Mechanical Engineer 2 - Caroline County, VA
M.C. Dean
Caroline County, Virginia · Posted February 26, 2026
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About the job
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.
Clearance/Citizen Type: Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and should meet eligibility requirements including U.S. citizenship for access to classified information.
Responsibilities
Maintains design standards, specifications, and criteria for projects
Represent the Company in interactions with the customers, contractors, suppliers and collaborate with other project team members
Perform site survey, calculations, evaluations, equipment selection, equipment specification, system design, system layout for project proposal and contract execution
Develop sustainable designs for high performance systems for air and hydronic distribution, central heating and cooling plants and building management
Produce construction contract drawings and specifications consistent with contract requirements and Regulations, applicable industrial Codes and Standards
Address any mechanical design, fabrication, construction, and commissioning issues
Develop system sequence of operations, compliance matrices and other project support documentation
Participate in Pre-Installation Testing and Checkout (PITCO) processes including system programming, integration testing, and equipment build outs.
Develop mechanical project scope, and discipline coordination
Participate in and ensure successful project construction, start up and commissioning
Participate in new product evaluations and recommendations
Ability to travel Travels up to 25% of the time on short-term assignments depending on project requirements
Qualifications
Required Education, Experience, & Skills:
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering required. Mechanical Engineering preferred or equivalent engineering degree
2+ years of project-based experience.
Strong application knowledge of ASHRAE Handbook and Standards
Working knowledge of SMACNA Technical Manuals and Standards
Preferred to have passed the fundamentals of Engineering test.
Excellent oral and written communication, interpersonal, problem solving and analytical skills
Design experience with governmental sites, data centers, and building infrastructure
Preferred Experience & Skills:
Trane TRACE and/or Carrier HAP experience
Proficiency with the latest version of AutoCAD, Revit, and BIM experience
LEED accreditation
Certified Energy Manager (CEM)
Certified Lighting & Efficiency Professional (CLEP)
Design Build Institute of America (DBIA)
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 $102,000.00 - USD $102,000.00 /Yr.
Maintains design standards, specifications, and criteria for projects
Represent the Company in interactions with the customers, contractors, suppliers and collaborate with other project team members
Perform site survey, calculations, evaluations, equipment selection, equipment specification, system design, system layout for project proposal and contract execution
Develop sustainable designs for high performance systems for air and hydronic distribution, central heating and cooling plants and building management
Produce construction contract drawings and specifications consistent with contract requirements and Regulations, applicable industrial Codes and Standards
Address any mechanical design, fabrication, construction, and commissioning issues
Develop system sequence of operations, compliance matrices and other project support documentation
Participate in Pre-Installation Testing and Checkout (PITCO) processes including system programming, integration testing, and equipment build outs.
Develop mechanical project scope, and discipline coordination
Participate in and ensure successful project construction, start up and commissioning
Participate in new product evaluations and recommendations
Ability to travel Travels up to 25% of the time on short-term assignments depending on project requirements
Required Education, Experience, & Skills:
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering required. Mechanical Engineering preferred or equivalent engineering degree
2+ years of project-based experience.
Strong application knowledge of ASHRAE Handbook and Standards
Working knowledge of SMACNA Technical Manuals and Standards
Preferred to have passed the fundamentals of Engineering test.
Excellent oral and written communication, interpersonal, problem solving and analytical skills
Design experience with governmental sites, data centers, and building infrastructure
Preferred Experience & Skills:
Trane TRACE and/or Carrier HAP experience
Proficiency with the latest version of AutoCAD, Revit, and BIM experience
LEED accreditation
Certified Energy Manager (CEM)
Certified Lighting & Efficiency Professional (CLEP)
Design Build Institute of America (DBIA)
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.