Shipboard Engineering Technician 1

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 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. 

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

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:

• 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.