Engineer​/Senior Engineer​/Staff Engineer - System Operations Center Operations Engineering

Years Of Relevant Engineering Experience Required

Engineer - 2+

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.

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 this candidate will work within our SOC Engineering Support team with a focus on Network Applications.

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.

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.

• 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.

• 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…