Learning & Development Specialist - Tysons, VA

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.

The L&D Specialist supports the planning, coordination, administration, design, and continuous improvement of learning programs across M.C. Dean's Learning & Development (L&D) function. This is a cross-functional role spanning content development, learning technology and records, credentialing and education pathways, technical training, apprenticeship support, Individual Development Plans (IDPs), and internal program delivery. The role manages assigned learning programs, supports instructional design and learning-path development, maintains program documentation, supports learning management system (MCDU) and records administration, and provides administrative and operational support across the L&D team.

This position is designed as a development/pipeline role. Over time, it can lead in to content development, learning program management, credentialing and education operations, learning technology, technical training support, or L&D operations.

This role requires strong initiative, organization, customer service, learning agility, and the ability to work across multiple L&D functions. The L&D Specialist supports program execution while helping improve the processes, documentation, and records that make programs repeatable and scalable. Success in this role looks like:

• Ownership and follow-through on assigned programs, tasks, documentation, and stakeholder communications.
• Effective coordination across Content Development, Learning Technology, Credentialing & Education, Technical Training, and Apprenticeship teams.
• Proactive identification of process gaps, learner support issues, or data inconsistencies, with practical solutions.

• Program coordination and delivery: Coordinate planning, timeline s, rosters, learner communications, attendance, completion tracking, and closeout documentation for assigned internal learning programs. Partner with external training providers, education partners, and vendors on scheduling, enrollment, invoicing, and reporting. Maintain project plans, action logs, stakeholder lists, and meeting notes for L&D initiatives.
• Instructional design and content support: Assist with course outlines, learning objectives, storyboards, job aids, facilitator guides, participant materials, and evaluation forms using approved Content Development templates and standards. Support Curriculum Specialists and program owners on business-unit initiatives, including bootcamps, rotation programs, and technical training support.
• Learning technology and records administration: Administer course setup, enrollments, rosters, completions, certificates, and transcripts in M.C. Dean’s learning management system (MCDU), in partnership with the Learning Manager, Technology & Integrations. Identify and help resolve missing, incomplete, or inconsistent learning records to support accurate dashboards and reporting.
• Program documentation: Keep program files, templates, standard operating procedures (SOPs), rosters, communication materials, evaluation results, and vendor records organized, current, and stored in approved systems.
• Credentialing, education, and IDP support: Provide…