Staff Engineer; Hybrid

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.

We offer a hybrid 3-2 work schedule (three days in the office, two days of teleworking) to accommodate the need for flexibility.

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 below will be considered for this opportunity.

At this time, Dominion Energy cannot transfer or sponsor a work visa or employment authorization for this position.

This role is the top progression level position in the Engineer series. Includes senior to technical expert engineers, able to perform highly difficult and very complex work requiring extensive knowledge of the subject matter and significant experience within functional assignment area. As unprecedent power generation demand increases, generation from coal and biomass resources continues to be important to the all-of-the-above approach within the Dominion Energy portfolio.

The Power Generation Operations Support Team is seeking a Staff Engineer to provide multi-discipline engineering, plant operational and maintenance teams with strong technical and project leadership in support of boiler operations, air pollution control equipment, fuel handling, ash removal, and waste handling. Possesses and applies advanced knowledge and technical skills to solve complex engineering problems, or to plan and coordinate engineering projects or varied assignments requiring diverse knowledge of engineering principles and practices.

Provides expert technical consultation to operations and maintenance teams, assessing complex challenges. Serves as a management consultant on complex engineering problems and issues. Controls technical, financial, and service commitments to internal or external customers. May perform independent research to find innovative and cost-effective engineering solutions to operational problems.

REQUIRED ENGINEERING CRITERIA:

• 8+ years of relevant engineering experience (An Engineering PhD can be substituted for up to 5 years’ experience based on research engineering work on related projects approved by executive leadership.)
• Provide engineering support for the combustion of solid fuel, both coal and biomass, emphasizing on all associated Air Pollution Control (APC) equipment.
• Engage fuel procurement team and provide technical guidance during fuel contract renewal.
• Review fuel contracts, ensuring certain fuel quality specifications are met for each of the solid fuel boilers in the fleet during contract negotiations. Negotiating and setting reject limits for critical constituents in the fuel for all future solid fuel contracts.
• Provide engineering guidance on which constituents in the fuel can have a positive or negative impact on all equipment associated with fuel handling, fuel delivery, boiler combustion, boiler cleaning, ash removal, waste disposal along with the impact the fuel constituents will have on the performance of associated APC equipment for the control of NOx, Acid Gases (SO2, SO3, HCl, etc), PM, and Hg.
• Provide engineering support on the soot blowing systems for the coal and biomass boilers in the fleet.
• Understanding the PJM dispatch cost calculations methodology to assist the Fuels, Energy Supply and Strategic Planning groups with their regulatory commitments.
• Provide engineering support for the current Wet FGDs, Dry Scrubbers, Hg Control systems in the fleet and be the SME if any Dry Sorbent Injection (DSI) systems are considered in the future.
• Engage with industry suppliers and manufacturers.
• Perform other duties as requested or assigned.

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…