NERC Compliance & Audit Specialist

AEP Service Corporation; New Albany (MS); On-site; USD 88,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

American Electric Power in New Albany, OH seeks a NERC Compliance Specialist to ensure adherence to NERC reliability standards across Transmission Operations. You will develop standards, track and monitor compliance, generate audit evidence, and collaborate with Transmission, Generation, Commercial Operations and Corporate teams under minimal supervision.

The successful candidate has 3+ years of compliance/IT experience, an associate degree or equivalent, and preferred SCADA familiarity.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree or HS with related experience in compliance/IT.
• SG7 requires 3+ years of experience in compliance/IT.
• SG8 requires 5+ years of experience in compliance/IT.
• Experience with NERC standards and auditing is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Validate report data.
• Generate reports to save as audit evidence.
• Collaborate with other units to validate evidence.
• Monitor and support NERC CIP patch management and evidence.
• Review change tickets to ensure proper authorization and testing.
• Assist in aligning standards with AEP policy and strategy.

Skills

NERC compliance

Communication

Issue resolution

Organization

Facilitation

Education

Associate’s degree in business administration, computer science, engineering, or related field

High School Diploma / GED with 2-3 years compliance/IT experience

Tools

SCADA familiarity

SCADA systems

Job description

American Electric Power in New Albany, OH seeks a NERC Compliance Specialist to ensure adherence to NERC reliability standards across Transmission Operations. You will develop standards, track and monitor compliance, generate audit evidence, and collaborate with Transmission, Generation, Commercial Operations and Corporate teams under minimal supervision.

The successful candidate has 3+ years of compliance/IT experience, an associate degree or equivalent, and preferred SCADA familiarity.