Senior Structural Engineer - Tysons, VA

Overview

About M.C. Dean
We are 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. At M.C. Dean, we are committed to building the next generation of technical leaders in electrical, engineering, and cybersecurity industries.

The Senior Structural Engineer is responsible for the structural design, analysis, and integration of systems that support complex electrical and mechanical modules, including prefabricated skids, equipment enclosures, modular power systems, and integrated infrastructure assemblies. This role ensures structural integrity, constructability, transportability, and long-term performance of modules supporting mission-critical operations.

• Design structural systems supporting complex electrical and mechanical modules, including E-houses, mechanical skids, and packaged systems
• Perform structural analysis for static, dynamic, seismic, wind, vibration, lifting, and transportation loads
• Design steel and reinforced concrete frames, bases, foundations, and anchorage systems
• Develop and review structural calculations, drawings, and specifications
• Coordinate with electrical and mechanical engineers to ensure structural compatibility
• Support modularization strategies including shop fabrication, transport, lifting, and installation
• Review vendor drawings and equipment data for structural impacts
• Support fabrication, installation, and commissioning activities

• Ensure compliance with applicable codes and standards (AISC, ACI, ASCE, IBC, OSHA, UFC where applicable)
• Address safety-critical considerations including fatigue, redundancy, and progressive collapse
• Support development of structural standards and best practices for modular systems

• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to junior engineers
• Participate in multidisciplinary design reviews
• Interface with fabricators, contractors, and external partners

• Bachelor’s degree in Structural or Civil Engineering (Master’s preferred)
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required
• 8+ years of structural engineering experience
• Experience designing structures supporting electrical and mechanical equipment
• Proficiency with structural analysis software (SAP
  2000, RAM, IDEA, Stati Ca, Tedds, Mathcad)

Desired

Skills:

• Experience with modular construction or skid-mounted systems
• Experience designing for lifting and transportation loads
• Experience in mission-critical facilities or industrial infrastructure
• Familiarity with design-build or EPC delivery models

Combination of office, fabrication facility, and construction site environments. Occasional travel and off-hours support during installations or critical lifts may be required.

• Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.
• Sitting for extended periods of time.
• Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
• Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Identify and understand the speech of another person.