M.C. Dean

Designs and deploys secure mission-critical infrastructure

Senior Structural Engineer 4

Structural EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeCaroline County, VA, USA$112.6k - $168.8k /yr

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in Structural or Civil Engineering is required; a master's degree is preferred.
A Professional Engineer (PE) license is required.
At least 8 years of structural engineering experience is required.
Experience designing structures that support electrical and mechanical equipment is required.
Proficiency with structural analysis software, including SAP2000, RAM, IDEA, StatiCa, Tedds, and Mathcad, is required.
The role requires exposure to computer screens and prolonged sitting, reaching with hands or arms, finger dexterity for manipulating objects such as a keyboard, listening and understanding spoken information, communicating verbally, reading and understanding written information, applying general rules to specific problems, and identifying and understanding another person's speech.

Responsibilities

Design structural systems supporting complex electrical and mechanical modules, including E-houses, mechanical skids, and packaged systems.
Perform structural analysis for static, dynamic, seismic, wind, vibration, lifting, and transportation loads.
Design steel and reinforced concrete frames, bases, foundations, and anchorage systems.
Develop and review structural calculations, drawings, and specifications.
Coordinate with electrical and mechanical engineers to ensure structural compatibility.
Support modularization strategies including shop fabrication, transport, lifting, and installation.
Review vendor drawings and equipment data for structural impacts.
Support fabrication, installation, and commissioning activities.
Ensure compliance with applicable codes and standards, including AISC, ACI, ASCE, IBC, OSHA, and UFC where applicable.
Address safety-critical considerations, including fatigue, redundancy, and progressive collapse.
Support development of structural standards and best practices for modular systems.
Provide technical leadership and mentoring to junior engineers.
Participate in multidisciplinary design reviews.
Interface with fabricators, contractors, and external partners.

Desired Qualifications

Experience with modular construction or skid-mounted systems.
Experience designing for lifting and transportation loads.
Experience in mission-critical facilities or industrial infrastructure.
Familiarity with design-build or EPC delivery models.

Overview

About Modular Mission Critical
ModularMission Critical™ is the manufacturing campus for M.C. Dean’s complex, modular product line for datacenters and critical infrastructure. Located just north of Richmond, VA, this site is growing fast serving customers worldwide. Important openings include assemblers for our production lines and engineers and designers for products and continuous improvement. Join M.C. Dean’s more than 9,000 employees around the world making an impact through innovations in power and technology.

Why Join Us?
Our people are passionate about 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 for employees to build long-term careers.

Responsibilities

The Senior Structural Engineer is responsible for the structural design, analysis, and integration of systems that support complex electrical and mechanical modules, including prefabricated skids, equipment enclosures, modular power systems, and integrated infrastructure assemblies. This role ensures structural integrity, constructability, transportability, and long-term performance of modules supporting mission-critical operations.

Design structural systems supporting complex electrical and mechanical modules, including E-houses, mechanical skids, and packaged systems
Perform structural analysis for static, dynamic, seismic, wind, vibration, lifting, and transportation loads
Design steel and reinforced concrete frames, bases, foundations, and anchorage systems
Develop and review structural calculations, drawings, and specifications
Coordinate with electrical and mechanical engineers to ensure structural compatibility
Support modularization strategies including shop fabrication, transport, lifting, and installation
Review vendor drawings and equipment data for structural impacts
Support fabrication, installation, and commissioning activities

Standards & Safety

Ensure compliance with applicable codes and standards (AISC, ACI, ASCE, IBC, OSHA, UFC where applicable)
Address safety-critical considerations including fatigue, redundancy, and progressive collapse
Support development of structural standards and best practices for modular systems

Leadership & Collaboration

Provide technical leadership and mentoring to junior engineers
Participate in multidisciplinary design reviews
Interface with fabricators, contractors, and external partners

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Structural or Civil Engineering (Master’s preferred)
Professional Engineer (PE) license required
8+ years of structural engineering experience
Experience designing structures supporting electrical and mechanical equipment
Proficiency with structural analysis software (SAP2000, RAM, IDEA, StatiCa, Tedds, Mathcad)

Desired Skills:

Experience with modular construction or skid-mounted systems
Experience designing for lifting and transportation loads
Experience in mission-critical facilities or industrial infrastructure
Familiarity with design-build or EPC delivery models

Work Environment

Combination of office, fabrication facility, and construction site environments. Occasional travel and off-hours support during installations or critical lifts may be required.

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 $112,560.00 - USD $168,840.00 /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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