electronics technician

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engineering technician

commissioning engineer

M.C. Dean, Inc.

What is the best part of working at the company?
"Exceptional Experience as a Licensed Electrician and Crew Leader at MC Dean"

Working at MC Dean as a licensed electrician and crew leader has been nothing short of an exceptional experience. The company's commitment to excellence and innovation truly sets it apart in the industry.

One of the best parts of working at MC Dean is the opportunity for professional growth and development. As a licensed electrician, I have had access to cutting-edge technology and training that has allowed me to expand my skills and knowledge in the field. The company places a strong emphasis on continuous learning and improvement, which has been instrumental in my career advancement.

Additionally, serving as a crew leader at MC Dean has been extremely rewarding. The company values teamwork and collaboration, which has created a positive and supportive work environment. I have had the privilege of leading a talented team of electricians who are dedicated to delivering high-quality work on every project. The sense of camaraderie and mutual respect among team members has made every project a truly enjoyable experience.

Furthermore, MC Dean's commitment to safety is commendable. The company prioritizes the well-being of its employees and ensures that all necessary safety measures are in place on every job site. This focus on safety not only demonstrates MC Dean's dedication to its workforce but also fosters a culture of trust and reliability.

In conclusion, working at MC Dean as a licensed electrician and crew leader has been a rewarding and fulfilling experience. The company's dedication to excellence, professional growth opportunities, emphasis on teamwork, and commitment to safety make it an outstanding place to build a successful career in the electrical industry.

I highly recommend MC Dean to any licensed electrician looking for a dynamic and supportive work environment where their skills and expertise are valued and nurtured.



What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
While working at MC Dean has many positive aspects, it's important to acknowledge that like any job, there can be stressful moments. One of the most challenging aspects of working at MC Dean can be the high-pressure nature of the projects and deadlines. As a licensed electrician and crew leader, there may be times when you are faced with tight timelines and demanding client expectations, which can create a sense of urgency and stress.

The complexity of the projects undertaken by MC Dean can also contribute to the stress levels. Dealing with intricate electrical systems, advanced technology, and large-scale installations requires a high level of precision and attention to detail. Any mistakes or delays in such projects can have significant repercussions, both in terms of safety and project timelines, adding to the pressure on employees.

Moreover, the nature of the construction and electrical industry itself can be unpredictable, leading to last-minute changes, unexpected challenges, and long hours on job sites. Balancing multiple projects, coordinating with various stakeholders, and ensuring that everything runs smoothly can be demanding and stressful at times.

Additionally, as a crew leader, managing a team of electricians comes with its own set of challenges. Ensuring that team members are working efficiently, resolving conflicts, and meeting project deadlines while maintaining high-quality standards can be stressful and demanding.

Overall, while working at MC Dean offers many opportunities for growth and development, it's important to be aware that the fast-paced and high-pressure environment of the industry can sometimes lead to moments of stress and pressure. However, with effective communication, teamwork, and support from colleagues and supervisors, these challenges can be effectively managed and overcome.


What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
At MC Dean, the work environment and culture are characterized by a strong sense of professionalism, innovation, collaboration, and dedication to excellence. As a licensed electrician and crew leader, you will find yourself in a dynamic and supportive workplace that values employee development and teamwork.

One of the defining features of the work environment at MC Dean is the emphasis on innovation and cutting-edge technology. The company is at the forefront of the electrical industry, constantly pushing boundaries and adopting the latest advancements in technology and techniques. This culture of innovation creates an exciting and dynamic workplace where employees are encouraged to think creatively and embrace new ideas.

Collaboration is another key component of the work culture at MC Dean. Teamwork is highly valued, and employees are encouraged to work together to achieve common goals. As a crew leader, you will have the opportunity to lead a team of skilled professionals who are committed to delivering high-quality work on every project. The spirit of collaboration fosters a sense of camaraderie and mutual respect among team members, creating a positive and supportive work environment.

