Employee Experience Specialist

ID 12080

Location Tysons, VA

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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.

Our Early Career Recruiting and Experience Team attracts,hires, anddevelopsemerging talent to become the next generation of experts and leaders within M.C. Dean. From first candidate outreach to year three in the organization, we strive to deliver a world-class experience that allows new employees to thrive within our culture while delivering meaningful work for our clients around the globe.

We are seeking an Employee Experience Specialist to serve as an integral member of our function and deliver on key responsibilities that enable success in our efforts to recruit, retain, and grow our early career employees. You’ll play a pivotal role in nurturing holistic programs centered around onboarding, mentorship, skill-building, networking, and career mapping for our new hires.

Location: Tysons, VA; Hybrid (2-3 Days in Office)

Work Authorization: U.S. Work Authorization

Work Type: Full-Time

What You’ll Do:

• Develop programs that enhance employee engagement and cultural alignment across internship and full-time early career roles

• Support recruitment efforts to attract, select, and hire top talent into early career programs

• Oversee the creation of refreshed employee onboarding and ramp-up periods that enable a warm company introduction for new employees

• Lead the creation of early career associate development roadmaps for growth while proactively identifying experience risks to mitigate potential attrition

• Manage mentorship and career development initiatives for early career employees

• Develop engagement opportunities for deeper employee connections within a distributed work environment

• Engage and influence cross-functional business stakeholders for successful adoption of new programs and initiatives

• Consult and problem solve across the Early Career Recruiting and Experience team with the mindset of continuous improvement

• Travel as needed, up to 25% to support hiring events, employee initiatives, or other needs as requested

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent (may be substituted with relevant experience)

• Minimum of 3+ years working within recruitment, employee experience, or similar roles

• Has expert knowledge of the Handshake platform

• Strong working knowledge of a company-wide recruitment database system, applicant tracking system, and candidate relationship management

• Firm understanding of compliance in the recruiting process (ie- OFCCP, FLSA)

• Experience in developing workplace culture across distributed job sites

• Highly organized and detail oriented with the ability to support both detailed tasks and big-picture strategies

• Strong cross-functional leadership skills with the ability to foster healthy stakeholder relationships

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Familiarity with program management tools and methodologies with a track record of supporting complex, cross-functional initiatives

• Demonstrated ability to operate in an agile environment and quickly pivot should priorities change

Abilities:

• Exposure to computer screens for an extended period.

• Sitting for extended periods of time.

• Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.

• Have finger dexterity to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands 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.

Hiring for role is subject to final headcount approval.

Applicants for this position may be required to prove that they have received the COVID-19 vaccine or demonstrate that they have a valid religious or medical reason not to be vaccinated.

Applicants for this position may be required to obtain or provide proof of flu shots or of other vaccinations depending on customer requirements and nature of the position or demonstrate a valid basis for exception.

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