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Supervisor-Electric Transmission Strategic Initiatives

2 months ago

Richmond, United States Dominion Energy Full time
Job Summary

Dominion Energy (DE) is seeking a Supervisor for the Electric Transmission (ET) Strategic Initiatives team within the ET Planning & Strategic Initiatives group. Because of our clean energy goals, unique forecasted load growth, and commitment to the safety and reliability of the bulk electric system, DE must explore unconventional solutions to meet our customer's needs. This is a new team dedicated to evaluating technologies and methodologies that could be used to support ET. The team also performs and manages the transmission component of the Integrated Resources Plan (IRP) filed in the states of Virginia and North Carolina. 

A successful candidate for this role will provide both direct supervision to the Strategic Initiatives team as well as serve as a proactive, vocal advocate for the team and their mission within Dominion Energy and the broader industrial community. The supervisor supports and facilitates long-term goals that serve the team's central competencies - using power systems fundamentals and modeling skills to better plan and operate the power system of the future. They will provision resources for capital project execution through collaboration with Electric Transmission and IT leadership. The supervisor will develop and implement strategies for team growth, recruitment, and efficient onboarding and training. The role includes all typical supervisory and administrative responsibilities commensurate with the management of high-performing individual contributors in a large, engineering organization in addition to other duties as requested or assigned.

The supervisor will be responsible for a team that supports the following topics: 

    Analysis and planning for significant increase in renewable energy on transmission networks. 
    Performing evaluation, design, engineering, and support activities related to advanced power systems technologies such as FACTS, HVDC, inverter-based resources, and grid-enhancing technologies.
    Conducting research, development, and demonstration of leading-edge tools, technologies, and applications to maintain Dominion's leadership position in the industry.
    Support of transmission related studies of the IRP.
    Support of the legal team during the subsequent filing and litigation stages of the process.
    Addresses Dominion's specialized engineering needs as an internal engineering clearinghouse and/or validate third-party consulting performance.
    Assists in the development, maintenance, and enhancement of computer-based tools for Dominion Energy's engineering groups.
    Power system network model validation, merging, and management across traditional reliability platforms and more market-based solutions.
    Analysis of multiple infrastructure interdependencies.
    Performs manufacturer evaluations and support material requisitions as needed.

The supervisor does not need expertise in all of these areas but should have familiarity with them and the ability to learn as needed.

Must be able to meet NERC qualifications.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Experience

  • The candidate should have 7+ years of professional work experience.
    (Note: A partial year of related work experience of 6 months or greater will be considered one year towards the qualifications)
    (An advanced degree (Master's or Doctorate) counts towards related experience.)
  • Special weight will be given to experience from an engineering or technology focused organization with a preference for experience in innovative organizations.
  • The candidate should provide coaching, feedback, mentoring and career development to advanced-degree engineering team.
  • The candidate should have advanced business and financial acumen, strong planning, organizing, and project management skills, as well as superior oral and written communication skills (including technical writing) when working with engineers, customers, and executives alike.
  • The candidate facilitates collaborations and partnerships with universities, companies, engineering associations, regulating bodies, and government agencies to understand how technological innovation and regulatory policy impact the business in a way that is outside the scope of traditional roles. These forums can include, but are not limited to, IEEE, CIGRE, FERC, NERC, SERC, DOE, national labs, PJM, and state legislative committees. 
  • The candidate should be comfortable writing speeches and developing presentations for senior leadership to present. 
  • The candidate should be able to synthesize technical information with their team for senior leadership to understand and act on. 
  • The candidate must have public speaking skills for communicating new and innovative initiatives to audiences from regulators to politicians to the public to industry communities to academia.
  • The candidate should show proven decision making and complex problem-solving skills and have demonstrated abilities to process information quickly and effectively manage multiple tasks.
  • The candidate should have the ability to work autonomously and resourcefully when given abstract tasks and responsibilities but should also be comfortable working amongst a team and under external constraints where applicable. The candidate should excel at self-education.
  • The candidate will have demonstrated leadership, teambuilding, conflict resolution, and coaching skills even when in an informal leadership role. The candidate should have the ability to effectively delegate tasks and responsibilities to the team, utilizing trust in subject matter experts to influence work balancing, prioritization, and direction.
  • The candidate should demonstrate excellent professional ethics.

Education Requirements

Education Level:

Degree or an equivalent combination of education and demonstrated related experience may be accepted in lieu of preferred level of education: Bachelors

Disciplines: Engineering, STEM or other technical discipline

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