics preferably from an ABET accredited program with 5+ years of experience in any Engineering discipline with Construction experience

The Engineering Leader 1 preferred education and training is:

Fundamentals of Engineering (FE/EIT) certification

Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) certification

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) training

National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET) training

The Engineering Leader 1 required skills are:

Strong knowledge of one or more technologies and various application methods.

Experience with collaborative techniques; ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner.

Ability to lead and participate in technical discussions with project leadership.

Ability to lead the application of principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment for one or more specific branches of engineering to the design and production of various goods and services.

Strong Knowledge cost estimation.

Strong knowledge of finance systems and basic principles of finance management.

Ability to design, build, and development of a new product, technology, or service

Ability to calculate and present the costs of a project when budgeting.

Ability to develop and maintain trust and trusting relationships.

Strong knowledge of effective presentation tools and techniques to ensure clear understanding

Applied experience in developing and providing solutions to complex technical challenges.

Tools Experience MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access) MS Outlook Mail Engineering Document Management System (EDMS) Microsoft Visio SharePoint SureTrak

All M.C. Dean applications (including, but not limited to Job Connect, EVMS, Timesheets, Accubid, Infralink, Forms)

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.

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