Director - NERC Compliance

Director – NERC Compliance

Location: Charlotte or Remote

Major Duties & Responsibilities

• Direct NERC compliance program's overall performance

• Develop and implement plans, schedules, procedures, internal controls, tools and processes required to establish and maintain a comprehensive NERC Reliability Compliance Program for use by Company-managed plants, with a particular focus on applicable NERC GO/GOP and TO Standards.

• Lead a team of NERC compliance program managers, coordinators, specialists, and technical experts to maintain compliance with NERC Compliance standards.

• Direct NERC compliance monitoring activities to include but not limited to audit, self-certification, and spot-check coordination, RSAW development, gathering/preparing compliance evidence and documentation, and self-report and mitigation plan development and response actions.

• Ensure staff have the resources and training they need to achieve their mission.

• Strong technical understanding of mandatory Reliability Standards, including best practices for program design and internal controls.

• Review standards under development to identify potential business impacts and offer comments during their development that support and benefit our fleet.

• Track modifications to Reliability Standards to ensure processes, procedures, internal controls, and training activities are completed in advance of the effective date for the modified/new standards.

• Prepare business plans, budgets and schedules for the NERC compliance program.

• Establish NERC Compliance program goals that support the overall goals of the company.

• Clearly communicate with all registered affiliates on NERC compliance expectations

• Assess, identify, and prioritize NERC compliance risks for mitigation.

• Establish and maintain effective relationships with industry associations, regional entities and reliability agencies, and internal stakeholders to promote business goals and compliance with requirements.

• Identify, develop, and provide NERC awareness opportunities across the fleet.

Lead, plan, and coordinate high-quality internal compliance assessments.

• Prioritize and lead integration of business tools and applications to efficiently implement, effectively monitor, and develop documentation necessary to assure full NERC compliance.

• Develop meaningful NERC Compliance program KPI's and performance metrics.

• Support Sr. Director – Networks and Security to implement organization wide strategies, priorities, and documentation to meet reliability compliance requirements.

• Provide support to the Cogentrix security team in the implementation of the NERC‐CIP program as appropriate and necessary.

Requirements

Education/Experience Required

• At least 10 years of management experience, including at least five years in a management role over NERC Compliance Programs in a matrixed organization.

• Must have strong compliance program implementation skills to address all NERC program areas, with a particular focus on applicable GO/GOP and TO Standards

• Extensive knowledge of power generation design, operations and maintenance as it relates to NERC compliance requirements and expectations.

• Excellent work ethic with dedication to completing critical program requirements and meeting deadlines in a timely manner.

• Ability to work independently or as part of a team to manage multiple priorities and see tasks through to completion without significant guidance.

• Ability to communicate exceptionally well both orally and in writing with regulators, executives, and other internal and external stakeholders.

• Effective negotiation skills, and ability to be diplomatic and persuasive.

• Ability to evaluate the technical aspects of regulations and policies and discern their impact on company operations and compliance.

• Ability to establish and maintain a high level of trust and confidence among peers and management, building consensus and effective teams.

• Exceptional organization, planning and decision-making skills.

• Ability to critically review and ensure that results meet regulatory requirements and that all procedure documentation clearly communicates how those results were obtained.

• An initiative-taker that can tackle multidisciplinary challenges in coordination with various Cogentrix teams and third parties.

• Knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet and project management software a must

• Must have the ability to travel as required.