Telecommunications Engineer 1 - New College Graduate

M.c.-Dean,-Inc.; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

401k Retirement Plan

Job summary

M.C. Dean in Tampa, FL seeks a project- and engineering-focused graduate to join our fast‑paced team. You will support functional and physical engineering activities on power, security, and systems projects, gaining hands-on experience from design through testing and documentation.

Ideal candidates hold a BS in Engineering and are eager to apply strong problem-solving and collaboration skills within a trusted, innovation-driven company serving mission-critical facilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering (ABET accredited preferred).
• 0+ years of experience with BS in Engineering.

Responsibilities

• The project engineer shall perform the requirements of the physical engineering role while also supporting the project engineer performing in the functional engineering role.
• Assist the project leader with risk management, change management, tracking subcontractor deliverables, scheduling, ordering and receiving project materials.
• Write Request for Information questions to the customer or designer.
• Produce engineering closeout documentation as part of project completion.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering (ABET accredited preferred)

Job description

Overview

About M.C. Dean

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 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.

Headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, M.C. Dean performs work throughout the United States and Europe, including integrated regional offices in Baltimore, MD; Charleston, SC; Atlanta, GA; Tampa, FL; Houston & Dallas, TX; Santa Clara, CA; Portland, OR; and Stuttgart, Germany. M.C. Dean delivers multi-disciplinary systems engineering for electrical, electronic security, telecommunications, life-safety, instrumentation and control, and command and control systems; and provides machine-to-machine communications, and physical and cybersecurity services to clients across six continents. We are trusted by Fortune 100 global enterprises, data centers and top defense, civilian, and intelligence agencies, to design, build, operate and maintain their most mission critical systems.

Engineers who join M.C. Dean's technical team have the opportunity to actively innovate and apply their technical skills in a multitude of ways. You have the opportunity to work on client sites and in our engineering solutioning labs, which serve as an extensive testing environment for our customers with virtual servers, hardware, software and equipment for remote testing of access control, intrusion detection, facial recognition, and environmental data analysis. M.C. Dean is also an innovator in the design and delivery of large-scale modular systems led out of the company's manufacturing center in Virginia. Engineers have the opportunity to develop their career paths as desired to develop a broad and highly advanced set of technical skills across the company's integrated business units.

This job posting is focused on the identification of engineering graduates interested in a fast-paced, team-oriented and collaborative workplace environment with specific applications in Power, Mechanical, Security, Systems, and Software. The work that shapes you, also shapes the world. We are seeking new candidates driven to excellence and inspired to build a smarter, more sustainable, and connected future.

Responsibilities

The project engineer shall perform the requirements of the physical engineering role while also supporting the project engineer performing in the functional engineering role.

Functional Engineering

• Support project leadership by ensuring operational needs are met in design documentation (ex. Interpretting device layouts in Shop Drawings to ensure the project scope is clear, confirming test requirements in commissioning plans are clearly identified to ensure the correct tests will be performed, identifying the products needed to ensure the correct products are being purchased, etc.)
• Support field installation teams by ensuring operational needs are met in design documentation (ex. Interpretting details in Shop Drawings to ensure the field installers can mount and assemble the devices, confirming test procedures are clearly defined in commissioning plans to ensure the field installers can perform the tests accurately, identifying the products on site match the product data submittal for the field to build with, etc.)
• Communicate effectively with the project’s Functional Engineer and other stakeholders to facilitate project progress and address technical challenges.

Physical Engineering

• Assist the project leader with risk management, change management, tracking subcontractor deliverables, scheduling, ordering and receiving project materials, etc.
• Assist the superintendent with troubleshooting commissioning process issues, tracking manpower, tracking 3rd party installation predecessors/successors/dependencies that affect the telecom work, ordering and receiving labels.
• Write Request for Information questions to the customer or designer.
• Create and update the project installation plan in InfraLink to manage the installation. Update and status installation & commissioning progress, initiate and track trouble tickets, etc.
• Conduct quality control inspections of 3rd party predecessors/successors/dependencies that affect the telecommunications installation to ensure compliance with standards
• Conduct quality control inspections of the telecommunications installation to ensure compliance with standards.
• Coordinate commissioning work to include, but not limited to, setting up Test IDs, tracking testing progress, reviewing test results, and submitting data for warranty.
• Produce engineering closeout documentation as part of project completion.
• Support the Project Leader and Superintendent in the commissioning and documentation process.

Qualifications

• 0+ years of experience with Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (preferably from an ABET accredited program).

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

• 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
• Ability to reliably travel to and from assigned offices, project locations, etc. is required