NERC Compliance Specialist - FAC-008 Corrective Action Program Lead

NERC Compliance Specialist

Ensure compliance for Transmission Operations regarding the NERC reliability standards as applied by all Regional Reliability Organizations (RROs); collaborating with Transmission, Generation, Commercial Operations, and Corporate in compliance matters; interfacing with these business units in the standards development/review process. Develop standards, ensuring appropriate systems are in place to track and monitor compliance, perform daily tasks to monitor compliance, and perform quarterly/yearly reviews to demonstrate compliance.

General direction may be provided in terms of broad goals and objectives but is responsible for establishing methods to attain them. Work with lower-level employees to provide guidance for daily tasks.

The FAC-008 Corrective Action Program Lead oversees the development, implementation, tracking, and effectiveness review of corrective actions resulting from FAC-008 errors, root cause analyses, and verification activities. The lead ensures actions address identified causes, prevent recurrence, are completed on time, and drive continuous improvement across the FAC-008 program.

• Develop and manage corrective action plans resulting from FAC-008 errors, verification activities, audits, and root cause analyses, ensuring actions address underlying causes and prevent recurrence.
• Maintain the corrective action tracking system, including action ownership, due dates, status updates, supporting documentation, and closure evidence.
• Monitor the progress of corrective actions and work with action owners and stakeholders to resolve barriers, address overdue items, and ensure timely completion.
• Perform and coordinate effectiveness reviews to verify that corrective actions have been properly implemented and are achieving the intended results.
• Provide program oversight and reporting by analyzing corrective action trends, identifying recurring issues, and communicating program status, risks, and improvement opportunities to management and FAC-008 stakeholders.

This role sits on site in New Albany, Ohio.

Compensation Grade: SP20-008

Compensation Range: $87,633.00 - $

The Physical Demand Level for this job is: S – Sedentary Work:
Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time.

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