Regulatory Compliance Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Description : SUMMARY

Terra-Gen is a growing responsible developer, owner, and operator of utility-scale wind, solar and battery energy storage facilities in California, New York, and Texas. Under the general direction of the Director, NERC Compliance, Regulatory Compliance Engineer, manages projects associated with Terra-Gen’s NERC compliance program to maintain compliance with all mandatory and enforceable NERC reliability standards for Operations and Planning. This includes, but is not limited to, providing technical engineer support to assigned business areas and external contractors as it relates to NERC Operations & Planning standards, ensuring appropriate stakeholders and subject matter experts implement the compliance tasks by assigned due dates, and providing support for development and implementation of internal controls for monitoring all NERC Operations & Planning compliance activities. The Regulatory Compliance Engineer will develop, implement, oversee, and report on the company-wide NERC Compliance programs. They will have direct responsibility implementing policies and procedures and actively support Terra-Gen’s project managers, operations and maintenance teams, and Site Mangers.

The right person for this position is dependable, self-motivated, organized, able to collaborate and communicate effectively in a team environment, take direction and complete tasks in a thorough and efficient manner. They require general supervision to successfully develop, implement, drive, and support all Terra-Gen reliability and compliance programs for the renewable energy generation sector (solar, battery energy storage systems and wind).

This role is a full-time hybrid position, working primarily remotely (from home) and making periodic trips to facilities in Southern California (Mojave, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside County). Over time, there could be additional projects in New York or Texas with periodic travel required to these locations.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (Other duties may be assigned as needed)

• Provide technical and engineering leadership oversight of Terra-Gen’s regulatory compliance programs for owner and operator standards enforced by regulatory entities such as NERC, WECC, CAISO, CUCT, ERCOT, PUCT, and Texas RE
• Responsible for managing compliance investigations, documenting root cause analysis, submitting self-reports, and creating mitigation plans
• Manage protection system inventory / maintenance / testing tracking systems for the NERC registered TGOC projects (Primarily with HV Manager).
• Maintain logs and records of required protection system maintenance and testing activities.
• Maintain records and reports of required Gen-tie line inspections and Vegetation Management efforts.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, electric engineering teams, and the Remote Operating Center personnel to ensure strong reliability compliance policies and controls to comply with applicable requirements.
• Assemble, analyze and submit responses to compliance monitoring activities such as self-certifications, data submittals, and evidence for NERC compliance audits and potential noncompliance self-reports.
• Develop and implement an internal control program to detect, correct and prevent noncompliance and ensure compliance deadlines are met
• Attend industry meetings and workshops to monitor the development of new and revised NERC standards and requirements and other reliability compliance requirements.
• Perform internal compliance audits and investigations for NERC Operations and Planning policies and procedures
• Provide training for operations and maintenance personnel on NERC and regional standards and requirements.
• Advise and collaborate with project managers and construction site managers to ensure all potential risk and reliability compliance issues are effectively managed and addressed.
• Manage multiple assignments including projects, tasks, internal deadlines and compliance deadlines.
• Perform related duties and responsibilities as assigned by Director NERC Compliance.
• Role is expected to have periodic overnight travel to job sites and meetings.

Requirements : QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

EDUCATION and / or EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE –

Bachelor’s degree preferably in Electrical Engineering, or other education related to power system delivery, generation, renewable energy, and transmission; with 5-10 years of operational and management experience with renewable power generation facilities; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS -

REASONING ABILITY & DECISION-MAKING SKILLS

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

PHYSICAL DEMANDS -

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or listen. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and / or move up to 10 pounds and lift and / or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

WORK ENVIRONMENT -

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Must be able to conduct field work in a variety of environmental conditions, in challenging terrain and / or during inclement weather, often independently. Must be able to wear the proper PPE.

Terra-Gen is an equal opportunity employer, drug-free workplace, and complies with Americans with Disabilities Act and related laws and regulations as applicable. All applicants are considered for all positions without regard to age, race, religion, color, sex, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, physical / mental disability, medical condition, military / veteran status, genetic information, marital status, ethnicity, alienage, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment background check and drug screening. All qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with federal, state or local requirements such as the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Employees must be authorized to work in the US and employment is contingent upon presentation of acceptable documents as evidence of identity and employment authorization, as detailed on Form I-9.

Terra-Gen provides a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time off, paid holidays, and 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match.

The posted compensation is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California. This salary range may also be modified in the future, depending upon skills, experience, education, and geographical location.