Power Engineer - Suwanee, GA

Overview

M.C. Dean is Building Intelligence. We design, build, operate, and maintain cyber-physical solutions for 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.

Why Join Us? 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. We are committed to building the next generation of technical leaders in electrical, engineering, and cybersecurity industries.

In this role, as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will be responsible for developing, integrating, and delivering project engineering deliverables. These documents include drawings, specifications, product selection, installation sequence planning, and commissioning testing/commissioning scripts.

Clearance/Citizen Type: Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements including U.S. citizenship for access to classified information.

• Familiarity with relevant codes and standards such as NEMA, NFPA 70 and 70E, ANSI, NFPA, IBC/IEC, IEEE 141 and 242, and other industry standards as part of design and installation efforts.
• Develop and produce conceptual design to construction documents from utilization voltage to low voltage, including detailed equipment layout, single and three-line diagrams, grounding, and feeder routing.
• Medium voltage design experience, including working knowledge of relays protection schemes.
• Design control wiring diagrams and electrical interlocks schemes for protecting electrical equipment such as switch gear, transformers, and generators.
• Size wires, conduit, and overcurrent protection for lighting and power applications.
• Perform voltage drop calculations, and calculate raceway and cable tray fill.
• Size equipment including switch gear, substations, switchboards, UPS and generator systems, distribution panel boards and motor control centers.
• Develop equipment specifications for switch gear, generator and generator plants, large UPS systems, load break switches, motor control centers, etc., and perform calculations for short circuit and overcurrent protective device ratings.
• Develop specifications and installation details of construction materials and equipment.
• Perform selective coordination, arc flash studies, and grounding studies.
• Perform Neher–McGrath cable and temperature analysis of underground cable raceways.
• Knowledge of schedule constraints and information requirements to produce all electrical deliverables.
• Develop and create Method of Procedures (MOP) and Sequence of Operations (SOP) to support construction execution.
• Mentor and provide guidance to Level I and II staff and lead project teams to complete small and medium-size projects.
• Accurately estimate completion percentage of assigned tasks.
• Knowledge and application of company BIM/CAD drafting standards.
• EIT certification minimum; PE preferred.

• ABET-accredited Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or higher required
• 5+ years of Power/Electrical Engineering experience
• 5+ years of MV Substation and Distribution Design
• 5+ years of UPS system design
• Experience in mission-critical datacenter design and/or industrial process power design
• Strong oral, written, and presentation skills
• Ability to present to a group of peers and engineering leaders
• Experience working with multidisciplinary and cross-functional teams
• Experience mentoring engineers
• Demonstrated time management and organization skills to meet deadlines and quality objectives
• SKM System Analysis, ETAP or Easy Power experience
• Experience producing drawings in AutoCAD/Revit applications
• Strong MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills
• Microsoft…