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Engineer I/II/III - Long Term Study Engineer At Dominion Energy we love our jobs. That's right. Love. Every day we go to work filled with passion to be excellent, to creatively problem solve and to innovate. These are exciting days for energy companies, and Dominion Energy aims to shape the future of energy in America. We are looking at all of our work with fresh eyes, retooling everything we do, in every part of the company, to operate more sustainably and to deliver energy more reliably than ever. We are looking for interesting, independent thinkers and doers who can help shape the culture of a forward-looking company that's proud of its rich legacy. Are you a change agent? Do you think differently? Do you want to fall in love with your job? If you answered "yes," then read on! At this time, Dominion Energy cannot transfer nor sponsor a work visa for this position.
Job Summary This position will be filled as an Engineer I, II, or III based on the successful candidate's qualifications. The successful candidate will join the long-term Operations Planning team within the System Operations Center and have the opportunity to help build tomorrow's grid by intelligently scheduling transmission outages that allow us to safely make new customer connections, connect renewable generation, new transmission lines, and other capacity upgrades without jeopardizing system reliability. They will perform power-flow analysis to model outage impacts on overall system operation, and work with project managers, field personnel, system operations and PJM to develop outage sequences that achieve Dominion's safety, reliability and project completion goals. This position follows Dominion's hybrid office/home work guidelines, and offers opportunities for occasional project field visits as well as participation in relevant industry-related events to enhance skills and knowledge. The key responsibilities for this position are:- Perform, review and analyze detailed reliability, power flow and stability studies on the Electric Transmission (ET) System to minimize risk and maintain system Reliability
- Provide professional interface on transmission line outage requests to all stakeholders to meet both upstream and downstream customers' needs
- Sequence and coordinate long-term (planned) Electric Transmission (ET) equipment outages by undertaking a thorough review of requested outages to understand scope-of-work, clearances requested, switching required, and potential impact to the grid
- Work closely with ET Project Managers to effectively sequence outage requests and mitigate conflicts or concerns
- Coordinate and work with PJM personnel to coordinate, identify, explain and mitigate concerns with outage plans
- Develop, implement and maintain processes for transmission outage ticketing, both internally and externally
- Provide engineering support, expertise and leadership to fellow team members
- This position highly prefers engineering experience appropriate with title level within electrical transmission, distribution and/or generating stations (prefer experience within an operations or system protection group).
- Full Knowledge of electrical theories and principles
- Good Knowledge of substation equipment/operations, relay operations, and power station operations
- Good Knowledge of field construction, switching and equipment
- Strong Leadership skills
- Strong analytical skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills (specifically technical, procedures documentation)
- Strong computer skills
- Able to work independently as well as in a diverse team environment
- The company is actively seeking United States military veterans and service members who meet the qualifications outlined below.
- 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 (above/below)
- Military service members and veterans with ranks from E5-E9, W1-CW5, or O3-O6, plus appropriate equivalent combination of education and years of experience as outlined (above/below)
- 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.