Engineer/Senior Engineer/ Staff Engineer

Job Summary

Dominion Energy South Carolina (DESC) is currently recruiting an Electrical Engineer for Power Generation Technical Services located at the Corporate Campus in Cayce, SC.

 

 

Responsibilities:

 

This position is responsible for electrical engineering and project management support to the DESC Power Generation facilities.Responsibilities will include:

 

•  Developing specifications, reviewing, and evaluating proposals, coordinating with vendors supplying equipment and services, developing installation drawings, and participating in and supporting installation, acceptance testing, checkout, start-up, and commissioning of projects.
• Responsibilities will also include managing and tracking assigned projects within budget and schedule.
• Knowledge of Generators and Excitation Systems is a plus.
• Perform other duties as requested or assigned.
• Selected candidate will interact with operations and maintenance personnel at the plants and with individuals from various departments elsewhere in the company.
• Selected candidate will develop and update budget and cash flows for assigned projects.
• Includes senior to technical expert engineers, able to perform difficult and complex work requiring thorough knowledge of the subject matter and significant experience.
• Schedules and coordinates major segments of complex projects to meet cost and time objectives.
• At higher levels of proficiency within this classification, incumbents are expected to provide technical expertise and/or team leadership as needed.
• May serve as a technical expert on engineering related legal and regulatory issues to outside entities. Ability to interpret codes, regulations and practices

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Experience

The knowledge, skills, abilities and experience required for entry into this job include the following: 

Engineer – Must have minimum 2 years of engineering experience, along with:

• Candidates must have the ability to develop a thorough knowledge of the plant operating systems and processes. The successful candidate will work at times in an industrial environment which can be hot, cold, noisy, and dirty
• Ability to process information quickly and effectively manage multiple tasks.
• Strong planning, organizational and project management skills

• Ability to climb stairs and ladders.
• Must be willing and able to respond to emergency callouts and to work weekends and holidays when needed.
• Must be computer proficient, have a good working knowledge of all Microsoft Products. Experience with SAP systems is a plus.
• Required to have excellent verbal and written communications, good presentation skills, interpersonal relations skills and ability to conduct meetings
• Good business economics skills and good decision-making capabilities are a must
• Travel to the DESC Power Generation facilities will be required.
• Fossil Power Plant experience is preferred

 

 Senior Engineer – Must have 8+years of engineering experience as well as the experience/expertise listed above.       In addition, a Senior Engineer should also be equally effective working independently or in a team environment.

 

 Staff Engineer – Must have 10+ years of engineering experience as well as the experience/expertise of Senior Engineer and have proven decision-making skills and the ability to lead teams.

Education Requirements

Must have a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.

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 countr