Associate Engineer, Engineer or Senior Engineer

Job Summary

Dominion Energy South Carolina (DESC) is seeking an Engineer to join the System Engineering team. This group is tasked with developing and providing strategic system-wide analysis, planning, and oversight to ensure optimal system design and operation to serve DESC natural gas customers today and in the future. The position is located at the DESC headquarters in Cayce, near Columbia, SC, and offers the ability to work remotely up to two days per week.

This position will be responsible for hydraulic modeling for the state-wide gas system. System Engineering utilizes hydraulic modeling for critical functions including system infrastructure and project planning, evaluating service requests, assisting emergency response, and other essential analysis for ensuring safe and reliable service to DESC customers. The position will routinely coordinate with various internal departments including Local Engineering, Large Projects Engineering, Operations, Sales, Economic Development, Resource Planning, Gas Supply, Gas Control, GIS, and others.

This Engineer should excel at strategic planning, analyzing and recommending optimal system solutions, identifying and troubleshooting irregularities, delivering detailed tasks within a critical timeline, and communicating effectively with all levels of the organization to succeed in this challenging and impactful role.  

Key Responsibilities:

• Hydraulic modeling of the DESC gas system utilizing Synergi Gas software.
• Infrastructure Planning to include annual/recurring updates of infrastructure project needs and timelines from modeling detailed system growth projections.  
• System modeling requests from Local Engineering, Large Projects, Operations, and other groups including project planning, winter prep and emergency support, pipeline sizing and flow study analysis, and other hydraulic and engineering analyses.
• Coordinate with internal and external groups for customer demand growth, upstream capacity analysis, reserve margins, and capacity allocations.
• Present system and infrastructure updates to DESC Gas Leadership and local teams.
• Development of new processes, innovative problem solving, and driving continuous improvement for System Engineering.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Experience

Summer 2025 graduates will be considered for this opportunity.

Minimum Requirements (Note: A partial year of related work experience of 6 months or greater will be considered one year towards the qualifications):

Associate Engineer:

• 0-2 years relevant engineering experience in the natural gas or similar industry.
• Preferred experience with programs and software such as Excel and ESRI ArcGIS Pro.
• Preferred registered as an Engineer in Training (EIT) within South Carolina, OR, the ability to pass FE Exam within six months.

Engineer:

• Minimum 2+ years relevant engineering experience in the natural gas or similar industry.
• Must have an FE
• Some experience leading capital projects through planning, design, and construction for utility systems or similar industry.
• Proficient with programs and software such as Excel and ESRI ArcGIS Pro.
• Preferred experience with DNV Synergi Gas hydraulic modeling software, or relevant advanced network analysis experience.

Senior Engineer:

• Minimum 5+ years relevant engineering experience in the natural gas or similar industry.
• Registered as an Professional Engineer (PE) within South Carolina.

• Demonstrated successful leadership experience leading critical projects through planning, design, and construction for utility systems or similar industry.
• Proficient with programs and software such as Excel and ESRI ArcGIS Pro.
• Provide guidance to less experienced engineers and provide oversight.
• Preferred experience developing strategic plans and managing infrastructure plans and capital budget
• Preferred experience with DNV Synergi Gas hydraulic modeling software, or relevant advanced network analysis experience.

Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities for All Levels:

• Knowledge of engineering concepts, fundamentals, and theory;
• Verbal and written communication skills (includes technical writing and presentations);
• Effective and reliable decision making skills;
• Computer skills and application of software programs;
• Analytical and abstract thinking skills;
• Problem solving skills;
• Ability to identify and manage risk to the company and system;
• Ability to learn new programs and tools for improvement applications;
• Ability to apply engineering theories and concepts to complex problems;
• Ability to develop effective planning, project, and organization skills;
• Ability to develop project management skills and to handle multiple tasks;
• Ability to perform effectively in a high paced, multi-task environment;
• Ability to work independently and within a team environment.

Education Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering.

For placement of a candidate in the Engineer job series, 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 engineering degree from a non-ABET accredited program and a postgraduate 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 
• Possess a 4-year degree in 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.

Licenses, Certifications, or Quals Description

Valid driver's license with safe driving record.

Working Conditions

Other Working Conditions

Test Description

No Testing