Dominion Energy · 3 hours ago
Consulting Engineer
Richmond, VA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expDominion Energy is committed to providing reliable, affordable, and increasingly clean energy. They are seeking a Consulting Engineer to drive the Reliability Engineering and Operational Outage Planning team, participating in advanced-degree engineering to enhance processes for system analysis of the electric transmission network grid.
Utilities
Responsibilities
Provides multi-discipline engineering teams with strong technical and project leadership within a discipline, engineering section, or for major engineering projects
Possesses and applies advanced knowledge and technical skills to solve complex engineering problems, or to plan and coordinate larger scale engineering projects or varied assignments requiring diverse knowledge of engineering principles and practices
Provides expert technical consultation and assessment on engineering problems and projects to engineering personnel
Serves as a management consultant on complex engineering problems and issues
Controls technical, financial and service commitments to internal or external customers
May perform independent research to find innovative and cost-effective engineering solutions to operational problems
Qualification
Required
10+ years of relevant engineering experience; an Engineering PhD can be substituted for up to 5 years' experience based on research engineering work on directly related projects as approved by leadership
In-depth knowledge of engineering theories, principles and practices to a broad variety of assignments and related field
Strong electrical modeling and analysis skills required; Utility Transmission System is a plus
Demonstrated experience with automation including coding in Python and database SQL skills
Knowledge of business/financial and contractual matters
Recognized expert by other engineers and management
Demonstrated expert technical consultation to other engineers and management
Strong planning and project management skills
Strong technical and organizational leadership skills
Strong oral, written, and active presentation communication skills (includes technical writing)
In depth knowledge of various computer applications, with the ability to manipulate personal computer applications and perform engineering calculations using applicable software programs (e.g. Matlab, Excel, etc.)
Proven decision-making skills
Ability to think analytically and solve complex problems
Ability to interpret codes, regulations and practices
Ability to process information quickly and effectively manage multiple tasks
Equally effective working independently or in team environment
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 country's own Engineering accrediting body under the Washington Accord as a full signatory, and is a degree that was recognized by the country's accrediting body on or after the date that full signatory status was achieved, or
Possess a 4-year degree in Engineering (non-ABET accredited), Physics, Chemistry, Math or Engineering Technology and a post-graduate Engineering degree from an institution where the undergraduate degree in the same Engineering discipline is ABET-accredited based on the year the Engineering program was accredited by ABET, or
Holds or has previously held a valid U.S. Professional Engineer license
Preferred
Professional Engineer (PE)
NERC Reliability Coordinator (Active or Previous)
Benefits
Health benefits with coverage for families and domestic partners
Vacation
Retirement plans
Paid holidays
Tuition reimbursement
And much more
Company
Dominion Energy
Dominion Energy is committed to safely providing reliable, affordable and sustainable energy and to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2050.
10001+ employees
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