Operations Compliance Specialist, Water and Wastewater Treatment
Woodard & Curran
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
- Serve 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
- Identify 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 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 and represent AES in conferences and meetings with regulators, State and local authorities, private industry, and public groups
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
- Experience with Facility Ratings
- Experience with SCADA Systems
- Experience with Transmission Planning
- Experience with Renewable Generation
- Experience with Standards associated with Transmission and Generation Control Center
- Experience in implementing and/or maintaining a NERC compliance program
- Prior NERC O&P and utilities compliance experience, including compliance monitoring, training, and audit support
- Highly motivated, self-starter willing to take on new challenges
- Exceptional attention to detail with commitment to fostering a culture of compliance
Benefits
- The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements such as annual bonus
- Full range of medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- Life insurance
- Financial benefits
- 401(k) eligibility
- Various paid time off benefits (vacation, sick time, parental leave)
- Hybrid work arrangement with flexible office location
ATS 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 skillsattention to detailself-starterability to complete tasks independentlycommitment to complianceleadershipguidancerelationship buildingprocess improvement
Certifications
bachelor’s degree in engineering
