Quality Engineer Associate - Manassas, VA

Quality Engineer Associate - Manassas, VA

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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.

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.

The Quality Engineer Associate is responsible for documenting, managing, implementing, and institutionalizing the Quality Assurance plan for the assigned business unit and/or service center.

• Incorporate and lead M.C. Dean's Quality Management System on the assigned project, specifically ensuring:
• Control of Documents and Records
• Control of Nonconforming Installation
• Initiation, follow‑up and closure of corrective and preventive actions.
• Document and Implement the Quality Plan tailored to project specifications/contractual requirements
• Partner with the project team in understanding the complete scope of work for the project.
• Establish and lead 3-Phase Quality Control Process conducting preparatory, initial and follow‑up phase inspections.
• Collect data from internal inspections on conformity to requirements and compliance to procedures and prepare weekly inspection data log (Field Data Collection Report).
• Initiate/Assign/Manage Discrepancy Notices, Corrective Action Reports, Corrective & Preventive Actions (CAPA).
• Identify and provide solutions to project specific issues based on knowledge, experience and outside resources.
• Manage the punch list identification and closeout process.
• Establish and lead quality initiatives for the project.
• Participate in the review of Engineering deliverables (Drawing (Design/Detail), Specification, Submittals) and ensure all comments generated during these reviews are addressed.
• Provide oversight and coordinate 3rd party peer design and 3rd party testing agencies, implement recommendations as necessary.
• Document tailored processes across the value stream using ISO, CMMI, Agile, Lean Six Sigma, PMBOK, ITIL and other internationally recognized process frameworks.
• Understand challenges in the existing AS-IS processes and recommend improvements for process optimization
• Identify technical and administrative controls and create rules, policies, and procedures for the control implementation.
• Lead all activities involving quality assurance, compliance, audits, deliverables, and process improvement.
• Conduct project specific audits to measure the degree of adherence to documented policies and procedures.
• Prepare product and process quality reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends
• Develop project scorecard on Quality Assurance and report to project and executive teams on the level of adherence.
• Work on special process improvement projects to identify root cause and put in place corrective and preventive actions to prevent recurrence