NERC Compliance Expert for Electric Utilities

Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Oakland (CA); Hybrid; USD 122,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Pacific Gas and Electric Company seeks an Electric NERC Compliance Consultant, Expert to support the risk management framework and tools ensuring compliance with NERC standards and regulations. You will guide mitigation planning and coordinate with Engineering, Asset Management, Planning, and Operations to shape policy and regulatory strategy across WECC, FERC, and CAISO.

The candidate must reside within PG&E service territory and work in the office 2–3 days per week.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of relevant experience.
• Primarily office environment with extensive use of computers and meetings.

Responsibilities

• Provides expertise to leadership and cross-functional teams regarding development, implementation, and monitoring of controls and mitigation plans.
• May lead company response to regulatory data requests, investigations, audits, and other inquiries.
• Regularly updates leadership on changes to requirements/standards, metrics, program effectiveness, and opportunities for improvement.
• Lead root cause analysis exercises.
• May participate in risk management forums at the enterprise level.
• May act as team lead but does not have any direct reports.

Skills

Regulatory compliance knowledge

Risk management

Data analysis

Stakeholder collaboration

Project leadership

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Master's degree in engineering or related field

Tools

MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint)

Job description

Pacific Gas and Electric Company seeks an Electric NERC Compliance Consultant, Expert to support the risk management framework and tools ensuring compliance with NERC standards and regulations. You will guide mitigation planning and coordinate with Engineering, Asset Management, Planning, and Operations to shape policy and regulatory strategy across WECC, FERC, and CAISO.

The candidate must reside within PG&E service territory and work in the office 2–3 days per week.