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Intern - System Operations Center Engineering

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.

Job Summary

Dominion Energy’s System Operations Center (SOC) Engineering department is seeking a motivated individual to support the Company’s evolving transmission grid and assist with the industry leading projects we have in progress.

The System Operations Engineering team supports our System Operators by maintaining and updating our Energy Management System (EMS). The is a complex software system that receives hundreds of thousands of measurements from substations within our territory and neighboring utilities, makes them available to the System Operators in a variety of views, and performs complex calculations on this data for many different purposes, such as ‘what-if’ scenarios (known as Contingency Analysis). Our team is also in the midst of a multi-year project, partnering with a vendor, to build a state-of-the-art synchrophasor-based EMS, utilizing synchrophasor data updating at 30 times per second.

Interns will work with experienced team members to assist with projects that bridge our System Operations Engineering and EMS IT teams, learning about how a System Operations Center functions, the technology and system architecture of an EMS, and how to be effective as a professional engineer within a large corporation.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Experience

Required:

+ Enrollment in a Bachelor’s degree program.

+ Basic understanding of Electricity and Power Systems.

+ Equally effective working independently or in a team environment.

+ Strong oral and written communication skills.

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

+ Ability to think analytically and solve complex problems.

Higher priority will be given to candidates with:

+ Prior experience with Power Utilities.

+ Strong software development skills, particularly in Python, JavaScript, C#, and/or Perl.

Education Requirements

+ Must be pursuing a bachelor’s degree in an engineering field (preferred fields include Electrical Engineering with a concentration in power systems or Computer Engineering) from an ABET accredited Engineering program at a four year or post-graduate college or university.

+ Must have a 2.5 cumulative GPA or higher.

Test Description

No Testing Required

Export Control

Certain positions at Dominion Energy may involve access to information and technology subject to export controls under U.S. law. Compliance with these export controls may result in Dominion Energy limiting its consideration of certain applicants.

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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About Dominion Energy

I am your warm cup of coffee in the morning and I light your home at night. I am the cool breeze from your A/C on the hottest day in summer, and the red coil that heats your soup pot on a frigid winter’s day. I am sustainable, reliable and affordable.

I am not just any energy… I am Dominion Energy.

We're transforming the way we do business to build a more sustainable future for the planet, our customers, our team and our industry. We're shaping the future of energy in America.

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Facts:

•17,000 employees

•Headquarters: Richmond, VA

•18 states in the US

•$100 billion of assets

•Nearly $35 million in charitable contributions

•100,000+ volunteer hours recorded in the community

Our Commitment to Net Zero

Dominion Energy is committed to helping address climate change. We have cut emissions sharply as we aim for Net Zero carbon and methane emissions by 2050. Learn more at.

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