Facility Mechanical Engineer

FACILITY MECHANICAL ENGINEER

DEFTEC delivers mission‑critical solutions through skillfully delivered services and innovative products. We are inspired by our clients' critical missions and driven to provide the most effective solutions to execute their missions, operational challenges, and requirements. Our dedicated, experienced, and talented employees work closely with our clients to ensure the delivery of exceptional services and products.

The Facility Mechanical Engineer supports advanced facility engineering, operations, planning, and programming for NSIC operating locations, ensuring that all construction designs, plans, and sustainment programs meet stringent requirements for secure and compliant SCIF operations. The engineer applies ICD 705 requirements to ensure construction designs and plans comply, coordinates construction contractor‑customer interfaces, and supports development, execution, and monitoring of facility maintenance and sustainment programs.

They provide facility planning and operational expertise in compliance with regulatory codes—including Unified Facility Code, Architectural Barriers Act, National Fire Protection Association standards, and National Electrical Code—across all SCIF modification and construction projects.

Key responsibilities include completing construction design reviews for ICD 705 compliance within five business days of receipt, developing monthly mechanical system reliability assessments, identifying potential risks and recommending mitigation strategies, and conducting regulatory compliance reviews that achieve 100% validation by government review.

• Apply ICD 705 requirements to ensure compliance of construction designs and plans.
• Coordinate construction contractor and customer interfaces during construction.
• Provide advanced facility engineering, operations, planning, and programming for NSIC operating locations.
• Provide mechanical system reliability and resiliency engineering to assure highly available intelligence mission facilities.
• Assist NSIC in developing, executing, and monitoring facility maintenance and sustainment programs.
• Provide expertise for facility planning and operation in compliance with regulatory codes such as UFC, ABA, NFPA, and NEC for all SCIF modification and construction projects.
• Complete reviews of construction designs and plans for ICD 705 compliance within five business days of receipt.
• Develop monthly Mechanical System Reliability assessments.
• Identify potential risks and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Complete regulatory compliance reviews that result in findings where 100% are validated by government review.

DEFTEC offers a comprehensive whole‑life benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, holiday, paid time off, 401(k) with a match, life insurance, short‑ and long‑term disability, and educational reimbursement. The DEFTEC team comprises professionals who make a difference daily in crucial national security missions.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Please get in touch with  if you require reasonable accommodations.

DEFTEC is a Drug‑Free Workplace. Post‑offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria are met as outlined in our policies.

DEFTEC Corp is an Equal Opportunity and Affiliated Action Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type based on actual or perceived race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity and expression, religious creed, disability (mental and physical) including HIV and AIDS, medical condition (cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, age, marital status, civil union status, sexual orientation, military and veteran status, denial of family and medical care leave, arrest record and/or any other characteristic(s) protected by federal, state or local law.

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This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of the activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time, with or without notice.

• Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Ohio (Mechanical).
• 15+ years of experience; familiarity with ICD 705 construction.
• Extensive experience in HVAC and control systems design.
• Active TS/SCI and SAP clearances.