This is a multi-series Engineering job role (Associate, Engineer, or Senior) in the Underground Transmission Engineering Department. The department's primary responsibility is the design, development, and implementation of high voltage (69kV - 500kV) underground transmission lines. Candidates should be familiar with underground transmission components, design, and construction techniques. Candidates should be able to apply underground transmission engineering standards, principles, and best practices to design new underground transmission lines. Applicants must be able to manage various components of complex projects and, if necessary, delegate specific engineering functions to meet project cost and schedule requirements.
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 relevant engineering experience;
Engineer - 2+ years of relevant engineering experience;
Sr. Engineer - 5+ years of relevant engineering experience.
- Knowledge and application of engineering theories and principles, concepts, and fundamentals;
- Requires developmental experience in a professional engineering position;
- Competency in applying engineering principles, fundamental concepts, practices and procedures requiring some evaluation, originality and/or ingenuity to achieve project objectives;
- Understands and can apply knowledge of configuration management;
- Ability to perform engineering calculations using applicable software programs (e.g. Matlab, Excel, etc.);
- Planning, organizational and project management skills; Ability to develop and exercise leadership skills;
- Effective decision making skills;
- Effective oral and written communication skills (includes technical writing);
- Ability to think analytically and solve complex problems;
- Ability to interpret codes, regulations and practices;
- Equally effective working independently or in a team environment;
- Ability to process information quickly and effectively manage multiple tasks.
Education Requirements
Required Degree (equivalency not accepted in lieu of required degree):
Bachelor's In Engineering
Summer 2026 grads will be considered for this position
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.
Dominion Energy
120 Tredegar St
Richmond
Virginia United States
www.DominionEnergy.com
