Program Support Specialist 3

M.C. Dean; Tysons (VA); Hybrid; USD 94,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

M.C. Dean, Inc. is hiring a Program Support Specialist 3 in Tysons, VA to provide day-to-day project support to project managers and engineers.

The role offers exposure to project phases, schedules, and operations, with emphasis on documentation, reporting, and milestone tracking. Responsibilities include coordinating contractual and commercial aspects, maintaining documentation, ensuring compliance, and supporting monthly and financial reporting.

Qualifications

• Experience in professional writing, editing, and document production.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to work under pressure; managing interruptions.
• Must be an effective communicator with excellent written and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Work with Program Management on business and contractual matters including proposal responses and reporting.
• Maintain proposal, project and contract documentation and contract repositories.
• Ensure compliance with contract requirements and assist with issue resolution.
• Administer commercial and federal contracts based on project milestones and change orders.
• Develop schedules, templates, and templates for proposal and project documentation.
• Prepare briefs, plans, spreadsheets, and presentation materials.

Skills

Professional writing

Editing

Documentation

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Associate's Degree

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

MS Office Suite

Word

Excel

Databases

Job description

Overview

About M.C. Dean

M.C. Dean isBuilding 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 power systems, 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 9,000 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 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.

The Program Support Specialist 3 is responsible for providing day-to-day project support for project managers, engineers, and other staff members. This person will learn firsthand about project phases, tasks, activities, schedules, and operations.

Responsibilities

• Work and collaborate with Program Management personnel on matters of business and contractual nature, such as preparation of proposal responses; preparation and monitoring of project deliverables; preparation and monitoring and project reporting; and addressing performance and/or funding issues.
• Maintain proposal, project and contractual documentation including contract repositories.
• Ensure compliance with contract requirements and perform all other position related duties as assigned.
• Perform responsibilities as focal point for ongoing issue resolution, including commercial and federal compliance (terms and conditions), acceptance, and payment issues.
• Responsibility for the administration of commercial and U.S. Federal contracts based on project milestones, to include responsibility for tracking and documenting change orders.
• Develop and maintain tracking lists for proposal, deliverable, project and contract management for team reviews and compliance.
• Responsible for ensuring team is compliant with project and contract requirements, deliverables requirements, and schedule requirements.
• Assist Program Manager in preparation of monthly reports and other financial reports.
• Organize project, proposal and contract meetings and assist in preparation of briefs, plans, spreadsheets, and other material.
• Prepare documentation for employee permits, security, certification, travel requests.
• Design, create, lay out, and produce technical documentation, including information sheets, reference guides, briefs, and presentations.
• Convey complex information and concepts in appropriate fashion to audiences with different levels of technical knowledge.
• Document and accurately capture information from meetings, conversations, and presentations.
• Research, analyze, and cite reference materials from print and online sources.
• Design professional document templates for internal and external use.
• Develop schedules, outlines, and templates for various types of proposal and project documentation.
• Write, edit, and proofread contract materials in response to client requests and requirements while meeting established schedules and deadlines.
• Conceptualize graphics, figures, tables, and other presentation techniques to optimize impact of information provided.
• Coordinate and assist with contract and proposal deliverables production, packing, and delivery (hard / soft copy) per RFP requirements.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED with 10+ years of experience
• Associate's Degree with 8+ years of experience
• Bachelor's Degree with 5+ years of experience
• Experience in professional writing, editing, and document production required.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to work well under pressure; managing numerous interruptions.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and resolve practical problems.
• Must be an effective communicator with excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to deal effectively and tactfully with a wide variety of individuals in person, via telephone and in writing.
• Must have strong multitasking skills.
• Must have strong computer skills in word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and interaction with customer portals and advanced knowledge of MS Office Suite.
• Experience authoring responses to statements of work, staffing plans, past performance sections, management plans, and executive summaries.

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.

Pay Range

USD $94,000.00 - USD $117,500.00 /Yr.