Project Engineer 1 - New College Grad 2025 - 2026 (E&C - Monroe, LA)

M.C. Dean; Monroe (LA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

M.C. Dean, located in Monroe, Louisiana, is hiring multiple engineers across various disciplines such as Control, Design, Software, and Telecommunications. As part of a passionate team, engineers will work on mission-critical projects that drive innovation and sustainability.

Ideal candidates will hold a Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering field and have experience with engineering tools such as CAD and Python. Join M.C. Dean to be a part of a collaborative work environment aimed at shaping a smarter future.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in relevant engineering disciplines.
• Experience with technical solutions in engineering projects.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain control systems.
• Support project engineering deliverables and documentation.
• Drive energy efficiency initiatives.
• Provide software development for enterprise projects.
• Manage large scale networking infrastructures.
• Design telecommunication distribution systems.

Skills

CAD

SolidWorks

Revit

Python

SCADA

MATLAB

VHDL

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Systems, or Industrial Engineering

Job description

Overview

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.

We are seeking new college graduates driven to excellence and inspired to build a smarter, more sustainable, and connected future. Engineers who join M.C. Dean's team will have access to a wide range of technical fields supporting mission-critical projects that help our customers shape the modern world.

Our early career associates work side‑by‑side with experienced professionals in our corporate offices, testing labs, project sites, or world‑class manufacturing facility to put problem solving and creativity to work. Join us to build expertise through a combination of formal training programs and experiential, on‑the‑job learning to develop a broad and highly advanced skill set across the company's integrated business units.

Responsibilities

• Control Engineer: Design, develop, install, and maintain equipment used to monitor and control systems, machinery, and processes.
• Design Engineer: Develop, integrate, and support project engineering deliverables through drawings, specifications, product selection, installation sequence planning, and commissioning.
• Energy Engineer: Drive energy efficiency initiatives, reducing operational costs, and supporting our commitment to sustainability.
• Software Engineer: Provide software development services such as programming for projects and infrastructure support required for the creation of enterprise software in client and web environments.
• Systems Engineer: Provide system programming and management support for large scale networking infrastructures, including high performance computer configurations as well as other systems.
• Telecommunications Engineer: Design, coordinate, and specify telecommunication distribution systems and infrastructure for medium to large projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical, Mechanical, Systems, or Industrial Engineering, or similar discipline.
• Professional or academic experience using technical solutions such as CAD, SolidWorks, Revit, Python, SCADA, MATLAB, VHDL, or similar.
• 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 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.