Moreover, MC Dean places a strong emphasis on employee development and growth. The company offers training programs, career advancement opportunities, and mentorship initiatives to help employees enhance their skills and reach their full potential. This focus on professional development not only benefits individual employees but also contributes to the overall success of the company.

Additionally, the work environment at MC Dean is characterized by a commitment to safety and quality. The company prioritizes the well-being of its employees and ensures that all necessary safety measures are in place on every job site. Quality workmanship and attention to detail are paramount at MC Dean, reflecting the company's dedication to delivering exceptional results to clients.

In conclusion, working at MC Dean offers a stimulating and rewarding work environment characterized by innovation, collaboration, professional development, and a strong commitment to safety and quality. As a licensed electrician and crew leader, you will have the opportunity to contribute to exciting projects, work alongside talented colleagues, and grow professionally in a supportive and dynamic setting.


What is a typical day like for you at the company?
A typical day working at MC Dean as a licensed electrician and crew leader is dynamic, challenging, and rewarding. Your day usually starts early in the morning, as you prepare to lead your team on various projects and job sites.

As a crew leader, you will begin by reviewing the day's tasks and priorities with your team. You will assign responsibilities, coordinate schedules, and ensure that everyone understands their roles and objectives for the day. Clear communication and effective delegation are essential to ensure that the team operates efficiently and meets project deadlines.

Throughout the day, you will work closely with your team to oversee the installation, maintenance, and repair of electrical systems. You may be involved in troubleshooting complex issues, interpreting blueprints and technical diagrams, and ensuring that work is completed according to industry standards and client specifications.

In addition to hands-on electrical work, part of your day may involve liaising with project managers, clients, and other stakeholders to provide updates on progress, address any concerns or issues, and ensure that projects are on track. Effective communication and collaboration are key to maintaining strong relationships with clients and delivering projects successfully.

As a licensed electrician, you will also be responsible for conducting inspections, testing electrical systems, and ensuring compliance with safety regulations and quality standards. Attention to detail, precision, and a commitment to safety are crucial aspects of your work at MC Dean.

Throughout the day, you will have the opportunity to mentor and support your team members, providing guidance, training, and feedback to help them excel in their roles. Building a positive and supportive team culture is essential to fostering a productive and harmonious work environment at MC Dean.

At the end of the day, you will review progress, document any completed work, and prepare for the next day's tasks. Reflecting on the day's achievements and challenges, you can take pride in the meaningful contributions you have made to the success of the projects and the growth of your team.

I worked at MC Dean in the airport location in Orlando, FL. This project is said to be currently one of the largest in the US currently at this time. We are by far the largest company there with literal hundreds of people and still lacking severely in manpower, materials and proper direction.

This company only has one thing in mind and that is to get the job done as quickly as possible with no regards on how it is done.

Every morning, you have to arrive in a parking lot and play a game of cat and mouse with these 1-2 buses that take you to the airport site. The reason why it’s a game is due to the ridiculous inconsistency of these bus schedules. If you work at 6:30am and you’re not there at 6am to get that bus, you might as well go home, you’re not going to make it. The amount of people I’ve seen run to this bus just for them to be left behind is absolutely alarming. Every single day this happens and it is apparently your responsibility to arrive at a “punctual” time. There are several people that even arrive at 5:30am just so they can avoid this issue. 

The airport is an overwhelming labrynthian beast where you get your work done, just to have other trades or even your own team, disassemble everything you’ve done. I’ve had to climb and hold myself up on other pipes and struts to be able to squeeze through and get work done. The logic behind this is baffling truly, as you will be sent home if caught doing anything deemed “unsafe” 

Half the time, to even get any kind of work done, you have to spend a ridiculous amount of time looking for material (pipes, connectors, struts, etc.) and end up a lot of the time having to steal it from other crews. This practice is so toxic and results if you having to watch your back at all times. We have had so many tools stolen from us even!! This will be a whole game cycle and severely halts production because there is never enough to go around. It’s even a fight every morning to get water and ice in a 90 degree airport site!! OSHA where are you?

