Lead Compliance Engineer

LaBella•Vestal, NY

35d•$100,000 - $140,000•Onsite

About The Position

We are currently seeking an Electric Lead Engineer in LaBella's Program Management Services Division at our client's office in Vestal, NY. The Program Management Services Division at LaBella provides comprehensive management services for complex projects and multi-year capital programs. Project teams are established to provide a customized mix of business consulting, project management, financial control and monitoring, administrative, and technical support services. The ideal candidate will work close to the business and create the bridge internally with ECC Operations, Reliability Assurance, and ECC Compliance regarding on-site NERC Compliance duties. Identify new and revised regulatory guidance; create paths of communication to business units. Ensure business areas as assigned have implemented regulatory requirements, by collecting evidence that demonstrate that process, operations, trainings, policies, and procedures have been updated. Provide subject matter expertise and guidance for business areas as it relates to day-to-day needs, including but not limited to, implementations, and corrective action plans.

Responsibilities

Coordinate the Compliance team activities on-site at Energy Control Center
Track and maintain Compliance tasks locally
Manage, create and update local Procedures with stakeholders
Assign individual tasks and works with direct manager to establish team goals
Identify new and revised regulatory rules and creates paths of communication to the business
Report and advises on proposed changes on Federal or State regulations.
Provide subject matter expertise and guidance for the business as it relates to Operational Compliance
Manage projects as needed in partnership with the business
Ensure that business areas understand and address all actionable compliance directives and provide proof of implementation to the Compliance team.
Validate action plans proposed by the business areas to ensure risk mitigation and challenge it when not appropriate.
Create action plans targeting violation reductions, including driving proactive changes to SOP's impacting compliance and work with respective leaders to influence action planning and implementation with a continuous improvement mindset
Develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure compliance with company guidelines and industry standards
Assign and coordinate responses to regulatory requests on a timely filing and accurate manner
Establish bridge and communication channels with different stakeholders, including Legal, Regulatory and Compliance staff
Coordinate the development and deployment of proactive self-assessments for compliance risks identification
Act as liaison during Regulatory Audits or Field Visits/Inspections
Participate on recurrent proactive meetings with Regulatory Agencies
Provide updates reporting to all leadership with potential impacts to Gas Business
Monitor and escalates risks to Senior Leadership
Define controls, documentation, and assessment of its effectiveness
Participate in incident investigations in partnership with the business, Legal, Regulatory and Compliance staff