Electrical Crew Leader (E-PREP)

M.C. Dean, Inc.; Ashburn (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

401(k) retirement plan

Paid maternity leave

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Virginia is seeking an experienced Electrical Crew Leader to supervise and ensure high-quality installations. Key responsibilities include organizing and scheduling crews, conducting quality inspections, managing materials, and maintaining safety protocols. Ideal candidates should have over 6 years of experience in the electrical industry, effective communication skills, and the ability to manage physical tasks. The role promises competitive benefits and a collaborative work environment.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in the electrical industry.
• Experience with quality control inspections.
• Ability to lift, carry, and move objects up to 50 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, and schedule crews to complete assigned work.
• Conduct quality inspections and monitor task compliance.
• Organize material by specific areas/floors.

Skills

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Physical strength and stamina

Communication skills

Education

High school diploma or GED

Associate degree

Job description

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.

Overview

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.

About the Role

As an Electrical Crew Leader, you will plan, organize, and schedule crews to complete assigned work orders. You will assign tasks, ensure work is installed to a high‑quality standard, conduct quality inspections, monitor task completion and compliance, and prevent safety issues.

Responsibilities

• Material Phasing – Organize material by specific areas/floors (keep track of material inventories).
• Tools & Equipment – Identify all tools and equipment required to support each crew (gang box assignments, tool inspection, and tool tracking via sign‑out sheet).
• Information Packages – Each crew activity must have information packages (contract drawings, shop drawings, panel schedules, cut sheets, etc.).
• Keep control of breaks (loss time of personal breaks, smoking time, conversation time).
• Daily hour/unit reports – Submit hours/units daily for each employee assigned to the foreman on the established standard timesheet.
• Quality control inspections – Follow the established QC plan & checklists.
• Responsible for installing the work in a professional manor and at a high‑quality standard.
• Maintaining accurate as‑built drawings – Update and log onto the master record contract drawings at least once a week.
• Inventory of all tools & equipment – Accountable & secure; inventory/inspection sheets turned in each Monday.
• Lost/Stolen/Damage tool report.
• AHA’s – All AHA's related to foreman’s scope of work must be reviewed, signed by each crew member and stored at their gang box in the field.
• Support equipment inspection – Foreman must submit daily equipment inspection sheets for all equipment assigned to foreman once a week.
• Accident/Incident reporting & investigation – Follow established procedures; submit reports within 24 hours.
• Clean‑up – Foreman and crew leader are responsible for all clean‑up related to their scope of work; all work areas are left in a broom‑swept condition at the end of the day.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in the electrical industry with a high school degree or GED.
• 4+ years of experience with an associate degree.

Benefits

• A competitive salary.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• Paid time off.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Military reserve pay offset.
• Paid maternity leave.

Abilities

• Ability to lift, carry, and move objects up to 50 pounds on a regular basis; demonstrate physical strength and stamina for loading, unloading, operating equipment, and transportation.
• Can relocate a 12‑foot stepladder without assistance.
• Works at various heights up to 60 feet; 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.
• Possesses good vision (may be corrected), ability to see in color, and ability to hear and communicate in English.
• Can use a standard ladder without exceeding the weight limit while carrying tools.
• Recognizes potential problems; does not involve solving but identifies when something is wrong or likely to go wrong.
• Applies general rules to specific problems to produce coherent answers.
• Combines pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (finding relationships among seemingly unrelated events).
• Sees details at close range (within a few feet).
• Listens to and understands information and ideas presented through spoken words.