Don’t get me started on management. It’s all a blame game there. Some foreman do not represent their fellow workers and hide in corners whenever there is a problem. They only ever show up to just shout orders as if you’re a dog and expect you to have it done instantaneously with no consideration of any circumstances. In the end of the day, they just want to run you dry and blame you for lack of production, it is disgustingly alienating. 

My overview of this job and particularly this site, is that honestly not a great start for an apprentice as you will not receive the attention or recognition for your performance. When you find out that about 80% of the employees are NON-LICENSED electricians and they make more money than you for a lackluster job can really put you off. They have this attendance system that works in “points” that has absolutely no heart whatsoever for your situations. Like I said earlier, if that bus leaves you, there’s already 1-3 points in your name just for missing one day. If you have a family medical emergency or you have experienced injury or anything of the sort that may set you back and you pass these “10 points” WITH OR WITHOUT LEGAL DOCTORS NOTES they will terminate you without batting an eye. 

In 2+ years of working with M.C. Dean I have watched cliques form, favoritism grow and ethics drop in the Atlanta Division. I was terminated for, what I was told, for tardiness and absenteeism. When one employee, who is part of the field supervisor's clique was late many more times than I was. This person has been written up more than once for tardiness but not terminated. What is so ironic the person I refer to, was a lead guy. One day this lead guy ask me to get down in an elevator pit and I said I need to put a lock on the equipment. He replied, It is already locked out. I replied but I do not have a lock on it. If I am working down there, I need a lock on it. This is safety 101. So he gets mad, turns red and tells the foreman. The next day we have a meeting about people not doing what the lead personnel say. I brought up the situation that just occurred in the meeting, which brought no resolve.

It was obvious to me I was black balled when the foreman asked who could work overtime and I volunteered. In front of all the employees so we all new we were working overtime. So the next day the foreman came and told me I could not work the overtime. Myself and another employee wondered how do you sign someone up to work overtime and then tell them that they can not work, with no explanation. I had the qualifications to for the work. We came to find out the same lead person that had gotten mad because I would not break a safety rule was the employee leading the overtime work.

Not only was I terminated but an ineligible for rehire was put in my folder. From what I was told, this is only supposed to put in a person folder for safety violations. So you figure there was more than just what I was told going on about my termination. This was hardest part for me to deal with, because in 20+ years I have never received an not eligible for rehire.

I had the privilege of working for the Critical Power Group and the Construction Division in VA which gave me better appreciation for the company as a whole. If I could go back to work for M.C. Dean it would not be under the of the Atlanta Construction Division Management.

I learned a lot of things I would not do with my personnel and clients when I have my own contracting firm.

•	Adhere to safety practices and procedures, such as checking equipment regularly and erecting barriers around work areas.
•	Open switches or attach grounding devices to remove electrical hazards from disturbed or fallen lines or to facilitate repairs.
•	Climb poles or use truck-mounted buckets to access equipment.
•	Place insulating or fireproofing materials over conductors and joints.
•	Install, maintain, and repair electrical distribution and transmission systems, including conduits, cables, wires, and related equipment, such as transformers, circuit breakers, and switches.
•	Identify defective sectionalizing devices, circuit breakers, fuses, voltage regulators, transformers, switches, relays, or wiring, using wiring diagrams and electrical-testing instruments.
•	Drive vehicles equipped with tools and materials to job sites.
•	Coordinate work assignment preparation and completion with other workers.
•	Inspect and test power lines and auxiliary equipment to locate and identify problems, using reading and testing instruments.
•	String wire conductors and cables between poles, towers, trenches, pylons, and buildings, setting lines in place and using winches to adjust tension.

