Deputy Engineering Leader

M.C. Dean, Inc; Winchester (VA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Virginia is seeking a Deputy Engineering Leader responsible for providing engineering leadership for mission-critical electrical systems. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in the automation industry, leading technical discussions, managing project risks, and ensuring engineering best practices. This position requires a Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Engineering and a commitment to fostering safety and project success in a technically demanding environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years experience in the automation industry with a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering.
• 3+ years experience in the automation industry with a Master's Degree in Engineering.
• Detailed, motivated, self-starter; must be able to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex technical discussions, projects, and programs.
• Validate world-class technical solutions on projects.
• Provide oversight and technical expertise to engineering teams.
• Manage technical risk on projects.
• Ensure safety regulations are adhered to.

Skills

Technical leadership

Engineering best practices

Project management

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Master's Degree in Engineering

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.

An ideal candidate will have managed the technical aspects of the engineering, procurement, and construction for the delivery of electrical systems for mission critical facilities. They provide engineering leadership for the functional, physical, commissioning and project engineering disciplines, as well as being responsible for client ownership, engineering finances and engineering meetings.

The Deputy Engineering Leader is responsible for supporting the projects range from $50 to an excess of $200+ million, with square footage of 500,000 to 800,000, and 30-400 people depending on a project’s stage. This is a technical leadership role rather than management of personnel. A deputy engineering leader will be involved with electrical, power, and modular design. Ideally, they are experts in industrialized construction processes.

Responsibilities

• Leading complex technical discussions, projects, and/or programs.
• Validating world class technical solutions on projects.
• Ensuring engineering best practices are followed across multiple engineering and solution disciplines.
• Managing technical risk on a project.
• Providing oversight, direction, and technical expertise to engineering teams on a project.
• Leading an engineering discipline to develop new and upcoming engineers and technical experts.
• Preparing client‑specific solutions.
• Driving the development and maintenance of project artifacts that are required to ensure success for a project.
• Identifying, recommending, and implementing work process improvements.
• Reviewing technical project details with project leadership.
• Managing the integration of data from multiple company systems and analyzing the data to draw insights on project technical solution.
• Ensuring safety regulations are adhered to and issues identified and resolved.
• Maintaining a positive, assertive relationship with project engineers to achieve project milestones and overall project success.

Qualifications

Minimum Experience

• Minimum 5+ year’s recent experience in the automation industry with a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, 3+ year’s recent experience in the automation industry with a Master's Degree in Engineering.
• Detailed, motivated, self‑starter; must be able to work independently and lead in a team environment.

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.