Transmission Load Forecasting: Data & Solution Architect/Engineer

 

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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. 



 

 

We Strive to Drive Power Innovation Through Data 

The nature of the grid is in flux – we on the Engineering Analytics & Modeling team see this challenge and aim to rise to the occasion. Our team mandate is simple: we aim to bridge the gap between real-world system data and generate innovative capabilities and provide consumable business intelligence to help steer the future of how we monitor and manage the grid. Our team is responsible for the capture, utilization, and application of time-series data. Our work is to steward this data and ensure its analysis and outputs influence our business and the industry to adapt and meet the demands of shifting energy landscape. We seek the curious, the self-motivated, and those driven by the pursuit of driving change.

Job Summary: We Seek a Strategic Architect to Enable the Building of Forecasting Capabilities

Our Forecasting group, nestled within the Engineering Analytics & Operation team, comprises a critical part of the Strategic Initiatives department in the Electric Transmission organization. We focus on addressing a broad spectrum of transformational and innovative projects with a focus on solving problems through real measurements, data analytics, forecasting, and statistical modeling capabilities. A successful data and solution architect/engineer candidate will be able to:

• Work closely with numerous stakeholders across our delivery process and ensure sustainable solutions are built to meet the scale and function of the immediate task while ensuring ample consideration for the growth and sustainability of long-term forecasting work.
• Bridge the gap between domain experts, data scientists, and engineers to ensure alignment of technical solutions and deployed frameworks to our short and long-term business objectives.
• Work across business units often in obtaining access to upstream data sources and technology products necessary to enable models, data engineers, and forecast analysts.
• Avoid the use of black box techniques and instead work to support the creation of highly transparent and explainable processes that support our mission of providing intelligence and analysis to benefit our organization’s reliability and planning objectives.
• Design and guide the implementation of scalable data and software architectures that support the growth of load forecasting as a business capability.
• Champion best practices in data curation, governance, integration, and lifecycle management to ensure forecasting solutions are robust, auditable, and future-ready.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Experience

10+ years of relevant engineering experience are mandatory for consideration for the position. 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. The knowledge, skills, abilities and experiences required for entry into this job include the following:

• Problem Framing (Critical): Higher-order evaluation of how we think about what work we do, what we prioritize, and how we solution needs to be of utmost priority. Work with the team to analyze, understand, and define the problem(s) to make sure that we are solving the “right problem” and utilizing advanced engineering techniques.
• Data Architecture & Integration: The candidate should possess a strong understanding of data engineering and data science principles; work includes but is not limited to data schema development, ERDs, pipeline development, API management, etc.
• Data Technology: Robust understanding of applicable technologies, their application, and limitations – our current technology stack includes but is not limited to AVEVA PI, SQL, Altryx, Python, Azure DevOps, Power BI, SAP, Hadoop, among others. Experience in designing solutions and products across this stack will be highly valued.
• Engineering Principles: Understanding utility operations and electric power systems is preferred, especially as it relates to forecasting, grid planning, or system operations.
• Autonomous Team Player: We are spearheading a new and robust business capability; we are seeking candidates with the ability to operate independently on framing, structuring, and delivering work, but who can also manage up and out, all while aligning to the joint mission of our team and working in service of the collective group and the data/technology needs.
• Critical Thinking and Creativity: Our work requires an ability to think abstractly, pursue unknown unknowns, and the motivation to persevere even in failure. What we are solving for is unprecedented and challenging – we require out-of-the-box thinkers to provide expert technical consultation to other engineers and management.
• Communication Skills: Exceptional communication skills are mandatory – this role succeeds by collaboration with stakeholders, team members, data owners, IT, and leadership – this role is for the most part comprised of soft skills efforts informed by hard technical skills.
• Strong technical and organizational leadership skills.
• Recognized expert by other engineers and management.
• The candidate should demonstrate excellent professional ethics.

Required Engineering Criteria

For placement of a candidate in a Consulting Engineer title, the following criteria must be met:

• 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.

Education Requirements

Education Level:

Degree required (equivalence not accepted in lieu of degree):

Bachelor in Engineering

Licenses, Certifications, or Quals Description

Preferred:

Professional Engineer (PE)

Other:

Depending on functional responsibilities and location of position, must review ANS 3.1 12/79, ANSI N18.1-1971 or ANSI/ANS 3.1-1993 and DOM-QA-1 as appropriate.

Working Conditions

Office Work Environment 76 -100%Travel Up to 25%

Other Working Conditions

Test Description

No Testing Required

Other Information

These and other duties as assigned constitute essential functions of the job.

Dominion Energy is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their protected veteran or disabled status.

 

Export Control

Certain positions at Dominion Energy may involve access to information and technology subject to export controls under U.S. law.  Compliance with these export controls may result in Dominion Energy limiting its consideration of certain applicants.

 

Other Information

We offer excellent plans and programs for employees. Employees are rewarded with a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package which may include: health benefits with coverage for families and domestic partners, vacation, retirement plans, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, and much more.   To learn more about our benefits, click here dombenefits.com.

Dominion Energy is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin and/or status as a protected veteran or individual with a disability. 

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