Protection & Control Design - Engineer/Senior/ Staff or Engineering Technical Specialist II/III
Dominion EnergyAbout 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.
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 Summary
Dominion Energy Virginia’s Electric Transmission-Substation Engineering department is seeking motivated and engaged Engineers or Technical Specialists to fill vacancies within the Protection and Control (P&C) Design team. This team is responsible for developing and maintaining critical substation protection and control design packages that support the safe and reliable operation of the electric grid (11kV–500kV).
Primary Responsibilities: Lead and support the engineering, design, and implementation of protection and control systems for transmission and distribution substations. This role requires strong technical expertise, leadership capability, and a commitment to safety, quality, and design excellence.
- Develop protection and control design engineering packages for Dominion’s Electric Transmission and Electric Distribution Substations. Create and modify protection and control design deliverables for substation projects including relay functional drawings, communications diagrams, elementary, logic, wiring and equipment mechanism diagrams, relay panel arrangements, wire tags and bills of material (BOM).
- Coordinate with and provide technical assistance to cross-functional partners which include Project Managers, Physical Substation Engineers, Protective Relay Settings Engineers, Communications Engineers, Transmission Line Engineers, Material Coordinators, Panel Wiring Shop, and Field Technicians to ensure complete and constructible design deliverables
- Assist project management teams and conceptual engineering teams for the development of the scope of work and design requirements for substation engineering projects.
- Independently develop system protection design package for complex projects using applicable standards.
Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Experience
The knowledge, skills, abilities and experience required for entry into this job include the following:
(Note: A partial year of related work experience of 6 months or greater will be considered one year towards the qualifications; An advanced degree can count as one year experience)
Engineer: 2+ years of relevant engineering experience with a preferred Bachelor's Degree
Senior Engineer: 5-6+ years of relevant engineering experience with a preferred Bachelor's Degree
Staff Engineer: 8+ years of relevant engineering experience with a preferred Bachelor's Degree
Engineering Technical Specialist II: 2+ years of relevant work experience in a technical role with a preferred Bachelor’s Degree (Or 5 years of relevant work experience in a technical role with an Associate Degree)
Engineering Technical Specialist III: 5+ years of relevant work experience in a technical role with a preferred Bachelor’s Degree (Or 7 years of relevant work experience in a technical role with an Associate Degree)
Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Experience Continued
Industry & Technical Knowledge
- Experience in the electric utility industry is preferred; substation Physical or Protection & Control (P&C) engineering experience is highly desired
- Working knowledge of transmission lines, distribution feeders, and major substation equipment
- Familiarity with electromechanical and/or microprocessor-based protection and control systems
- Ability to read and interpret electrical design documents such as one-line diagrams, relay functionals, logic diagrams, elementary diagrams, and wiring diagram
Engineering & Design Skills
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