Electrical Maintenance Technician 2 - St. Louis, MO

MedStar Health; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the engineering sector seeks a technician to ensure peak efficiency of electrical and mechanical systems at mission-critical facilities. This role involves preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and training junior staff. Applicants must possess significant experience and relevant certifications for this critical position, supporting advanced security clearances.

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401k Retirement Plan

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Competitive salary

Qualifications

• Minimum 4+ years of relevant experience.
• Licensed or Certified at Master or Journeyman level.
• Ability to obtain a Top-Secret SCI with Poly clearance.

Responsibilities

• Perform maintenance and emergency repairs on critical equipment.
• Oversee junior technicians and manage contractor roles.
• Conduct training on electrical systems for other staff.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Communication

Preventive Maintenance

Technical Analysis

Education

High school diploma or GED

Master or Journeyman certification

Job description

Overview

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, automation and controls, audio visual, and IT systems. M.C. Dean is headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, and employs more than 5,800 professionals who engineer and deploy automated, secure, and resilient power and technology systems; and deliver the management platforms essential for long-term system sustainability.

Why join M.C. Dean? Our people are inspired by the way engineering and innovation enhance customer outcomes, improve lives, and change the world for the better. We are driven by our core values of agility, expertise, and trust.

Clearance Requirement: Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and may meet eligibility requirements, including U.S. Citizenship, for access to classified information; Ability to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret SCI with Poly clearance.

License/Certification Requirement: Applicants selected must be licensed or Certified by a national or state certification program at the Master or Journeyman level.

Responsibilities

Responsible for ensuring that all electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety equipment within the facility are 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 and support. Facility equipment that supports mission-critical servers must maintain better than 99.999% uptime.

• Render assistance in administration and regulation of the duties of junior technicians and provide oversight of contractors' roles for electrical duties.
• 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, manufacture'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 & SOPs.
• 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.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4+ years of relevant experience with a high school diploma or GED.

• Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and may meet eligibility requirements, including U.S. Citizenship, for access to classified information; Ability to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret SCI with Poly clearance.

• Applicants selected must be licensed or Certified by a national or state certification program at the Master or Journeyman level.

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.

• 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.

• 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.

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

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.