Electrical Maintenance Technician 4 - Top Secret

M.C. Dean; Wiesbaden; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, life, and **

Job summary

M.C. Dean, a global engineering and cybersecurity-focused company, seeks an Electrical Maintenance Technician to support our Facilities Engineering Operations & Maintenance (FEO&M) division in a data-center setting in Wiesbaden.

The role emphasizes proactive maintenance, troubleshooting, and coordination with onsite engineers and vendors. The candidate will ensure high reliability of electrical infrastructure, including power distribution and life-safety systems, with 50% travel across Wiesbaden

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED with 8+ years of experience in the trade.
• U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain Top-Secret clearance.
• Willingness to travel 50% within Wiesbaden, Ansbach, Stuttgart and Europe.
• Strong knowledge of electrical systems, maintenance practices, and safety requirements.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine inspections, maintenance, and repairs on electrical systems, including lighting, power distribution, control systems, and emergency power.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot electrical issues to identify root causes and implement solutions.
• Maintain and repair switchgear, transformers, circuit breakers, and motors.
• Utilize BMS and CMMS to monitor system performance and log activities.
• Develop energy management strategies to reduce consumption and costs.
• Operate emergency power generation and UPS equipment to ensure reliability.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Troubleshooting

BMS knowledge

CMMS familiarity

Reading wiring diagrams

Lockout/Tagout

Safety compliance

Team coordination

Emergency response

Education

High school diploma or GED

Journeyman Electrician license

Master Electrician license (advantage)

Tools

CMMS

BMS

Dranetz

Fluke PQA

Job description

Overview

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.

Clearance Requirement

Clearance Requirement: Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements, including U.S. Citizenship, for access to classified information; Minimum secret clearance required with the ability to obtain Top-Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

The Electrical Maintenance Technician will support the Facilities Engineering Operations & Maintenance (FEO&M) division by performing routine and preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of electrical systems within the facility. This role emphasizes Operations & Maintenance (O&M) activities over installation tasks, ensuring the reliability and efficiency of electrical infrastructure.

Responsible for ensuring that all electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety equipment within the data center is operating at peak efficiency. This involves both planned preventative maintenance of equipment, daily corrective work, and emergency response to emergent issues. The technician serves as an expert technical resource reporting to a program manager, interacting with Onsite Engineering Operations (OEO) and any third-party vendors. They are expected to be a singular focal point for all facility operations within a given data center and to support operated data centers. Data center equipment that supports mission-critical servers must maintain better than 99.999% uptime.

