Electrical Maintenance Technician - Charlottesville, VA

Company Overview

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.

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.

Applicants selected must hold a state‑issued Journeyman License.

Responsible for ensuring that all electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety equipment within the project site are operating at peak efficiency. This involves both planned preventative maintenance, daily corrective work, and emergency response to emergent issues.

• 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.
• 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 modify 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 and all industrial electrical equipment, including power distribution, electronic components, and lighting systems across the campus.
• Use appropriate test equipment, including infrared scanning and vibration analysis meters, for diagnostics. Ensure activities are logged in CMMS.
• Conduct daily walk‑throughs of the facility, documenting parameters such as power availability, temperature, humidity, and alarm status to track discrepancies and trends.
• Manage mechanical and electrical systems in emergency situations, including HVAC components, power distribution, generator systems, load transfer, 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 to facilitate procurement.
• Maintain relationships with major vendor accounts.
• Schedule, coordinate, and oversee all critical environment vendors during maintenance, emergency, and break/fix events to ensure personnel safety and maintain critical load power.
• Set up and operate electrical data‑capturing devices such as Dranetz and Fluke PQA.
• Create and perform periodic reviews of MOPs and SOPs to ensure updated techniques and safety guidelines.
• Collect and generate internal and vendor field service reports describing all activities performed at the facility.
• Develop reliability reports to identify areas for increased efficiency, resiliency, or to mitigate unplanned downtime.
• Conduct training with junior technicians and other staff on electrical equipment/system maintenance, repairs, and operation.
• Perform scheduled preventive maintenance on generators, switch gear, UPS…