Engineering Leader I: Lead Cross-Disciplinary Projects

M. C. Dean; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 112,000 - 141,000; Full time

Job summary

M.C. Dean is seeking an Engineering Leader 1 to guide multi-discipline projects, coach engineers, and ensure best practices across design and production for critical data center and infrastructure solutions.

You will drive complex engineering discussions, validate solutions, and manage risk while building client trust and delivering high-impact outcomes. This role emphasizes leadership, collaboration, and technical excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 7+ years of construction engineering experience, or Master’s with 5+ years.
• FE/EIT certification preferred; DBIA, LEED, NICET training valued.
• Strong ability to lead technical discussions and mentor engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex technical discussions, projects, and programs.
• Validate world-class technical solutions on projects.
• Ensure engineering best practices across disciplines.
• Manage technical risk on projects.
• Provide oversight and direction to engineering teams.
• Lead discipline to develop engineers and experts.
• Prepare client-specific solutions.
• Drive development of project artifacts and process improvements.
• Review project details with leadership.
• Integrate data from multiple systems to extract insights.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Budgeting & cost estimation

Financial principles

Cross-functional collaboration

Client-facing communication

Project risk management

Mentoring engineers

Leadership in project teams

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Math or Physics

Master’s Degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Math or Physics

Tools

MS Office

EDMS

Microsoft Visio

SharePoint

SureTrak

Job description

M.C. Dean is seeking an Engineering Leader 1 to guide multi-discipline projects, coach engineers, and ensure best practices across design and production for critical data center and infrastructure solutions.

You will drive complex engineering discussions, validate solutions, and manage risk while building client trust and delivering high-impact outcomes. This role emphasizes leadership, collaboration, and technical excellence.