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Engineer (Associate/Staff/Senior)

Dominion Energy is committed to providing reliable, affordable, and increasingly clean energy that powers our customers every day. If you want to work for a purpose-driven company that values safety and collaboration, we’re looking for you. You won’t just find a job here; you’ll find your career. Review the position below and apply today.

We offer a hybrid 3-2 work schedule (three days in the office, two days of teleworking) to accommodate the need for flexibility.

Military service members and veterans with ranks from E3-E5, W1-W2, or O1-O3, plus appropriate equivalent combination of education and years of experience as outlined below will be considered for this opportunity.

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Job Summary

Dominion Energy Virginia’s Electric Transmission (ET) System Protection Engineering department is seeking a motivated Electrical Engineer to support the Company’s evolving distribution grid.

The primary responsibilities for this role include the design, modeling, and development of protective relay settings for Distribution, and renewable energy interconnections.

This is an exciting time to join our team as we are involved in industry-leading projects and initiatives like interconnecting 5000 MW of solar generation in the next 5 years, the first utility-owned

offshore wind project in United States federal waters off the Atlantic coast, STATCOMS, IEC-61850, and the largest data center load growth in the world.

Job Responsibilities:

Associate Engineer

+ Learn and apply basic protection philosophy and applications to real-world scenarios.

+ Develop protective relay settings for System Protection Engineering (SPE) Distribution protection schemes inside the substation.

+ Under the guidance of experienced team members, provide technical assistance to various engineering and field teams to fully develop the protection and control design package.

+ Provide technical support to conceptual engineering teams, project management teams and ET Field Organization throughout the course of capital projects.

+ Perform other duties as requested or assigned.

Engineer

+ Continue to learn and apply protection philosophy and application to real-world scenarios.

+ Develop protective relay settings for SPE Distribution protection schemes inside the substation.

+ Provide technical assistance to various engineering and field teams to fully develop the protection and control design package.

+ Provide technical support to conceptual engineering teams, project management teams and ET Field Organization throughout the course of capital projects.

+ Participate in various company teams and industry-level organizations to enhance ET's system protection performance.

+ Participate in trade and industry organizations.

+ Support team with settings peer review activities.

+ Perform other duties as requested or assigned.

Senior Engineer & Staff Engineer

+ Continue to learn and provide newer engineers on the team with guidance on applying protection philosophy and application to real-world scenarios.

+ Develop protective relay settings for SPE Distribution protection schemes inside the substation.

+ Provide technical assistance to various engineering and field teams to fully develop the protection and control design package.

+ Provide advanced technical support to conceptual engineering teams, project management teams and ET Field Organization throughout the course of capital projects.

+ Participate in various company teams and industry level organizations to enhance ET's system protection performance.

+ Participate in trade and industry organizations and benchmarking activities.

+ Support team with settingS peer review activities.

+ Provide technical support to newer engineers on the team.

+ Provide support to SPE's Engineer Training program.

+ Perform other duties as requested or assigned.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Experience

The knowledge, skills, abilities and experience required for entry into this job include the following:

+ **Associate Engineer:** 0-2 years of engineering experience

+ **Engineer:** 2+ years of engineering experience

+ **Sr. Engineer:** 5+ years of relevant engineering experience

+ **Staff Engineer:** 8+ years of relevant engineering experience

+ Strong time management skills with the ability to independently plan and organize work assignments.

+ Strong oral and written communication skills, including technical writing.

+ Equally effective with working independently or in a team environment.

+ Ability to think analytically and solve complex problems.

+ Experience with short circuit modeling software preferred.

+ Understanding of IEC 61850 communication protocol for intelligent substation protection is a plus.

+ Experience with SAP work management systems is a plus.

+ Programming skills for automation of system studies (e.g., Python, .NET, C#, etc.) is a plus.

+ Ability to interpret codes, regulations, and practices.

+ Understanding of AC/DC fundamentals, including three-phase power systems.

+ Understanding of the principles of transmission and/or distribution relay protection a plus.

Education Requirements

Required Degree (equivalency not accepted in lieu of required degree):

Bachelor’s in Engineering

Preferred Discipline(s): Electrical Engineering

Other disciplines may be substituted for the preferred discipline(s) listed above.

REQUIRED ENGINEERING CRITERIA: For placement of a candidate in the Engineer job series, the following criteria must be met:

Possess a 4-year Engineering degree from an ABET accredited Engineering program based on the year that the Engineering program was accredited by ABET, or

Possess a 4-year Engineering degree from an institution outside of the U.S. which is accredited through the country's own Engineering accrediting body under the Washington Accord as a full signatory, and is a degree that was recognized by the country's accrediting body on or after the date that full signatory status was achieved, or

Possess a 4-year degree in Engineering (non-ABET accredited), Physics, Chemistry, Math or Engineering Technology and a post-graduate Engineering degree from an institution where the undergraduate degree in the same Engineering discipline is ABET-accredited based on the year the Engineering program was accredited by ABET, or

Holds or has previously held a valid U.S. Professional Engineer license.

Licenses, Certifications, or Quals Description

Working Conditions

Cold Up to 25%

Dust / Grease / Oil Up to 25%

Dust / Grease / Oil 76-100%

Energized Wires Up to 25%

Fumes Up to 25%

Heat Up to 25%

Loud Noise Up to 25%

Office Work Environment 76 -100%

Outdoors Up to 25%

Pressurized Lines & Valves Up to 25%

Radiation Up to 25%

Travel Up to 25%

Other Working Conditions

Test Description

No Testing

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Other Information

We offer excellent plans and programs for employees. Employees are rewarded with a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package which may include: health benefits with coverage for families and domestic partners, vacation, retirement plans, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, and much more. To learn more about our benefits, click here

Dominion Energy is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin and/or status as a protected veteran or individual with a disability.

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