NERC Compliance Manager

NERC Compliance Manager (Queensbury, NY)

Reporting to the Sr. Director, NSCC, the NERC Compliance Manager will provide technical, administrative, and supervisory support to the Operations team relating to NERC compliance.

The NERC Compliance Manager is responsible for maintaining compliance evidence and records for the applicable NERC facilities in New York. The work involves researching NERC standards to understand the compliance requirements, providing training to operations supporting staff, development of procedures, leading the NERC working group, and the development and tracking of corrective action plans.

 This role is ideally suited for a self-starter who is able to partner with regional Operations Supervisors and work as part of a collaborative team.  Travel throughout New York (up to 25% offsite travel) will be required.

More Specific Responsibilities Include:

• Collect and maintain all necessary evidence as it relates to the GO responsibilities in the applicable NERC standards
• Provide applicable trainings for the GO employees per the NERC standards
• Interpret newly enforceable NERC standards, develop RCPs for the GO use, train GO staff in the new standard
• Review NERC evidence per the applicable measures provided in the NERC standards to ensure compliance.
• Assist in the development of testing/reporting procedures as they relate to the NERC stations
• Review and assist in the response to PDS
• Semiannually conduct internal compliance audits
• Periodically review GO RCPs and update as necessary.
• Conduct periodic meetings with the GOP to ensure that GO has the appropriate systems/processes in place to provide GOP accurate information for reporting
• Draft responses to NERC/NPCC/ISO RFIs
• Participate in annual meeting with TOP and contribute to NERC related agenda items
• Maintain updated FAC-008 reports
• Lead monthly NERC meetings for the communication of NERC testing requirements, evidence collection, and align portal requests
• Primary lead for NERC self-certifications
• Investigate PNCs and develop mitigation strategies
• Assist technicians with testing of field devices
• Maintain the NERC testing and maintenance schedule
• Annual reviews of protective relay settings to collect evidence for compliance with applicable standards
• Participate in regional NERC working groups and cyber security working groups
• Other duties as directed by the Sr Manager

Required Skills:

• Familiarity electrical testing methods, relay testing, and protection coordination.
• Ability to read and interpret NERC standards and other NERC issued documents;
• A practical, adaptable, innovative, collaborative and solution-focused approach to issues;
• Ability to organize, plan, prioritize and manage multiple tasks;
• Strong ability to be self-directed regarding learning and discovery;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
• Excellent organizational and time management skills;
• Intermediate computer skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Microsoft Project). Experience with Enterprise Resource Programs (IFS), document management (Share Point), and Learning Management Systems (Litmos), preferred.

Required Experience:

• BS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent;
• Project management or team lead experience (3 years preferred);
• Experience/exposure in the power generation field; hydro specific experience is preferred;
• Demonstrated safe work habits and familiarity with OSHA standards
• Familiarity relay protection settings.

Pay Range: $110k-140k/yr. with specified bonus