Senior NERC O&P Policy and Compliance Consultant

Xcel Energy

About The Position

Are you looking for an exciting job where you can put your skills and talents to work at a company you can feel proud to be a part of? Do you want a workplace that will challenge you and offer you opportunities to learn and grow? A position at Xcel Energy could be just what you’re looking for. Position Summary This position is responsible for providing project management, direction and leadership to the Transmission area as it relates to Regulatory Compliance. This will include providing compliance guidance with NERC regulatory guidelines. Responsible for the integration of business overall processes with the Customer and Field Operations compliance program and coordination with the corporate compliance officer.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or Business Administration or a combination of education and experience providing equivalent knowledge.
Minimum of 5 years NERC compliance or utility operations experience required.
Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of current and proposed NERC requirements and regulations.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Demonstrated large project management skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience in performing or facilitating investigation and cause analysis.
Experience working with RSA Archer, ProjectWise, and SharePoint.
Transmission planning and modeling, transmission operations, generator operations, systems protection experience.

Responsibilities

Direction of the Overall Transmission Compliance Plan. This will include all federal, state, applicable regulatory bodies (e.g. NERC, WECC, MISO, SPP, MRO, etc.) and contractual compliance filing and data responsibilities for Transmission. This will entail some project direction to establish and implement the plan across the organization.
Direction of the Transmission Service policy process across the organization. Transmission policy as it relates to Transmission-to-Transmission Interconnections, Generation Interconnections, Load Service Policy and others. This effort will entail some project direction to establish and implement the Policy process across the organization.
Direction of the NERC reliability standards program and coordination of the overall audit process for the regulators for Transmission. This effort will entail some project direction to establish and implement the updated NERC policies process across the organization.
Technical guidance and coordination for the overall integration with the various RTO's as it relates to the Transmission Business policy.
Key liaison with the Compliance Governance process for the Transmission business area as it relates to overall company compliance standard implementation (e.g. Sarbanes Oxley).

Benefits

Annual Incentive Program
Medical/Pharmacy Plan
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance
Dependent Care Reimbursement Account
Health Care Reimbursement Account
Health Savings Account (HSA) (if enrolled in eligible health plan)
Limited-Purpose FSA (if enrolled in eligible health plan and HSA)
Transportation Reimbursement Account
Short-term disability (STD)
Long-term disability (LTD)
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Fitness Center Reimbursement (if enrolled in eligible health plan)
Tuition reimbursement
Transit programs
Employee recognition program
Pension
401(k) plan
Paid time off (PTO)
Holidays
Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO)
Parental Leave Benefit plans are subject to change and Xcel Energy has the right to end, suspend, or amend any of its plans, at any time, in whole or in part.