Project Leader - Energy & Utility

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.

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.

M.C. Dean’s Engineering and Construction business unit is currently seeking a Project Leader 2 to own external dependencies, integration, and delivery risk across an entire behind‑the‑meter and grid‑connected natural gas‑fired generation system for mission‑critical and industrial facilities. In this role, you will manage the entire scope of a project lifecycle from initiation through project close‑out and be a key player during pre‑construction, engineering, and implementation phases.

• Accountable for the overall administration, organization, and implementation of large‑scale energy and utility construction projects associated with mission‑critical data centers and industrial facilities.
• Manage the full project lifecycle, including proposal, estimating, design, solutioning, installation, commissioning, and close‑out.
• Accountable for project documentation, including project requirements, manpower requirements, project layout, project schedules, detailed equipment plans and field‑office support.
• Deliver projects aligned with hyperscale data‑center requirements, including aggressive schedules, phased energization, and high‑availability architectures (N+1, 2N).
• Manage procurement and delivery of major generation equipment, including coordination with OEMs, long‑lead equipment tracking, and oversight of factory and site acceptance testing.
• Own and manage utility and ISO/RTO interconnection processes, including application timelines, study milestones, and coordination with utilities to ensure alignment with project schedule and commercial operation targets.
• Lead coordination of natural gas utility scope, including pipeline interconnections, metering, and pressure regulation, ensuring alignment of fuel availability with project schedule and commissioning milestones.
• Lead commissioning and startup execution, including coordination of system turnover, functional testing, grid synchronization, and performance validation to achieve commercial operation.
• Identify and manage risks unique to energy infrastructure projects, including interconnection delays, fuel supply constraints, long‑lead equipment, and commissioning performance.
• Coordinate and lead the project kick‑off meeting.
• Develop a Work Breakdown Structure for the project with properly named work packages and resources assigned to tasks (resource‑loaded) to establish a baseline resource plan.
• Accountable for the scheduling of resources on the project to maintain the baseline project schedule.
• Create baseline vs. actual reporting of resources, as required.
• Provide and execute site surveys, site‑cost studies, projected costs, forecasts, cost codes and progress reports, as required.
• Assist with the collection of progress data of both self‑perform and contractor‑perform work.
• Observe and measure project scope and performance against the project plan to ensure that the project is within acceptable variances of cost, budget, schedule, and scope.
• Drive the development and maintenance of project artifacts, including engineering and design documents that are required to ensure effective short‑term and long‑term staffing success for the project.
• Coordinate the acquisition of major equipment and…