• Perform routine inspections, maintenance, and repairs on electrical systems, including lighting, power distribution, control systems, and emergency power systems.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot electrical issues to identify root causes and implement effective solutions.
• Maintain and repair electrical components such as switchgear, transformers, circuit breakers, and motors.
• Render assistance in administration and regulation of the duties of junior technicians, and provide oversight of contractors’ roles for electrical duties
• Monitor the performance of electrical systems and recommend improvements to enhance efficiency and reliability.
• Utilize building management systems (BMS) and other monitoring tools to track electrical system performance and identify potential issues before they escalated.
• Assist in the development of energy management strategies to reduce energy consumption and costs.
• Comprehensive knowledge of electrical systems, components, and maintenance practices.
• Proficiency in using electrical testing and diagnostic tools.
• Familiarity with building management systems (BMS) and computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS).
• Analyze systems requirements, conducts research on equipment and procedures and recommends modifications to new and existing systems. Installs new units or replacement parts for existing units according to specifications and established safety guidelines, relies on MOPs, manufacturer's literature, and industry best practices to perform tasks
• Utilizes safe working practices; can apply lockout/tagout, MSDS, applies good housekeeping methods, etc. Ability to type and utilize common administrative and office software
• Troubleshoot, repair and make modifications to malfunctioning electronic units like the printed circuit boards, set-up sensing mechanisms, and advanced electrical circuits
• Performs maintenance, installations, and service repairs on critical data center systems, as well as all industrial electrical equipment and systems that include power distribution components/wiring, electronic components and lighting systems throughout the data center campus, to ensure efficient operation. Capable of utilizing appropriate test equipment, including infrared scanning and vibration analyzing meter, to perform system and equipment diagnostics. Ensures activities are logged in CMMS
• When necessary, perform daily walk-through of facility documenting parameters such as power availability, temperature and humidity, alarm status, etc. to be catalogued and compared for identification of discrepancies and trends. Monitor and make necessary changes to site BAS, following site MOP's & SOP's
• Manages mechanical and electrical systems in emergency situations including: HVAC components, power distribution equipment, generator systems, load transfer and control systems, UPS systems, DC power systems, fire and life safety
• Identify required materials and parts for maintenance and repair; prepares and presents cost estimates for parts, equipment, and supplies for proposed installation or repairs to facilitate procurement
• Maintain relationship with all major vendor accounts
• Schedule, coordinate, and oversee all critical environment vendors during maintenance, emergency, and break/fix events to ensure personnel safety and maintain power to the critical load
• Set up and operate electrical data capturing devices (Dranetz, Fluke PQA, etc.)
• Create required MOPs and SOPs; perform periodic technical and quality reviews of all MOPs and SOPs to ensure that the most "up-to-date" techniques and safety guidelines are utilized
• Collect and generate internal and vendor field service reports describing all activities (preventive maintenance, repairs, etc.) performed at the facility; reviews all reports prior to submission to end user
• Develop reliability reports to assist in identifying areas for increased efficiency, resiliency, or to mitigate unplanned downtime
• Conduct training with junior technicians and other staff personnel on electrical equipment/system for maintenance, repairs and operation
• Organize safe maintenance principles for regulating and scheduling planned and unplanned activities, as well as establish and meet deadlines for work/projects. Interprets building codes and local and federal regulations as they relate to installations, and applies them as required by the site. Maintain maintenance records as required by City, State, and EPA regulations
• Operate and inspect emergency power generation and reliability equipment; determining systems are functioning properly and that maintenance is performed in accordance with MOPs, manufacturer's literature, and industry best practices to perform tasks.

Qualifications

• Applicants Selected must have a High school diploma or GED with a minimum of 8+ years of experience in the trade.
• Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements, including U.S. Citizenship, for access to classified information; Minimum secret clearance required with the ability to obtain Top-Secret clearance.
• Ability to travel 50% - Wiesbaden, Ansbach, Stuttgart primarily. Occasionally to other European countries: Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Romania.

Candidate Expectations

• Ability to read and interpret wiring diagrams, blueprints, floor plans, construction documents, safety requirements, OEM operating and maintenance instructions, job specifications, and MOP's
• Ability to utilize hand tools and test equipment to perform maintenance and troubleshooting of electrical equipment. Analyze, plan, and perform Preventive Maintenance of Electrical systems throughout the facility. Must be able to troubleshoot advanced electrical circuits
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Understanding of power density and parity with HVAC system capacities. Ensures availability and capacity targets are achieved and maintained
• Knowledge of building automation systems and their components
• Must be committed to excellence and generate a high quality of work
• Must consistently report to work on time, work well with other employees to accomplish a common goal, and maintain a safe work environment
• Must have reliable transportation and be willing to work on M.C. Dean, Inc. projects anywhere

Desired / Advantageous Qualifications

• Journeyman Electrician and/or Master Electrical license preferred. Electrical OEM factory specific training or experience preferred.

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

Physical Abilities

• The position requires the ability to lift, carry, and move objects weighing up to [50 pounds] on a regular basis. Candidates must demonstrate physical strength and stamina to perform various tasks, including but not limited to, loading, and unloading, operating equipment, and assisting in the transportation of various materials. Proper lifting techniques and safety protocols must be followed to ensure personal and team safety.
• Relocates a 12 foot stepladder without assistance
• Works at various heights up to 60 feet and can climb and maintain balance on scaffolds, aerial lifts, catwalks and all types of ladders
• Walks, climbs, lifts, squats, crawls, kneels, pushes, pulls and reaches overhead on a routine and repetitive basis
• Possess good vision (may be corrected vision), the ability to see in color, and the ability to hear and communicate in English
• May use a standard ladder without exceeding the weight limit while carrying tools
• Tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong.It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem
• Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense
• Combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (including finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events)
• See details at close range (within a few feet of the observer)
• Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences