Engineering Leader

Job Title

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.

Engineering Leadership and Project Execution

• Lead the engineering definition, design integration, and technical execution of power generation and utility infrastructure scope across complex projects and pursuits.
• Support development of integrated power solutions for behind-the-meter and grid-connected applications serving mission-critical, industrial, infrastructure, and other large-load environments.
• Serve as a lead technical point of coordination across electrical, mechanical, controls, civil, utility, construction, commissioning, procurement, and client stakeholders.
• Provide engineering leadership through all phases of project delivery, including conceptual design, proposal support, detailed engineering, procurement support, construction support, startup, and turnover.
• Support scope definition, design basis development, equipment selection, technical narratives, risk identification, cost input, and schedule input during pursuits and early-stage project development.
• Help align engineering deliverables with project objectives related to reliability, operability, constructability, maintainability, quality, safety, and commercial execution.
• Elevate technical consistency by identifying lessons learned, improving engineering workflows, and supporting the development of repeatable practices across the Power & Utilities portfolio.

Electrical Power Systems Design

• Originate, develop, and execute electrical designs with limited supervision from senior engineering leadership.
• Design and integrate medium-voltage and high-voltage substations, local transmission systems, medium-voltage distribution systems, and low-voltage distribution systems.
• Develop protection and control schemes, electrical layouts, one-line diagrams, grounding systems, cable routing, duct banks, equipment layouts, and installation details.
• Support design of emergency power, black start power, UPS systems, backup generation, and resilient distribution systems for mission-critical applications.
• Coordinate electrical device locations and system interfaces with mechanical, plumbing, controls, civil, architectural, and other project disciplines.
• Develop lighting layouts and perform lighting calculations as required.
• Prepare project specifications for electrical equipment, power systems, installation methods, and commissioning requirements.

Power Plant Design and System Integration

• Lead or support engineering for gas-fired generation and related utility infrastructure, including reciprocating engine systems, combustion turbine systems, simple cycle plants, combined cycle facilities, cogeneration systems, and hybrid energy configurations as required by project scope.
• Support plant electrical integration, auxiliary system coordination, controls interfaces, equipment arrangement, and overall system architecture for reliable project execution.
• Review and contribute to core engineering deliverables, including one-line diagrams, electrical studies, design calculations, equipment specifications, layouts, PFDs, P&IDs, control narratives, and commissioning documentation.
• Interface effectively with OEMs, major equipment suppliers, utilities, ISO/RTO stakeholders, subcontractors, and internal project teams to resolve design issues and maintain execution momentum.
• Support technical coordination across generation, substation, utility interconnection, fuel systems, controls, storage integration, and balance-of-plant interfaces.
• Provide engineering support during procurement, construction, commissioning, startup, and turnover, including issue resolution and technical decision-making in schedule-driven environments.

Power System Analysis and Technical Studies

• Perform and review power system studies and technical analyses as required by project scope, including short-circuit, coordination, arc flash, load flow, cable, grounding, duct bank, transient, stability, and related system studies.
• Support utility and ISO/RTO interconnection activities, including applications, technical submittals, study support, compliance documentation, and responses to stakeholder comments.
• Contribute to technical risk assessments, constructability reviews, quality reviews, and other engineering evaluation processes used to improve project outcomes.
• Support comparative analysis of technical alternatives, lifecycle considerations, and solution tradeoffs to help guide engineering recommendations and client decision-making.
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