Manager – NERC O&P Compliance

Enerzinx is a power systems engineering and analytics firm that helps generation owners, developers and large loads across North America model, validate and defend the performance of their assets. Our engineers have built and validated the dynamic models behind a significant share of the inverter-based generation now connecting to the North American grid. Enerzinx is backed by Accretus Partners and is growing quickly, with clients in utility-scale solar, storage, wind, conventional generation and large loads across multiple NERC Regions.

We are now building a NERC compliance consulting practice on that engineering foundation. In Operations and Planning (O&P), model validation, ride-through performance, protection settings and disturbance analysis are where compliance and engineering meet, and we are often already the firm that modeled the client's plant. We also invest in AI and automation across the company, with one rule: AI assists, and qualified professionals decide.

This is a full-time, exempt, remote role open to candidates anywhere in the continental United States or Canada. Travel averages about 15–25%, mainly for site walkdowns, audit support and client workshops. The Manager – NERC O&P Compliance is a senior individual contributor and technical lead in our new NERC Compliance Services practice and reports to the Director – NERC O&P / 693 Compliance Services.

You will lead the O&P workstream on client engagements from start to finish:

• Registration and applicability analysis, including Category 1 vs. Category 2 GO/GOP determinations and the emerging Computational Load Owner (CLO) and Computational Load Operator (CLOP) criteria
• Program design and build-out
• Evidence and RSAW development
• Gap assessments, mock audits and acquisition due diligence
• Regional Entity audit and CMEP support
• Risk reporting that shows client leadership where they stand and what to fix first

Your clients will mainly be Generator Owners and Generator Operators, including the roughly 800 Category 2 inverter-based resources registered in 2026, along with data center and large-load owners preparing to register as CLOs and CLOPs. You will advise on standards such as PRC-024/-028/-029/-030, MOD-025/-026/-032, VAR-002, FAC-001/-002, EOP-004 and EOP-012. On the technical evidence, you will work hand in hand with Enerzinx engineers: ride-through capability, model validation, protection coordination and disturbance monitoring data.

This is a delivery and leadership role, not a people-management role. You will mentor and review O&P consultants, manage several concurrent engagements, and help define the practice's methodologies, templates, service offerings and risk scoring. You will also use AI tools in your daily work and help shape how the team uses them well and safely, verifying every output before it reaches a client.

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, power systems or a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 10+ years in the electric utility or energy sector, including at least 5 years focused on NERC compliance with substantial O&P depth.
• Hands‑on experience with GO/GOP O&P standards, including program development, evidence and audit readiness.
• Direct experience supporting a Regional Entity audit, spot check, self‑certification or enforcement matter, from the entity side or the consultant side.
• Working knowledge of generation plant operations, protection systems and power system modeling, with enough technical fluency to engage engineers and plant staff credibly.
• Strong writing skills, producing documents that are clear to a plant manager and defensible to an auditor.
• Regular, hands‑on use of generative AI tools, and a practical understanding of…