Electrical Maintenance Technician - Charlottesville, VA

Overview

About 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.

Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements, including U.S. Citizenship, for access to classified information; minimum secret clearance required with ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with Poly Security Clearance required.

Applicants selected must hold a state issued Journeyman License.

• Render assistance in administration and regulation of the duties of junior technicians and provide oversight of contractors’ roles for electrical duties.
• Analyze systems requirements, conduct research on equipment and procedures, and recommend modifications to new and existing systems. Install new units or replacement parts for existing units according to specifications and established safety guidelines, relying on MOPs, manufacturer’s literature, and industry best practices.
• Utilize safe working practices; apply lockout/tagout, MSDS, and good housekeeping methods. Ability to type and utilize common administrative and office software.
• Troubleshoot, repair, and make modifications to malfunctioning electronic units such as printed circuit boards, set‑up sensing mechanisms, and advanced electrical circuits.
• Perform maintenance, installations, and service repairs on critical data center systems, as well as all industrial electrical equipment and systems that include power distribution components, wiring, electronic components, and lighting systems throughout the data center campus to ensure efficient operation. Capable of utilizing appropriate test equipment, including infrared scanning and vibration‑analyzing meters, to perform system and equipment diagnostics. Ensure activities are logged in CMMS.
• When necessary, perform daily walk‑through of facility documenting parameters such as power availability, temperature and humidity, alarm status, etc. to catalogue and compare for identification of discrepancies and trends. Monitor and make necessary changes to site BAS, following site MOPs & SOPs.
• Manage mechanical and electrical systems in emergency situations including HVAC components, power distribution equipment, generator systems, load transfer and control systems, UPS systems, DC power systems, and fire and life safety.
• Identify required materials and parts for maintenance and repair; prepare and present cost estimates for parts, equipment, and supplies for proposed installation or repairs to facilitate procurement.
• Maintain relationship with all major vendor accounts.
• Schedule, coordinate, and oversee all critical environment vendors during maintenance, emergency, and break/fix events to ensure personnel safety and maintain power to the critical load.
• Set up and operate electrical data capturing devices (e.g., Dranetz, Fluke PQA).
• Create required MOPs and SOPs; perform periodic technical and quality reviews of all MOPs and SOPs to ensure that the most up‑to‑date techniques and safety guidelines are utilized.
• Collect and generate internal and vendor field service reports describing all activities (preventive maintenance, repairs, etc.) performed at the facility; review all reports prior to submission to end user.
• Develop reliability reports to assist…