Director of NERC Compliance & Reliability Strategy

ENGIE North America Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 155,000 - 238,000; Full time

Job summary

ENGIE North America is seeking a Director of Reliability and Regulatory Compliance to lead the enterprise compliance program across generation, renewables, battery storage, and transmission in the United States and Canada.

You will establish governance, controls, and regulatory strategies to ensure reliable operations, meet regulatory requirements, and guide cross-functional teams while developing the Regulatory Compliance group.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant field with energy operations or regulatory governance
• Minimum 15 years in NERC compliance, reliability compliance, power-system operations, or related energy disciplines
• Experience leading regulatory compliance within electric power, renewable energy, battery storage, or transmission sectors
• Experience interpreting and implementing NERC Reliability Standards and working with Regional Entities, ISO/RTO or system-operator requirements
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional programs and make defensible decisions involving technical, legal, commercial, and regulatory stakeholders
• Knowledge of renewable generation, battery storage, power markets, inverter-based resources, and related technical data
• Experience using compliance management and audit systems (e.g., Archer, GridStrong, SharePoint)
• Role eligible for hybrid in-office work; not remote; travel up to 20% of time

Responsibilities

• Lead and continuously improve the enterprise reliability and regulatory compliance program across power operations
• Interpret regulatory requirements and approve determinations of applicability, registrations, and jurisdictional responsibilities
• Direct regulatory registrations, certifications, attestations, audits, self-reports, mitigation plans, and corrective actions
• Oversee readiness for new and existing assets including interconnection, commissioning, testing, and asset integration
• Guide implementation of NERC standards, CIP requirements, iso/market rules, and regulatory obligations in the US and Canada
• Partner with leaders across functions to assign ownership, address control gaps, and elevate regulatory risks
• Lead, develop, and retain the Regulatory Compliance team with training and succession planning

Skills

NERC compliance

Regulatory affairs

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory submissions

Project management

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Law, Regulatory Affairs, Energy Management, Public Policy, Information Technology, or related field

Tools

Archer

GridStrong

SharePoint

Job description

ENGIE North America is seeking a Director of Reliability and Regulatory Compliance to lead the enterprise compliance program across generation, renewables, battery storage, and transmission in the United States and Canada.

You will establish governance, controls, and regulatory strategies to ensure reliable operations, meet regulatory requirements, and guide cross-functional teams while developing the Regulatory Compliance group.