NERC Compliance Specialist-Senior

American Electric Power•New Albany, OH

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Assist in ensuring compliance for Transmission Operations regarding the NERC reliability standards as applied by all Regional Reliability Organizations (RROs); collaborating with Transmission, Generation, Commercial Operations, and Corporate in compliance matters; interfacing with these business units in the standards development/review process. Develop standards, ensuring appropriate systems are in place to track and monitor compliance, perform daily tasks to monitor compliance, and perform quarterly/yearly reviews to demonstrate compliance. Works under minimal supervision.

Requirements

Associate’s degree in business administration, computer science, engineering, or related field, Or High School Diploma / GED and two (2) years of experience in compliance and/or Information Technology.
Minimum of six (6) years of experience in addition to any experience noted above.
Demonstrate the highest standards of ethical behavior and support the Company's Corporate Compliance policy.
Strong skills in communication, issue resolution, organization, and facilitation are essential.

Nice To Haves

Solid understanding of the business unit / operating company systems is preferred.
Experience with SCADA systems is preferred.

Responsibilities

Perform tasks required to ensure compliance with the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) reliability standards applicable to AEP.
Collaborate with other AEP business units to compile and validate evidence.
Assist the Manager Transmission NERC Compliance to ensure that reliability standards, strategy, documentation, and associated evidence are aligned and consistent with AEP policy and strategy.
Coordinate with other Transmission Organizations, Commercial Operations, Generation and Corporate in compliance monitoring and tracking.
Maintain systems to track and monitor compliance with the NERC reliability standards.
Ensure that appropriate processes are in place to track and monitor newly developed standards.
Capture appropriate evidence and confirm that others are capturing appropriate evidence to meet compliance requirements, including approvals.
Guide others through the process of reviewing developing standards to enhance the monitoring and tracking of NERC reliability compliance standards and facilitate record keeping of evidence associated with said standards.
Participate in periodic audits performed by the RTOs to assess AEP compliance with the full range of NERC reliability standards; assist in performing internal audits as required.