Engineer/Senior Engineer/Staff Engineer; Hybrid
Listed on 2026-10-15
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Engineering
Mechanical Engineer, Systems Engineer -
Energy/Power Generation
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.
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.
Job SummaryThis Engineer-series position performs complex mechanical engineering work supporting gas turbines and associated Balance of Plant systems. The engineer plans and executes projects; evaluates equipment condition, operating data, inspection findings, and OEM recommendations; and develops practical solutions that meet safety, reliability, cost, schedule, quality, contractual, and regulatory requirements. The role is the primary mechanical engineering interface for equipment condition, failure mechanisms, inspections, repairs, and outage decisions.
It coordinates with controls engineers when work involves logic, software, instrumentation, alarms, protection, communications, or system integration. At higher proficiency levels, the engineer provides technical leadership, mentors others, and serves as a mechanical subject matter expert.
Specific responsibilities include:
Operations Support- Troubleshoot turbine trips, runbacks, abnormal conditions, and issues identified through M&D cases, trends, inspections, and maintenance history.
- Provide mechanical expertise for gas turbines and fuel gas, lube oil, hydraulic, cooling, inlet, exhaust, and auxiliary systems.
- Coordinate with controls engineers on logic, software, instrumentation, alarms, protection, and interfaces while retaining mechanical ownership of equipment condition, inspections, failure mechanisms, and repairs.
- Analyze equipment performance using Excel, PI Vision, Trend Miner, JMP, and other tools.
- Lead or support RCAs and FMEAs; review OEM reports, TILs, and fleet experience; and communicate recommendations.
- Plan outage inspections with the OEM and serve as mechanical lead for discoveries, repair decisions, and return-to-service readiness.
- Develop mechanical scopes for inspections, repairs, replacements, testing, quality, and acceptance.
- Define mechanical requirements and coordinate controls-related logic, software, instrumentation, communications, and functional testing with controls engineers.
- Evaluate OEM proposals, repair options, and fleet modifications for technical suitability, lifecycle cost, maintainability, schedule risk, and reliability.
- Lead fleet reliability and long-range mechanical strategy initiatives and present project, outage, RCA, and FMEA results.
- Review scope, schedule, pricing assumptions, EWAs, deliverables, and acceptance requirements supporting procurement and contract execution.
- Develop lifecycle strategies for turbine components and mechanical auxiliary equipment.
- Provide shop and outage oversight through walkdowns, inspection records, quality reviews, nonconformance resolution, and mechanical acceptance.
- Track discoveries, schedule impacts, and technical or financial risks; update leadership and align actions with stations and OEMs.
- Lead outage and fleet meetings and share lessons learned, risks, and recommended actions.
- Coordinate with contract management when mechanical recommendations affect planned scope,…
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