Dominion Energy is seeking candidates to be a part of the Electric Transmission System Operations Center Operations Engineering team. We are looking for candidates at all levels of our Engineering Series; Associate Engineer, Engineer, Senior Engineer, and Staff Engineer. See below for details on the requirements and expectations of each title.
The candidates will be part of a team that supports our system operators and engineers in the Electric Transmission System Operations Center. Specifically, successful candidates will work within either our:
- SOC Engineering Projects team with a focus on Operator Tools, reporting to the Manager of SOC Operations Engineering, or within our
- SOC Engineering Support team with a focus on Network Applications, reporting to the Supervisor of SOC Operations Engineering
It's an exciting time to join our team, as we are beginning an EMS Upgrade project, developing a synchrophasor-based EMS with WAMS capabilities to act as a secondary EMS, incorporating Dynamic Line Ratings, and more. The System Operations Center (SOC) is the heart of any Power Utility, and your experiences on this team will provide an excellent foundation for any career in the industry.
Our Network Applications team supports our State Estimation and Contigency Analysis applications, ensuring they solve reliably and accurately at all times, are responsible for our external modeling, and support our Operators as knowledgeable Power System consultants when needed. They also provide support for any other projects within our team or the company where their expertise is needed.
Our Operator Tools Engineer role primarily focuses on the projects within our team, from smaller Customer Work Requests received from the control room to large multi-year capital projects such as our EMS Upgrade or Synchrophasor EMS projects. This role focuses more on understanding the needs of our customers (System Operators, Reliability Engineers, DTS/Operator Certification team, etc.), understanding the problems they are facing, and understanding the tools available to them today and available on the market. Operator Tools Engineers then work with our team, project managers, IT, our vendors, and our customers to design, test, train on, and maintain these tools in production.
Please indicate if you are interested in only one or the other role, or if you are interested in either, when applying.
This position will be hired within the Engineering Series of titles based on the appropriate experience level.
Candidates should have a strong electrical engineering background and possess strong knowledge of engineering principles and practices, preferably in electric power systems and/or software development.
Job Responsibilities
Job activities may include:
- Perform and/or support the modeling of Dominion's Transmission system such as SCADA modeling and configurations, network topology, contigency analysis, equipment ratings and parameter impedances as well as the maintenance of various displays.
- Coordinate with and provide technical assistance to various engineering, operations and field teams and PJM to fully maintain the EMS model.
Assisting with quality assurance testing of major EMS IT projects. - Conducting research, development, and demonstration of leading-edge tools, technologies, and applications to maintain Dominion's leadership position in the industry.
- Participating/collaborating with trade and industry organizations, benchmarking activities, universities, ISOs/RTOs, and national research labs.
- Participate in various company teams, industry-level organizations, university partnerships, ISOs/RTOs, and national research labs to enhance Electric Transmission's system operations performance.
- Support debugging, testing, and validating EMS applications.
- Perform other duties, as requested or assigned.
Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Experience
Years of relevant engineering experience required:
Engineer - 2+
Senior Engineer - 5+
Staff Engineer - 8+
Power Systems
- Candidate should have a strong electrical engineering background, preferably in electric power systems. Other engineering backgrounds may be considered if presented in combination with a strong electric power background.
- Understanding of AC/DC circuit analysis fundamentals and three-phase power systems.
- Experience with Energy Management Systems such as GE/Alstom's e-terra platform.
- Working knowledge of State Estimation, Power Flow, and Contingency Analysis.
- Coordinate with and provide technical assistance to various engineering, operations and field teams and PJM to fully maintain the EMS model
- Participating/collaborating with trade and industry organizations, benchmarking activities, universities, ISOs/RTOs, and national research labs.
Technology
- Proficiency with standard Office applications
- Training users on new EMS applications and seeking feedback to drive continual improvement.
- Assisting with quality assurance testing of major EMS IT projects.
- Conducting research, development, and demonstration of leading-edge tools, technologies, and applications to maintain Dominion's leadership position in the industry.
Personal and Interpersonal
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Strong oral and written communication skills (includes technical writing).
- Equally effective working independently or in team environment.
- Ability to process information quickly and effectively manage multiple tasks.
- High attention to detail and drive for standardization.
Education Requirements
Note: A partial year of related work experience of 6 months or greater will be considered one year towards the qualifications. An advanced degree (Master's or Doctorate) counts towards related experience
An Engineering PhD can be substituted for up to 5 years' experience based on research engineering work on directly related projects approved by executive leadership.
Spring 2027 graduates may be considered for this role.
Required: Degree in Engineering (see below Engineering criteria)
Preferred advanced degrees:
Doctorate in electrical engineering
Master's in electrical engineering
Disciplines: Electrical Engineering with a sufficient work or research history in the power systems industry.
Dominion Energy
120 Tredegar St
Richmond
Virginia United States
www.DominionEnergy.com
