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Associate Distribution Operator/ Distribution Operator (DESC)

United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 17 Jul 2026

💰 $95,000/yr($58,700/yr – $95,000/yr)

About the role

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.

Military service members and veterans with ranks from E3-E5, W1-W2, or O1-O3, plus appropriate equivalent combination of education and years of experience as outlined below will be considered for this opportunity.

Job Summary

Join Dominion Energy South Carolina as an Associate Distribution Operator/Distribution Operator and play a critical role in maintaining the safety, reliability, and restoration of electric service for our customers across the region. Based in Cayce, South Carolina, this position offers an exciting opportunity to work at the center of real-time system operations, coordinating outage response, dispatching field resources, and supporting the electric distribution network. The selected candidate will be placed at the level that best aligns with their education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities while contributing directly to operational excellence and customer service.”

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

Ensures all reporting is completed to keep management informed of system conditions, circuit outages, key and critical customer interruptions, and extended outages.
Communicates with contact center personnel and on-call personnel in business offices on status of distribution outages and service restoration efforts;
Investigates customer issues, troubleshoots the nature of outage to identify the responsible party and helps customer understand and resolve internal electrical issues without dispatching a truck;
Estimates arrival time for crews and communicates outage information;
Dispatches trouble orders, communicates switching needed to resolve outage and issues hot line tags/clearance, instructs switching steps, releases hot line tags.
Perform other duties as requested or assigned.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Experience

Associate Distribution Operator:

0 - 2 years in utility operations or a comparable work environment.
Must successfully complete DESC dispatcher training and DESC dispatcher training courses.
Knowledge of basic computer skills of Microsoft Office.
Demonstrated knowledge of electric operations technical terminology and operating procedures.

Distribution Operator:

Four (4) years’ experience as a DE Journeyman lineman/Journeyman Substation Electrician/Technical Specialist or commensurate experience OR
Two (2) year Associates degree in a technical field and two (2) years’ experience in a utility operations or related work environment OR
Must successfully complete DESC associate dispatcher training and DESC Dispatcher training courses.
Required experience in OMS, SCADA, GIS,CSR Desktop, NXT Communicator, CADS, Web Portal.
Excellent PC Skills.
Comprehends electric operations technical terminology and operating procedures.

Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities for Both Levels:

Excellent oral, written and interpersonal skills.
Excellent customer service skills.
Works well in a team environment.
Demonstrated knowledge of electric operations technical terminology and operating procedures.
Must be able available to work after hours, schedule overtime, and call out for emergencies and storm restoration.
Must live within a reasonable commuting distance of the reporting location due to call out and emergency situations