Electric NERC Compliance Consultant, Senior

Job Overview

Requisition
Job Category:
Compliance / Risk / Quality Assurance
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Business Unit:
Strategy & Growth
Work Type:
Hybrid
Job Location s:
Various locations across California.

The Electric Risk & Compliance organization provides governance, oversight, and strategic direction on risk and compliance matters across Electric Operations, ensuring alignment with enterprise policies and external/internal regulatory requirements. It partners cross‑functionally to manage compliance requirements, strengthen controls, and enable risk‑based oversight through effective monitoring, data, and reporting. The Compliance Insights team provides strategic, comprehensive data analysis, reporting, and data‑driven insights that support Electric compliance, investigations, and risk management.

The Electric NERC Compliance Consultant, Senior is a core function that assists/monitors the compliance and/or risk management framework & tools that enable the organization and employees to conduct business in compliance with NERC applicable standards, laws & regulations, and/or to identify, manage, and mitigate operational risk. The role assists the Engineering, Asset Management and Planning, and Electric Operations business units and the Enterprise NERC Compliance Office to guide mitigation planning, shaping risk‑based decisions, aligning cross‑functional partners, and influencing policy and regulatory strategy across WECC, FERC and CAISO.

The selected candidate must live within PG&E’s service territory and will be expected to work in the office 2‑3 days/week.

Bay Area Minimum: $
Bay Area Maximum: $
California Minimum: $
California Maximum: $

• Lead the team in developing controls and mitigation plans and ensure they are implemented and effective.
• Perform and oversee compliance and control testing, audits (including WECC/FERC), or other validation processes and analyze risk or compliance metrics.
• Respond to regulatory data requests, investigations, audits, and other inquiries.
• Identify new or changing requirements or standards and ensure programs and tools are updated accordingly.
• Verify reports, audit documentation, and validate content in database/risk register.
• Participate in or lead root cause analysis exercises.
• Support ongoing mitigation plans filed with the Regional Entity (WECC); assist Electric Engineering business units on the development of mitigation plans.
• Identify opportunities for new internal controls; build additional internal controls; assist controls verification team on development and implementation of test plans, incorporating findings into improvements in NERC compliance.
• Support investigations into compliance issues with NERC—focus on O&P standard family; assist in strategic direction regarding areas of NERC compliance in common with CPUC, OEIS, and CAISO; provide input into FERC/NERC policy as it pertains to development of new and/or revised NERC Reliability Standards.
• Assist with compelling data‑driven business cases for or against specific courses of action and potential risk mitigation alternatives; support development of compliance narratives and RSAW documentation.
• Assist with annual gap analysis; identify gaps between compliance requirements and guidance documentation.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Primarily office environment with extensive use of computers and numerous phone calls, conference calls, and in‑person meetings. Travel requirements vary depending on assigned area of business.

• Master's degree in engineering, economics, business administration or job‑related field.
• Electric engineer with experience in the utility industry to support technical interpretations and implementation of new compliance requirements.
• FERC/NERC utility policy experience or utility operational experience.
• Regulatory, analytical, communications or public affairs related experience.
• Electric industry experience.
• Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills to effectively build relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders.
• Knowledge of technical and professional concepts related to strategy and planning.
• Knowledge of process improvement and driving change.
• Ability to influence and build relationships, especially on cross‑functional teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to communicate complex data effectively to a variety of audiences including executives.
• Highly flexible, self‑directed, and able to adapt well to a rapidly changing environment.
• Advanced skills in MS Office including Excel and PowerPoint.