Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist
Medtronic
NERC O&P Compliance Specialist
The AES Corporation
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Salt Lake City • Colorado, Utah, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $105,000 - $131,750 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Serve as a Compliance Business Partner for AES Operations & Planning (O&P) Compliance.
- Serves as a technical expert within O&P workgroup to ensure AES implements O&P NERC Reliability Standards Requirements within regulatory deadlines.
- Lead and provide guidance to implement organization-wide strategies, priorities, and documentation to meet reliability compliance requirements.
- Contribute to internal control actions through risk assessments and lessons learned.
- Follow Standards drafting team and provide guidance to the SMEs on new or revisions to existing NERC Compliance Standards.
- Evaluate and support preparation for audits, self-certifications, spot-checks, internal compliance assessments, self-reports, mitigation plans, Reliability Standard Audit Worksheets (RSAWs), and evidence documentation.
- Identifies process improvement opportunities based on internal compliance assessments, root cause analysis, and industry best practices.
- Complete annual review of processes, procedures, and integrate current O&P procedures.
- Perform gap analysis on new Standards and establish processes to ensure compliance and reliability, and security of AES assets.
- Review and perform quality check on evidence attesting to compliance with applicable NERC Standards and provide guidance to Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) as necessary.
- Establish and maintain effective relationships with industry associations, regional entities, and internal stakeholders to promote business goals and compliance with requirements.
- Participate in industry forums and outreach activities.
- Represent AES and the O&P compliance program in conferences and meetings with regulators, other agencies, State and local authorities, private industry, and public groups in efforts to obtain all perspectives regarding proposed programs or program changes.
Requirements
- Four-year bachelor’s in engineering degree or equivalent experience
- Minimum 5 years of related work experience
- Ability to see tasks through to completion without significant guidance
- Strong verbal and writing skills, technical and non-technical
- Experience with Generator Protection Systems, Facility Ratings, SCADA Systems, Transmission Planning, etc.
- Experience with Renewable Generation
- Experience with Standards associated with Transmission and Generation Control Center.
- Experience in implementing and/or maintaining a NERC compliance program
- Highly motivated, self-starter willing to take on new challenges
- Prior NERC O&P and utilities compliance experience, including compliance monitoring, training, and audit support
- Exceptional attention to detail with commitment to fostering a culture of compliance.
Benefits
- full range of medical, dental, vision, life, financial, and/or other benefits
- 401(k) eligibility
- various paid time off benefits such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
NERC Reliability StandardsGenerator Protection SystemsFacility RatingsSCADA SystemsTransmission PlanningRenewable GenerationNERC compliance programcompliance monitoringaudit supportrisk assessments
Soft skills
strong verbal skillsstrong writing skillsability to see tasks through to completionhighly motivatedself-starterattention to detailcommitment to complianceguidancerelationship buildingparticipation in industry forums
Certifications
bachelor’s in engineering
