S/S Engineering Technician 1

M.C. Dean, Inc; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unrivaled compensation

Comprehensive benefits

Career development opportunities

Job summary

A leading engineering firm seeks individuals to join its Maritime Division in Norfolk, VA. Responsibilities include supporting the installation of C4ISR systems on naval vessels while ensuring safety and quality workmanship. Candidates should possess a high school diploma or GED and demonstrate physical strength, coordination, and teamwork. The role may require working at heights and in confined spaces, alongside gaining crucial skills in a mission-critical environment. Successful candidates will need to obtain a Secret clearance for this role.

Qualifications

• Ability to lift and move objects weighing up to 50 pounds regularly.
• Ability to work at various heights and in confined spaces.
• Must meet security investigation requirements including Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Support cabling, equipment, and device installations.
• Learn to read shipyard installation drawings and diagrams.
• Maintain and safeguard company tools and inventory.

Skills

Good hand-eye coordination

Fine motor skills

Physical strength and stamina

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Overview

Your Future at M.C. Dean

We're seeking people driven to excellence and inspired to have a meaningful impact powering, automating, integrating, and securing the world’s most critical infrastructure and facilities. This translates into fulfilling opportunities for employees driven to excel in a meaningful career. As an employee at M.C. Dean, you will join forces with 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. Together, we transform the way complex, large-scale systems are designed, delivered, and sustained–enhancing client outcomes, improving lives, and changing the world for the better.

The M.C. Dean, Inc. Maritime Division works at shipyards around the world from our regional offices in Chesapeake, VA, and San Diego, CA. Become a key member of our Alteration Installation Teams, supporting C4ISR system installations on ships and submarines. Join the top team on the waterfront, working for unrivaled compensation and benefits.

Responsibilities

• Works with a team supporting cabling, equipment, and device installations
• Learn to read and understand U.S. Navy ship installation drawings, diagrams, blueprints, and cable running sheets.
• Learn to use hand tools and test equipment
• Learn leadership skills
• Learn superior workmanship in a mission-critical environment
• Work overtime upon management request
• Maintain and safeguard company equipment and tools
• Maintain and safeguard inventory

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED Vocational trade school or similar job requiring mechanical aptitude and skill
• Experience: 0+ Years
• Good hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills
• Occupation Safety Haz-Mat Shipyard Competent Person Aloft/Climbing / Climbing Shipyard Stairs and Ladders
• Working in Confined Spaces
• Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation
• Safely Lift and Move Objects of up to 50 LBS
• Works with a team supporting cabling, equipment, and device installations
• Learn to read and understand U.S. Navy ship installation drawings, diagrams, blueprints, and cable running sheets.
• Learn to use hand tools and test equipment Learn leadership skills Learn superior workmanship in a mission-critical environment

Clearance/Citizen Type: Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and may meet eligibility requirements, including U.S. Citizenship, for access to classified information. Secret clearance is required.

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.