NERC Compliance Specialist

American Electric Power•New Albany, OH

18h•$87,633 - $128,688•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 three (3) years of experience in addition to any experience noted above (for SG7)
Associate's degree in business administration, computer science, engineering, or related field, OR High School Diploma / GED and two (3) years of experience in compliance and/or Information Technology. (for SG8)
Minimum of six (6) years of experience in addition to any experience noted above. (for SG8)
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.
Validating report data against approval lists.
Generating reports to save as audit evidence.
Collaborating with other AEP business units to compile and validate evidence.
Develop and maintain FAC-008 compliance packets and supporting evidence, ensuring documentation is complete, accurate, and audit-ready for internal reviews, regulatory inquiries, and compliance reporting activities.
Support sampling and quality assurance reviews of FAC-008 verification activities, including field verification evidence, to confirm adherence to established procedures and identify potential data quality or compliance concerns.
Coordinate with engineering, operations, and field personnel to support FAC-008 field verification and re-verification activities, including evidence review, sampling programs, discrepancy resolution, and tracking of corrective actions through completion.
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.