Associate, Mid, or Senior NERC Compliance Specialist

About the position

Dominion Energy is seeking a NERC Compliance Specialist to assist with the coordination, administration, and support of the company's NERC compliance efforts, with a focus on NERC CIP and Cyber Security standards. This role involves assessing risks, recommending strategies, and ensuring continuous audit readiness. The position offers a hybrid 3-2 work schedule (three days in the office, two days of teleworking).

Responsibilities

  • Confer with management regularly and recommend specific actions on various NERC compliance matters.
  • Assess, identify and prioritize NERC compliance risks based on the federal, national and regional requirements.
  • Recommend content and implementation strategies for Dominion Energy compliance program initiatives.
  • Act as source of best practice information and keep abreast of trends and issues to design, implement, communicate, and administer NERC compliance programs.
  • Provide honest, candid, and timely responses to appropriate Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and responsible management.
  • Assist with an ongoing internal self-audit process to insure continuous audit readiness by the business area.
  • Assist with Dominion Energy's compliance audit preparations, schedules and logistics within the business area upon notification of an official compliance audit from regulatory and reliability entities (FERC, NERC, REs).
  • Develop and administer ongoing training programs to ensure successful implementation and advocacy of a NERC compliance culture within Dominion Energy.
  • Interface directly with regulatory and reliability agencies (i.e. FERC, NERC, REs, etc.) on issues pertaining to reliability standards and compliance enforcement.
  • Partner with compliance attorneys and other Dominion Energy registered entities to minimize legal and regulatory compliance risks.
  • Prepare and present periodic reports to executives.
  • Coordinate, schedule and implement an ongoing internal self-audit process to ensure continuous audit readiness by the business area.
  • Execute Dominion Energy's compliance audit preparations, schedules and logistics within the business area upon notification of an official compliance audit from regulatory and reliability entities (FERC, NERC, REs).
  • Responsible for successfully leading complex special projects, as assigned.
  • Assisting with Regional Entity audit preparation activities and participating in audits/spot-checks
  • Coordinating compliance related submittals including self-reports, mitigation plans, NERC Alert responses, and other data requests
  • Analyzing, updating, and developing compliance documents and procedures
  • Leveraging technical compliance expertise to support NERC stakeholders within the company
  • Assisting with administration of the ERO compliance program
  • Developing compliance tracking tools and training
  • Identifying, developing, and implementing internal controls and human performance tools

Requirements

  • 0-2 years of directly related experience (for Associate NERC Compliance Specialist)
  • 2+ years of directly related experience (for NERC Compliance Specialist)
  • 5-6+ years of directly related experience (for Senior NERC Compliance Specialist)
  • Excellent leadership and project management skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal, oral, written communication and presentation skills (including public speaking).
  • Ability to research and understand customer issues.
  • Respectful assertiveness, to ensure compliance requirements are met by others, while considering the spirit and letter of standards.
  • Demonstrated consensus-building and team-building skills.
  • Ability to be diplomatic and persuasive.
  • Demonstrates ability to establish and maintain a high level of trust and confidence.
  • Exceptional organization and planning skills.
  • Independent decision-making expertise.
  • Complete understanding of regulations and policies pertaining to the NERC Compliance Program and the ability to independently implement them in the Business Area.
  • Clear understanding of the company's organizational structure.
  • Ability to analyze information and make sound decisions.
  • Compliance and/or Business Area Experience required

Nice-to-haves

  • Bachelor's degree in Business or Engineering
  • Military service members and veterans with ranks from E5-E9, W1-CW5, or O3-O6, plus appropriate equivalent combination of education and years of experience

Benefits

  • health, dental, and vision benefits with coverage for families and domestic partners
  • vacation
  • retirement plans including 401k contributions and matches
  • paid holidays
  • tuition reimbursement
  • bonus eligibility
  • sick leave
  • disability insurance
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