S​/S Engineering Technician

Overview

We re seeking people driven to excellence and inspired to have a meaningful impact powering, automating, integrating, and securing the world’s most critical infrastructure and facilities. As an employee at M.C. Dean, you will join forces with more than 5,800 professionals who engineer and deploy automated, secure and resilient power and technology systems and deliver the management platforms essential for long-term system sustainability.

Together, we transform the way complex, large-scale systems are designed, delivered, and sustained, enhancing client outcomes, improving lives, and changing the world for the better.

The M.C. Dean, Inc. Maritime Division works at shipyards around the world from our regional offices in Chesapeake, VA, and San Diego, CA. Become a key member of our Alteration Installation Teams, supporting C4

ISR system installations on ships and submarines. Join the top team on the waterfront, working for unrivaled compensation and benefits.

• Works with a team supporting cabling, equipment, and C5
  
  ISR system installations
• Read and understand shipboard installation drawings, diagrams, blueprints, and cable running sheets
• Demonstrate skill in the operation of installation test equipment, including spectrum analyzers, voltmeters, VSWR meters, Bit-Error Rate Test Sets, and Category 5e/6 cable testers
• Demonstrate advanced speed and accuracy when performing tasks such as attaching fiber optic connectors, RJ-45 connectors, and DB type connectors, and when dressing cable installations so the finished product presents a well-organized and professional appearance
• Demonstrate superior skills in complex mechanical, sub-assembly, rack and chassis assembly
• Demonstrate leadership abilities
• Provide superior workmanship in a mission-critical environment

Minimum Education:

• High School Diploma or GED

Experience: 3+ years

• The Engineering Technician 2 has a thorough knowledge of shipboard C5
  
  ISR installation practices and procedures, as demonstrated by successful accomplishment of installation tasks. Build infrastructure (cabling, connections, racks) and install and test equipment and devices on ships and submarines. A minimum of three (3) years of applicable experience performing alteration installation tasks to include fabrication and assembly or repairs of electromechanical and electronic assemblies per fabrication/assembly drawings. Experience shall include soldering with low wattage (under 30 watts) soldering devices, assembling cable harnesses, and making high-density electrical cable connectors, coaxial connectors, and waveguide connectors.

• Occupation Safety Haz-Mat Certification
• Shipyard Competent Person Certification
• Aloft/Climbing / Climbing Shipyard Stairs and Ladders Certification
• Working in Confined Spaces Certification
• Training and the Ability to Safely Lift and Move Objects of 50 LBS

• Work is primarily in San Diego, CA and Norfolk, VA but you may travel for extended periods to other shipyards in the USA and to other Navy ports outside the USA
• You will work at government facilities
• You must pass a background investigation
• You must have a valid driver s license
• This position may require ongoing or intermittent use of a company vehicle. Selected candidates must possess an acceptable driving record in accordance to our policy

Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and may meet eligibility requirements, including U.S. Citizenship, for access to classified information. A secret clearance is required.

• Work overtime upon management request
• Maintain and safeguard company equipment and tools
• Maintain and safeguard welding inventory
• Organize and…