Engineering Technical Specialist I/II/III

 

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

• Provides technical support, direction and advice in analyzing and evaluating systems, equipment and programs.
• Plans and conducts work requiring judgment in the independent evaluation, selection, adaptation and modification of standard techniques, procedures and criteria.
• Devises new approaches to problems encountered and develops engineering criteria ensuring compliance with design criteria and standards.
• Focuses on the practical application of engineering theories; determines how to make the designs and plans of engineers work.
• Applies scientific and engineering principles and methods, along with technical skills, to support engineering activities.
• May perform product improvement, testing, field engineering, development, systems development, quality control, and operational engineering. 
• May provide technical project management including scoping, scheduling, budget development, cost tracking and oversight of complex projects to meet cost and time objectives/.
• Serves as a subject matter expert to Transmission System Operators. Provides training, compliance, and procedural advice and support in operational, technical, simulation, and incident response areas of the control center.
• Specific duties include, but are not limited to:
  • Playing a critical role in the System Operations Center (SOC) by keeping up with the latest equipment and new technologies available to the power industry,
  • Providing training material to the training department or serving as a training/compliance subject matter expert in areas where weaknesses are observed or new applications or requirements exist, and creating scenarios in the Dynamic Test Simulator (DTS) for operator and supervisor training,
  • Interfacing with affected parties as the representative of the SOC for any training, compliance, regulatory (PJM, SERC, NERC), and industry best practice (NATF, EEI, EPRI) issues and activities related to electric transmission operations,
  • Acting in a back-up capacity for other Operations Consultants when necessary,
  • Emergency response planning,
  • ET Conference hosting,
  • Project Management,
  • Updating and reviewing special operating instructions and procedures for Bulk Electric Substations,
  • Interfacing between management and Operations during emergencies or storms affecting the BES,
  • Owning and updating System Operations Emergency Policies and Procedures, 
  • Conducting System Operations Drills

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Experience

Engineering Technical Specialist I:
0-2+ years of relevant experience and competencies in applicable discipline. Basic knowledge of engineering principals, theories and practices. Ability to learn and successfully apply a basic knowledge, techniques, skills and modern tools of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology to solve broadly-defined engineering problems appropriate to the discipline. Ability to learn and design systems, components, or processes meeting specified needs for broadly-defined engineering problems appropriate to the discipline. Good oral, written and graphical communication skills required, to include basic technical writing skills. Ability to learn and conduct standard tests, measurements and experiments. Ability to function as a member on a technical team. Organization skills and ability to prioritize and manager multiple tasks. Basic knowledge of computers, keyboarding skills and the use of Microsoft office programs (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and applicable software programs. Demonstrates questioning attitude, problem solving, analytical and abstract thinking skills.

 

Engineering Technical Specialist II:
2+ years of relevant experience and demonstrated competencies in applicable discipline. Knowledge of engineering principals, theories and practices. Ability to apply knowledge, techniq