Deputy Engineering Leader - Tysons, VA

About the role

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 9,000 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

• An ideal candidate will have managed the technical aspects of the engineering, procurement, and construction for the delivery of electrical systems for mission critical facilities.
• They provide engineering leadership for the functional, physical, commissioning and project engineering disciplines, as well as being responsible for client ownership, engineering finances and engineering meetings.
• The Deputy Engineering Leader is responsible for supporting the projects range from $50,000 to an excess of $20+ million, with square footage of 500,000 to 800,000, and 30-400 people depending on a project’s stage.
• This is a technical leadership role rather than management of personnel.
• A deputy engineering leader will be involved with Security systems.
• Ideally, they are experts in industrialized construction processes.
• Leading complex technical discussions, projects, and/or programs.
• Validating world class technical solutions on projects.
• Ensuring engineering best practices are followed across multiple engineering and solution disciplines.
• Managing technical risk on a project.
• Providing oversight, direction, and technical expertise to engineering teams on a project.
• Leading an engineering discipline to develop new and upcoming engineers and technical experts.
• Preparing client-specific solutions.
• Driving the development and maintenance of project