Engineering Technical Consultant
About The Position
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. 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. This role provides strong technical expertise and project leadership within the designated company area or specific engineering discipline. The candidate will possess and apply advanced knowledge of the subject matter and significant relevant experience to independently perform difficult and the most complex technical work. Responsible for providing expert technical support, direction and advice for the development of projects, programs and engineering products. Performs engineering evaluations, calculations, analysis and design to support the requirements of the designated company area or specific engineering discipline. Exercises independent judgment and decision making to solve complex engineering problems and to manage multifaceted complex projects, including scoping, scheduling, budget development, cost tracking and oversight to meet cost and time objectives. Requires significant experience as a technical lead as well as specialized certifications, education, knowledge or experience required by the work. The candidate will provide technical support for Dominion Energy Electric Transmission field operations, focusing on transformers, switches, breakers, voltage regulators, circuit breakers, and instrument transformers from managing vendor relationships, to operation, to decommissioning, and (when applicable) root cause analyses (RCA). As novel challenges arise, the candidate develops the necessary knowledge base and engineering capabilities to address them.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in manufacturing, with knowledge of technical principles and practices, preferably in electric power systems.
- Ability to analyze and interpret the results to improve processes.
- Equally effective working independently and in a team environment.
- Excellent organization and project management skills and evaluation techniques.
- Excellent personal computer skills including knowledge of applicable software programs.
- Strong leadership skills.
- Proven decision making skills.
- Ability to address issues applying analytical and abstract thinking.
- Ability to resolve problems and process information quickly.
Nice To Haves
- A working knowledge of SAP software is also preferred.
Responsibilities
- Equipment supplier relationship building & maintenance, provide support to ensure production capacity is maintained for Dominion Energy's requirements, and strive to mitigate supplier lock-in
- Develop & document design requirements of major substation equipment and maintain with Annual reviews
- Perform design reviews and factory acceptance tests (FATs) of equipment while in production for domestic and international suppliers
- Analyze & support the qualification of new suppliers of equipment
- Provide support to the equipment procurement processes
- Support Dominion field organizations in: responses to equipment emergencies, material specification, design validation and innovation, root cause analysis (RCAs) of failure events, commissioning & decommissioning, develop training and/or guidelines to support field organizations’ maintenance and response to system events relating to substation equipment
- Support the development, and demonstration of leading-edge tools, technologies, and applications to maintain Dominion's leadership position in the industry.
Benefits
- health benefits with coverage for families and domestic partners
- vacation
- retirement plans
- paid holidays
- tuition reimbursement
- bonus eligibility
- sick leave
- disability insurance
- health, dental, and vision benefits with coverage for families and domestic partners
- 401k contributions and matches
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
