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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.