Telecommunications Engineer 1 - DMV

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.  

The Telecommunications Engineer 1 provides technical & administrative information to others working on a project to ensure that the work complies with all basic engineering standards, codes, specifications, and design instruction; trouble-shoots engineering related installation problems. Works closely supervised and solves problems of limited scope and complexity.

Responsibilities

Functional Engineering:

• Support project leadership by ensuring operational needs are met in design documentation (ex. Interpreting device layouts in Shop Drawings to ensure the 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. Interpreting 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 3^rd 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 3^rd 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.

Pay Range

USD $75,520.00 - USD $113,280.00 /Yr.