Recruiting Manager, Facility Engineering Operations & Maintenance

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.

M.C. Dean is a leading integrator of complex electrical and facilities systems for mission‑critical, secure, and infrastructure‑intensive environments – often in sectors such as government, healthcare, data centers, transportation, and defense. The Recruiting Manager plays a pivotal role in identifying and acquiring talent that can operate and maintain these highly technical, uptime‑driven, and compliance‑intensive environments. M.C. Dean is seeking an experienced Recruiting Manager to lead technical recruitment efforts for our Facilities Engineering Operations & Maintenance (FEO&M) Strategic Business Unit, which is responsible for 24/7/365 operation, maintenance, and lifecycle management of critical facilities and physical plant across mission‑critical, secure, and infrastructure‑intensive environments.

This individual will oversee primary recruiting for Senior Operations Leaders and Senior Facility/Maintenance Leaders, lead full‑cycle recruitment, manage a team of recruiters, and partner directly with operational leaders to meet aggressive staffing demands for critical facility operations, maintenance engineering, and skilled trades professionals.

This role is ideal for a proactive leader who thrives in fast‑paced, high‑stakes environments and understands the complexities of critical facility operations, preventive/predictive maintenance, building automation, and government contracting. The role reports to the Director of Talent Acquisition, M.C. Dean.

The Recruiting Manager's role is not just to fill positions but to build high‑performing operations and maintenance teams capable of sustaining uptime, reliability, and safety across complex, security‑sensitive critical infrastructure. A deep understanding of the roles of facility engineers, chief engineers, and skilled trades – their required technical proficiencies, licensure, and the demands of a 24/7 operating environment – is essential for successful recruitment and workforce planning.

To succeed in this role, the Recruiting Manager must go beyond generic recruitment and become a strategic partner to operations delivery teams. They need to understand the demands of shift‑based facility operations, preventive maintenance programs, client SLAs, and workforce logistics – and adapt recruitment approaches to attract and retain top‑tier talent who thrive in the fast‑paced, technically demanding world of critical facilities operations and maintenance.

• Understanding Facility Operations Positions: develop and execute targeted recruiting strategies for operations leaders, facility/maintenance leaders, and critical facilities engineers, mechanical and electrical maintenance technicians, controls/BAS technicians, and stationary/chief engineers.
• Direct Recruiting
  
  Experience:
  
  has direct self‑recruited experience for operations leaders, facility/maintenance leaders, and critical facilities engineers, mechanical and electrical maintenance technicians, controls/BAS technicians, and stationary/chief engineers.
• Partner with Operations, Facilities, and Maintenance leaders to understand staffing needs across ongoing and upcoming site contracts.
• Anticipate hiring surges tied to new…