Generator Technician 3

Overview:
**M.C. Dean** is Building Intelligence®. We design, build, operate, and maintain cyber-physical solutions for the nation’s most recognizable mission critical facilities, secure environments, complex infrastructure, and global enterprises. The company’s capabilities include electrical, electronic security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audio visual, and IT systems. M.C. Dean is headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, and employs more than 5,800 professionals who engineer and deploy automated, secure, and resilient power and technology systems; and deliver the management platforms essential for long-term system sustainability.

**Why join M.C. Dean?** Our people are inspired by the way engineering and innovation enhance customer outcomes, improve lives, and change the world for the better. We are driven by our core values of agility, expertise, and trust.

Generator Technician is responsible for maintaining, servicing, and troubleshooting generator systems, and other critical infrastructure equipment. Our technicians are factory trained on most major generator manufacturers (e.g., CAT, Cummins, Kohler, Generac, Onan, Detroit, MTU, to name a few). Our technicians perform preventive maintenance and equipment testing as well as emergency service calls at high profile government, institutional and commercial customer facilities. The primary purpose of this position is to perform a variety of skilled and technical tasks in the inspection, repair, preventive, and corrective maintenance and modification on Internal Combustion (IC) engines, diesel generators, and other IC gaseous engines. The end goal is to obtain reliability, availability & quality of power while improving or sustaining the maintainability of the electrical system.

**Responsibilities**:

- Assist and participate in routine inspections and make modifications to IC engines, diesel generators, and associated equipment.
- Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on Automatic Transfer Switches (ATS) and annunciator panels.
- Perform load testing on units to identify possible problems and prevent wet stacking.
- Make electrical and mechanical wiring modifications to diesel control circuits.
- Rebuild and repair gas compressors (turbochargers) used for forced-induction of IC engines, head gaskets, seals, water pumps, catalytic converters, torque heads, belts and hoses.
- Conduct automatic and manual transfer tests of simulated power outages to ensure generators are functioning properly.
- Test batteries, fuel coolant, and oil; ship oil samples for analysis.
- Transport and dispose hazardous materials.
- Other related duties may also be performed; not all duties listed are necessarily performed by each individual holding this classification.
- Requires 7X24 availability when on call.
- May require limited overnight travel at company expense.

Qualifications:

- Applicants selected must have minimum 7+ years of experience with a HS Diploma/GED
- Experience with **electrical testing and calibration tools** (DVOM, oscilloscopes, mega-ohmmeters).
- Use of **mechanical calibration tools** (torque wrenches, micrometers, dial indicators).
- Familiarity with **machine tooling** (drill presses, grinders, hydraulic presses, lathes).
- Compliance with state/national regulations, safety procedures, and oil sample analysis.

**Knowledge & Expertise**:
- Electrical, mechanical, thermal, and hydraulic principles.- Engine control systems and program logic controls for IC power generation.- Electrical and mechanical safety procedures, PPE usage, and lockout/tagout protocols.- Compliance with **SMAQMD, CARB, EPA**, and **National Fire Protection Codes**.- Hazardous materials tracking, transporting, and disposal.- Rigging standards and safe handling of heavy objects.- Computer technology relevant to the role.

**Core Skills & Abilities**:
- Reading and interpreting electrical/mechanical drawings and schematics.- Troubleshooting and repairing engine control systems and electrical issues.- Correcting wet stacking conditions in engines.- Rigging techniques for handling heavy objects safely.- Maintaining accurate manual and electronic records.

**Preferred Qualifications**:
- QSK60 Cummins Certification.- Proficiency in Microsoft Office products.

**We offer an excellent benefits package including**:

- A competitive salary
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
- Paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
- 401k Retirement Plan
- Military Reserve pay offset
- Paid maternity leave

**Abilities**:

- Relocates a 12 foot stepladder without assistance.
- Works at various heights up to 60 feet and can climb and maintain balance on scaffolds, aerial lifts, catwalks and all types of ladders.
- Walks, climbs, lifts, squats, crawls, kneels, pushes, pulls and reaches 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