Regulatory Project Manager — NERC CIP & Control Center

Primary Talent Partners, LLC; Merrillville (IN); On-site; USD 172,200,000 - 199,752,000; Full time

Job summary

Primary Talent Partners has an opening for a Project Manager in Merrillville, IN on a 12-month W2 contract. The role supports regulatory compliance and operational readiness initiatives for a control center project and BES assets.

The ideal candidate will lead NERC CIP and NERC 693 activities, coordinate certification and commissioning, and ensure compliance is integrated into design, testing, and turnover. Competitive hourly pay with ACA-compliant options.

Qualifications

• Complete and clear Personnel Risk Assessment & Completion of NERC CIP training modules.
• Experience managing complex compliance or infrastructure projects across multiple business functions.
• Strong project planning, schedule management, issue management, and executive reporting capabilities.
• Ability to manage competing priorities across technical, operational, cybersecurity, and compliance teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead NERC CIP and NERC 693 compliance activities for a new Control Center implementation, including project planning, milestone tracking, risk management, and regulatory readiness.
• Coordinate certification and commissioning activities for new BES Cyber Systems, Electronic Security Perimeters (ESP), Physical Security Perimeters (PSP), Electronic Access Control and Monitoring Systems (EACMS), Physical Access Control Systems (PACS), and Protected Cyber Assets (PCA).
• Ensure compliance requirements are incorporated into design, build, testing, commissioning, and operational turnover activities.
• Develop and manage compliance readiness plans, evidence repositories, audit packages, and transition documentation.
• Facilitate compliance reviews and validation of controls associated with CIP-002 through CIP-013 and applicable NERC 693 Reliability Standards.
• Partner with stakeholders to validate implementation of required controls.
• Track and manage compliance risks, action items, deficiencies, and project dependencies.
• Ensure all required compliance evidence is developed, retained, and organized in accordance with NERC record retention requirements.
• Facilitate operational turnover and sustainment planning to ensure compliance ownership transitions successfully to ongoing operations teams.

Skills

Program and Project Management

Experience managing complex compliance

OT cybersecurity understanding

Stakeholder management

Executive reporting

Education

NERC CIP training modules

Tools

Archer

Job description

Primary Talent Partners has an opening for a Project Manager in Merrillville, IN on a 12-month W2 contract. The role supports regulatory compliance and operational readiness initiatives for a control center project and BES assets.

The ideal candidate will lead NERC CIP and NERC 693 activities, coordinate certification and commissioning, and ensure compliance is integrated into design, testing, and turnover. Competitive hourly pay with ACA-compliant options.