(Sr./Lead) Engineer/Analyst I (II)

pjm; Lower Providence Township (PA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

PJM in Audubon, PA seeks a Markets Automation and Quality Assurance professional to coordinate and support quality improvement activities ensuring tariff compliance and adherence to governing documents. The role involves cross-document traceability across documents, manuals, policies, and stakeholder communications.

Responsibilities include collaborating with Market Design, Legal, and SMEs to ensure compliant market rules, conducting detailed reviews of filings and procedures, and leading

Qualifications

• BS in Engineering, Economics & Mathematics or equivalent education and/or work experience.
• 0–8 years of experience in Electricity Markets, Bulk Electric Power Operations, Quality Improvement or Compliance in the Electric Utility Industry.
• Demonstrated ability to review and interpret complex technical or regulatory documentation.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with PJM Market Design and PJM Legal to ensure rules consider implementation complexity and minimize compliance risk.
• Collaborate with Subject Matter Experts to align market initiatives with governing documents.
• Review market rules, tariff language, manuals, specifications, filings and recommend corrective actions.
• Lead initiatives under the Markets Quality Improvement program with internal communications, metrics and status reporting.
• Develop and maintain templates and best practices to improve consistency of market project implementations.
• Assist with impact assessment during project implementation to mitigate risk.
• Coordinate with Principle Consultants and compliance departments to share situational awareness and issues.

Skills

Analytical skills

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Written communication

Verbal communication

Multi-tasking

Education

BS in Engineering, Economics & Mathematics or equivalent

Job description

Flexible Work Arrangement: Hybrid - Audubon, PA

The Markets Automation and Quality Assurance team works with the core objective of improving tariff compliance, market process automation and development of standardized processes and templates to support market implementations.

The primary function of this role is to coordinate and support quality improvement activities to ensure PJM adheres to requirements in its governing documents and other FERC filed rules and regulations and that its business processes reflect this adherence. This role will require conducting cross-document traceability analysis to ensure requirements and market rules are consistently represented across governing documents, PJM manuals, policies, procedures, system specifications, and stakeholder communications.

To be successful in this role, the candidate must have:

• Strong desire to understand how PJM market business rules, systems, and operational processes interact.
• Learning agility to quickly understand emerging electricity market design topics.
• Attention to detail and a questioning attitude while reviewing technical materials and ability to recognize contradictions, missing requirements, duplicated content, and downstream impacts across multiple interconnected documents.

Essential Duties

• Collaborate with PJM Market Design and PJM Legal to ensure newly developed market rules are designed thoughtfully with respect to implementation complexity in order to minimize compliance risk.
• Collaborate with Subject Matter Experts to ensure that Markets-related initiatives are being implemented in alignment with the requirements in the applicable governing document.
• Perform detailed reviews of market rules, tariff language, business practice manuals, technical specifications, settlement documentation, operating procedures, and regulatory filings and recommend corrective actions when needed to reduce compliance risks or improve quality.
• Coordinate and lead initiatives under the Markets Quality Improvement program. Develop and implement internal communication plans, supporting metrics, and status reporting related to the initiatives.
• Develop and maintain templates and best practices documentation to improve consistency of markets project implementations and to promote a culture of quality and compliance.
• Collaborate with Markets Project Managers and assist with impact assessment during project implementation to mitigate risk.
• Collaborate with Principle Consultants - FERC Order Implementation and FERC & Reliability Compliance department to share situational awareness and identified issues related to market initiative implementation.
• Work closely with Operational Excellence and Compliance departments to ensure adherence to all compliance requirements and support the PJM Operational Excellence program goals.

Characteristics & Qualifications

Required

• BS, Engineering, Economics & Mathematics and/or Equivalent education and/or work experience
• 0 to 8 years of experience in Electricity Markets, Bulk Electric Power Operations, Quality Improvement or Compliance expertise in the Electric Utility Industry
• Demonstrated ability to review and interpret complex technical or regulatory documentation.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple reviews simultaneously while maintaining a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred

• At least 5 years of experience with PJM Agreements and Tariffs
• Experience with PJM operations, markets, and planning function
• Experience with PJM Stakeholder process