Consulting Engineer
Dominion Energy
- Location
- GLEN ALLEN, VA, US, 23060
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Senior
- Posted
- Aug 19, 2026
Skills
About this 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 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. Job Summary
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. 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. Candidates are preferred to have 5+ years of experience in manufacturing, with knowledge of engineering principles and practices, preferably in electric power systems. A working knowledge of SAP software is also preferred. Job 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. Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Experience
The knowledge, skills, abilities and experience that are required for entry into this job include the following: 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 approved by executive leadership; -In-depth knowledge of engineering theories, principles and practices to a broad variety of assignments and related field; -Knowledge of business/financial and contractual matters; -Recognized expert by other engineers and management; -Provides expert technical consultation to other engineers and management; -Skilled in the use of advanced engineering techniques; -Strong planning and project