When i first stared with this company i thought to myself oh man another one of these companys that you have to know somebody to move up. Only in my first couple of months my mind started to change due to the fact that they gave me an opertunity to adavnce. Even though they knew i was fresh meat at this field of studdy. They handed me blue prints and said this is your section get it done. I knew the task at hand was huge but from what they had tought me and my skills in asking questions i knew with the right help i could get it done. A few months later me and another emoployee were recognized by the owner of the company and given a big thanks for showing our new commers how we run (him not knowing that i had only been in the field for 8 months as an electrician). I was amazed that the third largest electrical contractor in the us would recognize me for what i did. To me that means alot coming from a company. There are many more experiances that i have had at this company but i have to say if it were not for that one i dont know where i would be.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Horrible company to start in alarm industry. They only have one contract that they’ll lose soon due to Inexperienced management and supervisors. The Provide no tools or support. You get in trouble for doing a good job, They love to micromanage. Love to lie to your face, and love to throw you under the bus. I average 32 hours a week. I almost got killed driving a company vehicle and accelerated to get out of harms way. They wrote me up for speeding. I quit the following week. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Horrible management, toxic work environment, inexperience Upper level technicians will insult you if you’re more experienced than they are. I’ve complained to management and nothing was done. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Toxic work environment,  no support, just read a manual and figure it out. No parts department, no tools provided. They rent lifts for you and provide no safety harness. I had to buy my own.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Just sit around without pay for hours until a service call is requested, no calls, no pay.

I started in 2007 and left in mid year of 2022  for personal reasons. Through out my time with the company I enjoyed every day I went to work. The projects were great, my coworkers were great yeah everyone has there strong and weak points but that’s were good foreman and management came into play. Everyone got a chance to perform and try new tasks meanwhile getting the job done in timely matter with great craftsmanship. Somedays we’re hot then cold uncomfortable sometimes to nice but it’s work. Safety is paramount you always had the equipment and safety meetings to ensure that each task is done safely. The benefits suited my family just fine and the pay is great. The foreman and management knew it’s not always work first the understand that might have a family, emergencies, appointments or other personal situations. You just had to informed them in advance, call ahead if you had an emergency and if any documentation just give them a copy to cover you back. I don’t regret working with MCDEAN they were good to me. As long as you follow their company policies and ready to work you will be in good hands. Godspeed!

- Project management electrical or automation (Cost, stock, schedule, Technical evaluation, Prepare technical specifications, contractors...)
- Planning corrective, preventive and predictive maintenance (daily supervision maintenance)
- Maintenance of industrial equipment (induction motor, pump, generator, chromatograph, boiler, valve ...)
- Good knowledge, programming, commissioning PLCs and HMI Applications 
- Visual Basic programming knowledge
- Installation, maintenance, configuration and troubleshooting of Distributed Control Systems (DCS) 
- Experience with industrial automation system design and field commissioning including PLCs, remote I/O, industrial networks, sensors, and SCADA systems
- Good knowledge of electrical, instrumentation and measurement (Instrumentation Hart, Energymeter, Megohmmeter ...)
- Experience integrating systems Modbus, ProfiBus, Ethernet/IP, Hart or other industrial protocols
- Experience designing three phase induction motor protection schemes
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Workplace pays decent if you are on a military base. 

I had a good time for the most part, but the company itself had many many flaws.

The biggest flaw were the 20 something year olds who were foreman and obviously suffering from small man syndrome. 

Imagine you did one thing a young foreman didn't like.... instead of talking to you man to man, they instead walk up to you with a write up with your name on it. 

Yep, that's the real M.C. Dean. That's their culture, no one is actually looking out for the small guys, you will be used and tossed aside. Especially when it comes to holiday lay offs.

I was moved into a Forman/Supervisor position within three months of being hired, but was never given a raise or title of the responsibilities that were given to me. At first it seem like the company cared for you, but as time went on local division seem to not get support from corporate office. In the four years I was employed by M C Dean I had two evaluation and only one review from corporate office. I was told by local division that I would be given an evaluation and raise after management changed and it never happened, just more responsibility and no evaluation. Hade to have surgery brought on by work changing and was released two weeks before I was to return to work to full duty. Was told that I couldn't return to work until I was able to function at full duty for my job title, but that was not my duties or responsibilities  when I went out for surgery. So as I have heard from other people M C Dean doesn't care about its employees, you are just a body doing a job.

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