Engineer (Associate - Senior) - Solar Project Construction (Richmond, Hybrid)

Job Summary

Position will be filled at the level commensurate with the successful candidates’ education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities.

Dominion Energy is seeking motivated and experienced Engineering candidates to be part of the multi-discipline Project Construction Photovoltaic (PV) Engineering Team supporting utility-scale solar projects, with a focus on PV racking and single-axis tracking systems. The position supports design, construction, commissioning, and operations support for solar project construction, including review of tracker/racking engineering submittals and mechanical acceptance/commissioning documentation. The candidate will perform engineering studies and analyses, review construction drawings and specifications, develop processes and procedures, manage requests for information, and support project documentation review.

In this role, the incumbent is responsible for effective and efficient use of company and contractor resources with emphasis on safety, customer satisfaction, quality improvement, cost control, adherence to schedule, and regulatory compliance. Seeking candidate who can communicate effectively and encourage team member participation in a collaborative design and construction process.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Execute all duties and responsibilities in a safe manner while ensuring compliance with codes, laws, and company policies.
• Provide engineering recommendations to leadership and contracting, design, and construction teams.
• Coordinate review and evaluation of solar project EPC design, construction, and commissioning plans.
• Lead technical review of PV racking and tracker vendor submittals (general arrangement drawings, foundation details, torque/tension requirements, installation manuals, and acceptance criteria).
• Support constructability and installation quality for piles/foundations and mechanical assembly, including verification of tolerances (pile plumb/height, row alignment, torque verification, clamp installation, grounding/bonding interfaces).
• Coordinate tracker commissioning and performance validation with EPCs and OEMs (stow strategy, backtracking configuration, controller settings, communications/SCADA point verification).
• Manage racking/tracker-related RFIs, NCRs, and root-cause investigations; document corrective actions and support warranty and turnover/closeout packages.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to provide engineering support for the safe and reliable development of solar power generation plants

• Investigate technologies that will improve plant operational performance, reliability and economics as well as facilitate plant constructability and environmental compliance
• Provide engineering support to construction team, operations, and other stakeholders to facilitate in the review of as-builts, procedures, testing documentation.

• Develop and maintain EPC contract technical specifications and requirements for solar tracker designs  

• Perform other duties as requested or assigned.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Experience

Associate Engineer:  0-2 years of relevant engineering experience 

Engineer:  2+ years of relevant engineering experience

Senior Engineer:  5+ years of relevant engineering experience

• Knowledge of engineering theories and principles.
• Ability to think analytically and solve complex problems.
• Competency in applying engineering principles, fundamental concepts, practices and procedures requiring some evaluation, originality and/or ingenuity to achieve project objectives.
• Ability to process information quickly and effectively manage multiple tasks.
• Strong planning, organizational and project management skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills and develop rapport with internal and external stakeholders;
• Strong personal computer skills.
• Ability to interpret codes, regulations and practices.
• Knowledge of various computer applications, with the ability to manipulate personal computer applications and perform engineering calculations using applicable software programs
• Equally effective working independently or in team environment.
• Proven decision making skills.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Experience

• Registered as an Engineer in Training (EIT) or Professional Engineer (PE)
  Solar or other power generation engineering and/or operations experience, including field support and acceptance/turnover documentation.
• Solar electrical engineering design including AC/DC electrical systems, controls/communications, and coordination of interfaces to tracker controllers and SCADA.
• Knowledge of civil grading, ESC, stormwater design, and PV site foundation considerations (driven piles/helical piles/ground screws, pull testing, and tolerance verification).
• Utility-scale solar equipment familiarity including inverters, transformers, modules, PV racking and single-axis trackers (mechanical assembly, tolerances, commissioning, and performance impacts). Industrial control systems including network communications, distributed control systems (DCS), programmable logic controllers (PLC), and SCADA.

REQUIRED ENGINEERING CRITERIA:  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 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

• Required Engineering degree: Bachelors

  • Electrical, Civil, or Mechanical Engineering Degree Preferred

   

• REQUIRED ENGINEERING CRITERIA: 
  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 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

  - Applicants that will meet any of the above criteria with a graduation date of May, 2026 will be considered.

Licenses, Certifications, or Quals Description

Valid driver’s license with a safe driving record.

Working Conditions

Other Working Conditions

The majority of work is performed in an office environment.  Occasionally work is performed outside at job sites in varying weather conditions. Travel to other office locations and job sites is required.

Test Description

No Testing