Job Title: Senior NERC Compliance Analyst
Location: Remote (select states only)
Job Type: Contract (1 year, open ended)
Pay Range: $50 per hour
We are seeking an experienced Senior NERC Regulatory Compliance Analyst to support regulatory compliance initiatives across utility-scale power generation facilities. This role will serve as a subject matter expert for NERC reliability standards applicable to Generator Owners and Generator Operators, providing guidance, oversight, and implementation support related to equipment testing, system protection, operations, reliability, and electrical system performance.
This is a hands-on role supporting both existing generation assets and regulatory compliance efforts associated with new facility commissioning activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Interpret and implement NERC regulatory standards and compliance requirements across generation facilities.
- Serve as the primary compliance resource for standards including PRC, FAC, TOP, MOD, and VAR.
- Evaluate facility operations, maintenance activities, testing programs, and equipment configurations to ensure compliance.
- Lead the implementation of NERC-related policies, procedures, and process improvements.
- Coordinate and oversee equipment testing, engineering evaluations, modeling studies, and compliance reporting efforts.
- Analyze plant performance, testing results, and electrical system data to identify compliance gaps and recommend corrective actions.
- Maintain regulatory records, compliance evidence, and supporting documentation.
- Support regulatory reporting requirements and communications with industry agencies and regulators.
- Conduct compliance assessments and support corrective action plan development and implementation.
- Provide technical oversight of contractors performing NERC-related testing, modeling, engineering analysis, and reporting.
- Support commissioning activities for new generation assets from a NERC compliance perspective.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering and 5+ years of relevant experience
OR
- Associate Degree in a scientific or technical field and 8+ years of applicable electrical industry experience
Required Experience
- 5+ years of experience operating, maintaining, designing, or supporting:
- Utility-scale gas turbine generation facilities
- Solar or renewable generation facilities
- Transformers and substation equipment
- Transmission interconnection equipment
- Protective relay and protection systems
- Strong working knowledge of NERC reliability standards and compliance requirements.
- Experience evaluating and maintaining compliance related to generation equipment and protection systems.
- Knowledge of relay coordination, power system controls, and electrical system performance.
- Experience with engineering analyses, electrical modeling, testing programs, and technical reporting.
Preferred Skills
- Protection & Control (PRC) compliance experience
- Facilities Design, Connections & Maintenance (FAC) experience
- Transmission Operations (TOP) experience
- Modeling, Data & Analysis (MOD) experience
- Voltage & Reactive Power (VAR) compliance experience
- Protective relay coordination and settings knowledge
- Generator excitation and control system modeling
- Regulatory audit preparation and compliance documentation
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