Quality Engineer
Caroline County, VAJob$82–102K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Job overview
The Quality Engineer follows M.C. Dean’s Quality Control Program to verify quality expectations for durable, reliable installations. The role develops and manages project-specific quality plans, coordinates inspections and audits, and leads quality assurance, compliance, and process improvement activities. It interfaces with clients, subcontractors, and third-party inspectors, and reports quality performance to project and executive teams.
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Full job description
Overview
About M.C. Dean
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 power systems, 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 9,000 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 Us?
Our people are passionate about engineering 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. At M.C. Dean, we are committed to building the next generation of technical leaders in electrical, engineering, and cybersecurity industries.
Responsibilities
The Quality Engineer is responsible for following the M.C. Dean Quality Control (QC) Program to achieve and verify quality expectations for a durable and reliable installation. The Quality Control 3 Engineer is responsible for overseeing field inspections to ensure work is in compliance with all safety policies and procedures. Job duties and responsibilities: Document, Implement and Manage Quality Control Plan on the project.
Position Responsibilities:
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Gather customer specific quality requirements, review all relevant governing reference material for development and implementation of project specific quality plan.
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Create and maintain project specific quality plan and assure alignment between External and MMC Quality Plans.
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Conduct Mutual Understanding Meeting with subcontractors.
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Create and maintain Quality Control Tracking Log (QCTL) with planned and actual schedule for each of the three phases of quality control.
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Create and maintain necessary project specific QC checklists.
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Verify and status submittal approvals.
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Facilitate and participate in Design reviews.
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Maintain ongoing interface with client/client representative for issue resolution, reporting, improvements and audits.
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Maintain ongoing interface with subcontractor representative for issue resolution, reporting, improvements and audits.
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Facilitate and coordinate inspections and audits with 3rd party inspectors.
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Document tailored processes across the value stream using ISO, CMMI, Agile, Lean Six Sigma, PMBOK, ITIL and other internationally recognized process frameworks.
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Identify technical and administrative controls and create rules, policies, and procedures for the implementation of controls.
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Lead all activities involving quality assurance, compliance, audits, deliverables, and process improvement.
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Conduct specific audits to measure the degree of adherence to documented policies and procedures.
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Prepare product and process quality reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
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Develop project scorecard on Quality Assurance and report to project and executive teams on the level of adherence.
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Work on special process improvement projects to identify root cause and put in place corrective and preventive actions to prevent recurrence.
Qualifications
Education/Experience:
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2+ Years of experience with a Bachelors Science Degree in Engineering or Construction Management, with Industrial/Systems Engineering preferred.
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Must successfully pass a background check
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Working knowledge of USACE/NAVFAC 3-Phase Quality Control System.
Desired Qualifications:
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Data Collection, Management and analysis knowledge.
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Planning and organizational
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Written and verbal communication
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Quick Decision-making abilities.
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Teamwork, Team building and collaboration
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Customer service orientation
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Sharp attention to detail
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Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
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Meticulous and diligent attributes
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Great team player with the ability to work with minimal supervision
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Ability to influence with no direct supervisory authority
We offer an excellent benefits package including:
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A competitive salary
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Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
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Paid time off
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Tuition reimbursement
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401k Retirement Plan
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Military Reserve pay offset
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Paid maternity leave
Abilities:
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Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.
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Sitting for extended periods of time.
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Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
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Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
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Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
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Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
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Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
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Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
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Identify and understand the speech of another person.
Pay Range
USD $81,600.00 - USD $102,000.00 /Yr.
How this job compares
Set against the 2,786 open Quality Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 13, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$82–102K/yr
- Virginia median$88–137K/yr40 salary ranges
- US median$90–149K/yr1,811 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $92K, is 17% below the Virginia median midpoint ($110K) — in the middle half of Quality Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 52 open Quality Engineer jobs in Virginia and 2,786 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
- Amazon5 open
- Trinnex5 open
- M. C. Dean (this employer)4 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Quality Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 2,313 postings).
- Education
- 1,642 of the 2,786 open Quality Engineer jobs (59%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 13, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.
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