This position which will be filled at the level commensurate with the successful candidates education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities.
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:
Engineer I
- 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 II
- 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.
Engineer III
- 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.
This position is located in Richmond, VA and works a hybrid schedule subject to change due to business needs. Relocation assistance may be provided.
Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Experience
The knowledge, skills, abilities and experience required for entry into this job include the following:
- 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.
Engineer I:
- 0-2 years of engineering experience
- Basic understanding of AC/DC fundamentals, including three-phase power systems.
- Basic understanding of the principles of transmission and/or distribution relay protection a plus.
- BS Engineering degree required. Someone that is about to graduate may apply.
Engineer II:
- 3+ years of engineering experience (Note: A partial year of related work experience of 6 months or greater will be considered one year towards the qualifications)
- Understanding of AC/DC fundamentals, including three-phase power systems.
- Understanding of the principles of transmission and/or distribution relay protection preferred.
- BS Engineering degree required. Advanced Degrees may be substituted for years of experience. Someone that is about to graduate may apply.
Engineer III:
- 5+ years of relevant engineering experience or demonstrated equivalent (Note: A partial year of related work experience of 6 months or greater will be considered one year towards the qualifications)
- Understanding of AC/DC fundamentals, including three-phase power systems.
- Understanding of the principles of transmission and/or distribution relay protection preferred.
- BS Engineering degree required. Advanced Degrees may be substituted for years of experience. Someone that is about to graduate may apply.
Military service members and veterans with ranks from E3-E9, W1-W5, or O1-O6, plus appropriate equivalent combination of education and years of experience as outlined above
Education Requirements
Required degree (equivalency not accepted in lieu of required degree): Bachelor's in Engineering
Preferred: Electrical Engineering
Dominion Energy
120 Tredegar St
Richmond
Virginia United States
www.DominionEnergy.com
