Electrical Maintenance Technician 4 - Washington, D.C.

M.C. Dean, Inc•District of Columbia, DC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

M.C. Dean is seeking an Electrical Maintenance Technician 4 to join their team in Washington, D.C. This role is responsible for ensuring the peak efficiency of all electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety equipment within mission-critical facilities. The technician will perform planned preventative maintenance, daily corrective work, and emergency response, serving as an expert technical resource reporting to a program manager. A key aspect of this role is maintaining over 99.999% uptime for facility equipment supporting mission-critical servers. The technician will also provide oversight of junior technicians and contractors, analyze systems requirements, recommend modifications, and install new units or replacement parts according to specifications and safety guidelines. They will utilize safe working practices, troubleshoot and repair electronic units, and perform maintenance on critical data center systems and industrial electrical equipment. Daily walk-throughs of the facility, monitoring and adjusting Building Automation Systems (BAS), and managing mechanical and electrical systems during emergencies are also key responsibilities. The role involves identifying required materials, preparing cost estimates, maintaining vendor relationships, and coordinating with critical environment vendors. The technician will also set up and operate electrical data capturing devices, create and review MOPs and SOPs, generate field service reports, develop reliability reports, and conduct training for junior technicians and other staff.

Requirements

Minimum 8+ years of relevant experience with a High School Diploma or GED
State Certified Journeyman’s License or VMET Certification required.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Understanding of power density and parity with HVAC system capacities.
Knowledge of building automation systems and their components
Must be committed to excellence and generate a high quality of work.
Must consistently report to work on time, work well with other employees to accomplish a common goal, and maintain a safe work environment.
Ability to lift, carry, and move objects weighing up to 50 pounds on a regular basis.
Ability to relocate a 12-foot stepladder without assistance.
Ability to work at various heights up to 60 feet and climb and maintain balance on scaffolds, aerial lifts, catwalks, and all types of ladders.
Ability to walk, climb, lift, squat, crawl, kneel, push, pull, and reach overhead on a routine and repetitive basis.
Possess good vision (may be corrected vision), the ability to see in color, and the ability to hear and communicate in English.
May use a standard ladder without exceeding the weight limit while carrying tools.
Ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong.
Ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions.
Ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
U.S. Citizenship required for access to classified information.
Ability to obtain & maintain an HSPD-12 & Secret Clearance.

Responsibilities

Ensuring that all electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety equipment within the facility are operating at peak efficiency through planned preventative maintenance, daily corrective work, and emergency response.
Serving as an expert technical resource reporting to a program manager, interacting with Onsite Engineering Operations (OEO) and third-party vendors.
Rendering assistance in administration and regulation of the duties of junior technicians and providing oversight of contractors’ roles for electrical duties.
Analyzing systems requirements, conducting research on equipment and procedures, and recommending modifications to new and existing systems.
Installing new units or replacement parts for existing units according to specifications and established safety guidelines, relying on MOPs, manufacturer’s literature, and industry best practices.
Utilizing safe working practices, including lockout/tagout, MSDS, and good housekeeping methods.
Troubleshooting, repairing, and making modifications to malfunctioning electronic units like printed circuit boards, set-up sensing mechanisms, and advanced electrical circuits.
Performing maintenance, installations, and service repairs on critical data center systems, as well as all industrial electrical equipment and systems that include power distribution components/wiring, electronic components, and lighting systems throughout the data center campus.
Utilizing appropriate test equipment, including infrared scanning and vibration analyzing meters, to perform system and equipment diagnostics.
Ensuring activities are logged in CMMS.
Performing daily walk-throughs of the facility documenting parameters such as power availability, temperature and humidity, alarm status, etc.
Monitoring and making necessary changes to site BAS, following site MOP's & SOP's.
Managing mechanical and electrical systems in emergency situations including: HVAC components, power distribution equipment, generator systems, load transfer and control systems, UPS systems, DC power systems, fire and life safety.
Identifying required materials and parts for maintenance and repair; preparing and presenting cost estimates for parts, equipment, and supplies for proposed installation or repairs.
Maintaining relationships with all major vendor accounts.
Scheduling, coordinating, and overseeing all critical environment vendors during maintenance, emergency, and break/fix events.
Setting up and operating electrical data capturing devices (Dranetz, Fluke PQA, etc.).
Creating required MOPs and SOPs; performing periodic technical and quality reviews of all MOPs and SOPs.
Collecting and generating internal and vendor field service reports describing all activities performed at the facility.
Developing reliability reports to assist in identifying areas for increased efficiency, resiliency, or to mitigate unplanned downtime.
Conducting training with junior technicians and other staff personnel on electrical equipment/system for maintenance, repairs, and operation.