Highlights
Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Math or Physics preferably from an ABET accredited program with 7+ years of experience in any Engineering discipline with Construction experience OR. Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Math or Physics preferably from an ABET accredited program with 5+ years of experience in any Engineering discipline with Construction experience.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Tysons, Virginia |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Industry | Construction - Industrial Facilities and Infrastructure |
| Salary | $125,120–$156,400 Per Year |
| Company Size | 2,500 to 4,999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1949 |
| Website | https://www.mcdean.com/index.htm |
Description
Overview:
Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
About M.C. Dean
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.
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 Design Engineering Leader 1 leads the engineering design function for complex design-build projects and programs while building client trust and validating world-class technical solutions. This role provides discipline leadership, technical oversight, and professional design judgment from concept through sealed or issued-for-construction release. The role is accountable for engineering best practices, technical risk management, interdisciplinary coordination, and the development of engineers who produce safe, code-compliant, constructible, and maintainable designs.
When professional licensure is required, this role either serves as the responsible licensed engineer for assigned work or leads the work under the authority of the designated Engineer of Record. The role protects the integrity of stamped/sealed documents and ensures that subsequent design changes are controlled, reviewed, and approved through the appropriate professional engineering process.
The Design Engineering Leader 1 is responsible for:
Leading complex technical design discussions, design projects, and engineering programs across one or more engineering disciplines.
Validating world-class technical solutions that meet contract requirements, owner criteria, applicable codes, industry standards, safety requirements, and authority-having-jurisdiction expectations.
Owning or directing the basis of design, design criteria, calculations, drawings, specifications, narratives, and other artifacts required for sealed or issued-for-construction deliverables.
Managing technical design risk, including assumptions, code interpretations, deviations, interfaces, interdisciplinary gaps, delegated design packages, supplier engineering, and specialty engineering scopes.
Providing oversight, direction, and technical expertise to engineering teams during concept design, detailed design, interdisciplinary coordination, review, and final release.
Establishing and enforcing engineering quality processes, including design checks, interdisciplinary reviews, independent calculations, comment resolution, document control, and stamp/seal readiness reviews.
Leading client, consultant, AHJ, and internal technical reviews; presenting design intent clearly; and resolving technical comments in a timely and professional manner.
Partnering with estimating, preconstruction, procurement, fabrication, commissioning, and execution teams to ensure the design is constructible, cost-aware, maintainable, and aligned with project strategy.
Preparing client-specific design solutions, technical narratives, qualifications, alternates, and value engineering options without compromising code compliance or professional obligations.
Driving development and maintenance of design standards, calculation templates, specifications, discipline playbooks, lessons learned, and reusable design artifacts.
Reviewing technical project details with project leadership to communicate design status, technical decisions, risks, required approvals, and impacts to cost or schedule.
Managing the integration of engineering data from multiple company systems and analyzing the data to identify quality trends, design risks, coordination issues, and improvement opportunities.
Ensuring safety regulations, quality expectations, and maintainability requirements are incorporated into design decisions and that design-related issues are identified and resolved.
Leading, coaching, and mentoring engineers, designers, and technical experts in engineering judgment, design rigor, code application, professional responsibility, and client communication.
Supporting project execution after design release by evaluating RFIs, field conditions, substitutions, and changes that affect the sealed design, and by routing modifications through formal engineering change control.
Skills
The Design Engineering Leader 1 required skills are:
Ability to develop, evaluate, and defend engineering solutions to complex technical challenges.
Strong knowledge of engineering principles, applicable codes, standards, design methods, and application requirements for one or more engineering disciplines.
Ability to lead the application of principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment for one or more specific branches of engineering to the design and production of construction deliverables.
Strong understanding of professional engineering responsibilities, including responsible charge, engineering ethics, document control, and stamp/seal governance.
Experience leading technical quality control, design checking, interdisciplinary coordination, and formal comment-resolution processes.
Ability to lead and participate in technical discussions with clients, authorities having jurisdiction, project leadership, execution teams, and discipline experts.
Strong ability to manage technical design risk, communicate assumptions, and identify design decisions that affect cost, schedule, safety, quality, or long-term maintainability.
Experience with collaborative techniques and the ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner.
Strong knowledge of cost estimation, value engineering, and basic principles of finance management as they affect design decisions and project budgets.
Ability to calculate, evaluate, and present project costs or cost impacts when budgeting, evaluating alternates, or supporting preconstruction.
Ability to develop and maintain trust and trusting relationships with clients, project leaders, execution teams, and engineering staff.
Strong knowledge of effective presentation tools and techniques to ensure clear understanding of technical concepts, design decisions, and risk positions.
The Design Engineering Leader 1 preferred skills are:
Strong knowledge of applying engineering science and technology to the construction industry and the design-build delivery model.
Ability to review and correct construction drawings, specifications, calculations, design narratives, and construction project standards.
Strong knowledge of fabrication and installation standards and specifications, including how design decisions influence prefabrication, installation, testing, and commissioning.
Experience with BIM/VDC-enabled design coordination, model-based reviews, clash resolution, and design-to-fabrication workflows.
Experience with client standards, federal or mission-critical design requirements, cybersecurity/technology infrastructure design, commissioning requirements, or other specialized technical domains relevant to the business.
Ability to develop new products, technologies, services, design standards, or repeatable engineered solutions that improve quality, speed, safety, or project outcomes.
Tools Experience
The Design Engineering Leader 1 must have experience with:
MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access) and MS Outlook Mail.
Engineering Document Management System (EDMS) and controlled document workflows.
Design, analysis, modeling, or calculation tools used by the relevant engineering discipline.
CAD/BIM review and coordination platforms used for design production and interdisciplinary review.
Microsoft Visio, SharePoint, and collaborative review/comment-resolution tools.
Project cost, schedule, and finance systems sufficient to understand the cost and schedule impact of design decisions.
All company applications required for engineering, timekeeping, estimating, project controls, forms, and document control, including Job Connect, EVMS, Timesheets, Accubid, Infralink, and Forms where applicable.
Education, Experience & Training:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Math or Physics preferably from an ABET accredited program with 7+ years of experience in any Engineering discipline with Construction experience OR
- Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Math or Physics preferably from an ABET accredited program with 5+ years of experience in any Engineering discipline with Construction experience
The Engineering Leader 1 preferred education and training is:
- Fundamentals of Engineering (FE/EIT) certification
- Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) certification
- Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) training
- National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET) training
The Engineering Leader 1 required skills are:
- Strong knowledge of one or more technologies and various application methods.
- Experience with collaborative techniques; ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner.
- Ability to lead and participate in technical discussions with project leadership.
- Ability to lead the application of principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment for one or more specific branches of engineering to the design and production of various goods and services.
- Strong Knowledge cost estimation.
- Strong knowledge of finance systems and basic principles of finance management.
- Ability to design, build, and development of a new product, technology, or service
- Ability to calculate and present the costs of a project when budgeting.
- Ability to develop and maintain trust and trusting relationships.
- Strong knowledge of effective presentation tools and techniques to ensure clear understanding
- Applied experience in developing and providing solutions to complex technical challenges.
- Tools Experience MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access) MS Outlook Mail Engineering Document Management System (EDMS) Microsoft Visio SharePoint SureTrak
- All M.C. Dean applications (including, but not limited to Job Connect, EVMS, Timesheets, Accubid, Infralink, Forms)
Abilities:
- 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.
We offer an excellent benefits package including:
- A competitive salary
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
- Paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
- 401k Retirement Plan
- Military Reserve pay offset
- Paid maternity leave
Pay Range: USD $125,120.00 - USD $156,400.00 /Yr.
About Company
M.C. Dean is Building Intelligence™. We design, build, operate, and maintain cyber-physical solutions for the nation’s most recognizable mission-critical facilities, secure environments, complex infrastructure, and global enterprises.
The company’s capabilities include electrical, electronic security, telecommunications, life-safety, instrumentation and control, and command and control systems.
M.C. Dean is headquartered in Tysons, Virginia and employs more than 4,000 professionals engineers,technicians, and staff who deploy worldwide automated, secure, and resilient power and technology systems; and deliver the management platforms essential for long-term system sustainability.
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