Designer Staff (Caroline County, VA)

M.C. Dean, Inc

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About The Position

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. Designer Staff (Modeler) works as part of a team responsible for developing a comprehensive, functionally, and dimensionally accurate physical layout of electrical, communications, and other systems based on the engineering design, specifications, and materials and equipment submittals to meet the project needs and M.C. Dean's constructability objectives.

Requirements

• 8+ years of commercial electrical field experience or at least 8 years of commercial electrical field experience and 8 years of experience as a Designer using AutoCAD or Micro station with a high school diploma or GED
• 6+ years of experience with an associate degree
• 2+ years of experience with a bachelor’s degree
• Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements, including U.S. citizenship for access to classified information.
• Attention to details
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to work as part of a multi-discipline team
• Commitment and ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines​.
• Knowledge of the National Electrical Code (NEC) and related concepts.
• Knowledge of the field installation best practices
• Knowledge of critical design software
• Autodesk Revit
• Autodesk Navisworks
• Autodesk AutoCAD
• BlueBeam
• Exposure to computer screens for an extended period.
• Sitting for extended periods of time.
• Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Have finger dexterity 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.

Nice To Haves

• Completed electrical apprenticeship and journeyman or master electrician status strongly desired​

Responsibilities

• Review and analysis of electrical drawings, specifications and submittals;
• 3D modeling of pathway and circuiting layout consistent with the electrical design based on the direction provided by the project VDC lead and field installation leads.
• Equipment layout adjustments based on the direction provided by the project VDC lead and according to the engineering design.
• Participation in the design coordination process and resolving coordination conflicts.
• Production of coordination / shop drawings, installation details,
• Production of sketches to support field installation tasks.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees