M.C. Dean

Designs and deploys secure mission-critical infrastructure

Fire Alarm Engineer 1 - Life Safety Group

Building Services EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeTysons, VA, USA$75.5k - $113.3k /yrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in Engineering in Fire Protection, Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical, or a related discipline is required.
Applicants selected must meet eligibility requirements including U.S. citizenship for access to classified information.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.
Demonstrate knowledge of fire alarm system architecture and programming.
Demonstrate knowledge of NFPA and building codes.
Have experience commissioning and testing fire alarm systems.
Have general life safety design knowledge, along with programming and commissioning experience for fire alarm systems.
Be fluent in AutoCAD, Revit, or other design tools.
Be proficient in complete system layout in accordance with code, battery calculations, and developing sequences of operations or scripts for complete fire alarm systems.
Have commissioning experience.
Demonstrate a background working with multidisciplinary teams.
Demonstrate time management and organization skills to meet deadlines and quality objectives.
Have the ability to participate in design of fire detection and alarm systems and mass notification systems.
Be proficient in navigating the International Building Code, NFPA 101 Life Safety Code, NFPA 72 National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, and NFPA 70 National Electrical Code.
Be able to read and interpret blueprints and project specifications.
Be able to communicate direction and ensure it is understood and carried out.
Be able to communicate professionally and courteously with customers, the public, government representatives, and other partners.
Be able to sit for extended periods and reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
Have finger dexterity to manipulate objects with fingers, such as using a keyboard.
Be able to listen to and understand spoken information, communicate information verbally, read and understand written information, apply general rules to specific problems, and identify and understand another person's speech.

Responsibilities

Provide engineering tasks for design, fabrication, offsite production, installation, and commissioning activities for fire detection and alarm, mass notification, fire suppression, and other life safety systems, including gathering requirements, preparing shop drawings and documents, coordinating, performing quality control and programming, conducting in-house testing, providing field support, and conducting acceptance testing.
Lead the in-house testing (PITCO) and commissioning phases.
Program and troubleshoot fire detection and alarm systems in PITCO and onsite.
Provide training on system operations and maintenance, and produce close-out documentation.
Support day-to-day operations of a project or project subsection.
Perform site surveys and produce survey reports.
Produce takeoff sheets and bills of materials, and contribute to project proposals.
Provide building- and life-safety-code-compliant deliverables, including shop drawings and calculations that achieve the design intent in construction.
Produce artifacts for planning fabrication, in-house testing (PITCO), and onsite commissioning of fire detection and alarm systems.
Maintain organized and detailed project records.
Create task-oriented schedules and maintain a baseline.
Identify, document, and resolve issues.
Lead lessons-learned meetings.
Support project close-out, including creating, managing, and closing punch lists.
Maintain as-built documentation as work is completed.
Uphold the business unit and company culture, and promote the correct use of processes, flowcharts, and standards.
Represent the company to customers, the public, government representatives, and other partners while maintaining a professional and courteous image.

Desired Qualifications

NICET II certification in fire detection and alarm is strongly preferred.
Experience with Notifier and VESDA is a plus.
Strong Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills are a plus.

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 Engineer 1 provides engineering tasks for design, fabrication, offsite production, installation and commissioning activities for fire detection and alarm, mass notification, fire suppression and other life safety systems. This includes gathering requirements, preparation of shop drawings and documents, coordination, quality control, programming, in-house testing, field support and acceptance testing of systems.

Responsibilities

Lead the in-house testing (PITCO) and commissioning phases.
Performs programming and troubleshooting of fire detection and alarm systems, in PITCO and onsite.
Provide training on the operations and maintenance of the system and produce close-out documentation.
Support the day-to-day operations of a project or sub-section of a project.
Performs site surveys, and produces survey reports.
Produces takeoff sheets, bill of materials, and contributes to project proposals.
Ability to participate in design of fire detection & alarm systems and mass notification systems.
Provide a Building and Life safety code compliant set of deliverables, including shop drawings and calculations to achieve the intent of design in construction.
Proficient in navigating the IBC International Building Code, NFPA 101 Life Safety Code, NFPA 72 National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, and NFPA 70 National Electrical Code.
Produce artifacts for correct planning of fabrication, in-house testing (PITCO), and onsite Commissioning of fire detection and alarm systems.
Maintain organized and detailed project records.
Creates a task oriented schedule, and maintains a baseline.
Identify, document, and resolve issues.
Lead lessons learned meetings.
Support project-closeout including punch list creation, management, and closure.
Maintain as-builts as work is completed.
Read and interpret blueprints and project specifications.
Upholds the business unit and company culture, and sponsors the correct use of processes, flowcharts and standards.
Communicate direction and ensure that it has been understood and carried out.
Communicate with people outside the Company, represent the Company to customers, the public, the government, and other partners while maintaining a professional and courteous image.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Engineering in Fire Protection, Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical or related discipline is required with 0+ years of experience in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity.
Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements including U.S. citizenship for access to classified information. (Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance required).

Desired Skills:

NICET II in fire detection and alarm a strong preference.
Intimate knowledge of fire alarm system architecture and programming.
Intimate knowledge of NFPA and building codes.
Experience commissioning and testing fire alarm systems.
General life safety design knowledge along with programming and commissioning of FA systems; experience with Notifier & VESDA is a plus.
Fluent in ACAD/Revit or other design tools.
Proficient in complete system layout in accordance with code, battery calculations and develop sequence of operations/scripts for complete FA systems.
Commissioning experience is a must.
Demonstrated background working with multidisciplinary teams.
Demonstrated time management and organization skills to meet deadlines and quality objectives.
Strong MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint Skills is a plus.

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.

About the Company

M.C. Dean

Designs and deploys secure mission-critical infrastructure

M.C. Dean designs, builds, operates, and maintains integrated cyber-physical systems for mission-critical facilities, secure environments, and large enterprises. Its work spans electrical power, security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audio-visual, and IT systems, all coordinated through management platforms that support long-term operation and sustainability. The company works end-to-end: it engineers solutions, installs them, and then runs and maintains them to ensure continuous, secure, and resilient performance. What sets it apart is its ability to provide comprehensive, turnkey technology and infrastructure services for critical environments—combining physical systems with digital management to create secure, automated facilities. The goal is to deliver automated, secure, and resilient power and technology systems and the platforms needed to manage them over the long term.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Tysons, VA
Founded: 1949

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