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Engineering Leader 2

M.C. Dean, Inc.
Mc Lean, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/28/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/27/2026
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 2 (EL2) leads and manages projects/programs while building client trust and validating a world class solution. The EL2 leads engineering best practices across most disciplines and has applied experience with coaching and mentoring concepts and methods.

This position requires expertise in Allen-Bradley PLC and/or Ignition SCADA. Data Center experience is required.

Responsibilities

  • Applied knowledge and experience in developing and maintaining strong trusting relationships.
  • 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 all technical risk on a project.
  • Leading and managing engineering teams on a project
  • Leading multiple engineering disciplines to develop new and upcoming engineers and technical experts.
  • Preparing and presenting client-specific solutions.
  • Leading the development and maintenance of project artifacts that are required to ensure success for a project.
  • Identifying, recommending, and implementing work process improvements.
  • Reviewing all technical project details before implementation.
  • Leading and managing the integration of data from multiple company systems and analyzing the data to draw insights on project technical solution.
  • Ensuring all safety regulations are adhered to and issues identified and resolved.
  • Maintaining a positive, assertive relationship with all project personnel 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 10 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 7 years of experience in any Engineering discipline with Construction experience

The Engineering Leader 2 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 2 required skills are:
  • Applied experience in developing and providing solutions to complex technical challenges.
  • Applied knowledge multiple technologies and various application methods.
  • Applied experience with collaborative techniques; ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner.
  • Applied proficiency in leading technical discussions to a successful conclusion.
  • Applied proficiency to lead the application of principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment for multiple specific branches of engineering to the design and production of various goods and services.
  • Applied knowledge and experience with cost estimation.
  • Applied knowledge of finance systems and advanced principles of finance management.
  • Applied proficiency in the design, build, and development of a new products, technologies, or services
  • Applied proficiency on calculating and presenting the costs of a project when budgeting.
  • Applied proficiency in effectively using and teaching presentation tools and techniques to ensure clear understanding of project details

The Engineering Leader 2 Preferred Skills Are

  • Applied knowledge of applying engineering science and technology to the construction industry.
  • Applied experience in reviewing and correcting construction drawings and construction project standards.
  • Applied knowledge of fabrication and installation standards and specifications Tools Experience The Engineering Leader 2 must have experience with:
  • 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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