Intern - Substation Protection & Control Design

Dominion Energy - Glen Allen, VA

Full-time - Intern

Glen Allen, VA

Utilities

About the position

The position involves developing protection and control design engineering packages for Dominion Energy's Electric Transmission and Electric Distribution Substations. The role requires collaboration with various engineering teams to create and modify design documents and drawings, ensuring the effective development of substation engineering projects.

Responsibilities

• Create and modify protection and control design documents and drawings for substation projects including relay functional drawings, logic diagrams, elementary diagrams, wiring diagrams, communications diagrams, relay panel arrangement drawings, and bills of material.
• Coordinate with and provide technical assistance to physical substation engineers, protective relaying engineers, communications engineers, transmission line engineers, material coordinators, panel wiring shop, and field technicians to fully develop the protection and control design package.
• Assist project management teams and conceptual engineering teams for the development of the scope of work and design requirements for substation engineering projects.
• Independently develop system protection design package for complex projects using applicable standards.

Requirements

• Must be a student studying Engineering at an ABET accredited 4-year college or university.
• GPA of at least 2.5.
• Must be a rising junior with a planned graduation date of May or December 2027.
• Familiar with drafting and/or graphics.
• Knowledge of drafting principles and basic knowledge of computer-aided drafting.
• Basic knowledge of electrical, mechanical or civil principles.

Nice-to-haves

• Skills in reproduction equipment, mechanical drawing, and computer graphics.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Analytical and abstract thinking abilities.
• Problem-solving skills.
• Ability to process information quickly.

Benefits

• Health benefits with coverage for families and domestic partners.
• Vacation.
• Retirement plans.
• Paid holidays.
• Tuition reimbursement.