Our Company

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) is a not-for-profit international regulatory authority whose mission is to assure the effective and efficient reduction of risks to the reliability and security of the grid. NERC develops and enforces Reliability Standards; annually assesses seasonal and long‐term reliability; monitors the bulk power system through system awareness; and educates, trains, and certifies industry personnel. NERC’s area of responsibility spans the continental United States, Canada, and the northern portion of Baja California, Mexico. NERC is the Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) for North America, subject to oversight by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and provincial authorities in Canada. NERC’s jurisdiction includes users, owners, and operators of the bulk power system, which serves nearly 400 million people.

Our Mission

The vision for the ERO Enterprise, which is comprised of NERC and the six Regional Entities, is a highly reliable and secure North American bulk power system. Our mission is to assure the effective and efficient reduction of risks to the reliability and security of the grid.

Your Impact

A Transmission Engineer in Performance Analysis applies industry subject-matter expertise in transmission operations and/or outage management to support and expand reliability performance data collection and analysis. This is accomplished through coordinating with relevant technical stakeholder groups to enhance performance analysis, data collection, tools, information/reports, and metrics, developing appropriate reliability performance benchmarks for the interconnected North American bulk power system, collaborating with industry organizations, and supporting reports on NERC’s bulk power system performance trends and top risk issues. The Transmission Engineer in Performance Analysis reports to the Manager of Performance Analysis.

Your Role

Responsibilities

• Provide effective leadership, industry expertise, and critical thinking skills for the processes of identifying needs aimed at developing, ensuring industry and NERC population of a range of NERC/industry databases (with a focus on the Transmission Availability Data System (TADS)), and associated performance metrics to protect and improve North American bulk power system reliability.
• Establish and maintain relationships with industry, regulatory, and governmental organizations involved with electric system reliability.
• Work with industry experts to assess and report on the key issues, risks, and uncertainties that affect or have the potential to affect the reliability of the existing and future bulk power system. 
• Provide technical input to develop, collect, and communicate reliability performance indicators to management and industry leaders on a quarterly basis.
• Develop and present key findings and recommendations of performance analysis to appropriate government agencies and technical committees.
• Identify and analyze trends that can result in increasing or decreasing risks to the overall reliability of the North American bulk power system.
• Develop proposed recommendations and actions that address identified risk to overall reliability.
• Provide analytical and/or technical expertise to various NERC departments.
• Facilitate and coordinate with NERC technical support organizations and vendors to support the electric generation and transmission of the interconnected bulk power system.
• Provide application and procedure subject-matter expertise, application support, training, and testing, as necessary.
• Assist in the development and writing of white papers and special causal reliability assessment reports.

Qualifications

The successful candidate will have at a minimum:

• Experience
  • Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in engineering with emphasis in statistics, mathematics, science, or power systems analysis and five-plus years of practical industry experience, or
  • Ten-plus years of relevant, progressive leadership experience demonstrating the capability to initiate, develop, and implement successful programs/initiatives within the electric industry.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communications skills, both oral and written.
• Ability to analyze and solve complex issues and problems.
• Ability to develop and implement processes to improve operations.
• Goal-oriented attitude with drive and passion to learn.
• Capability to work independently, or collaboratively with or leading teams, and support multiple tasks concurrently.
• An understanding of and direct experience with all phases of the software development lifecycle.
• Ability to influence and work with peers inside and outside NERC.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications. 
• Proficiency or desire to learn analytical tools (e.g., SQL, Python, and/or Power BI)

Additional desired attributes include:

• Understanding of bulk power system operations.
• Proficient in writing both for technical and general public consumption.
• Project management experience.
• Training experience.
• Customer service and support background helpful. 

Position levels and additional salary ranges may be available with consideration of commensurate experience and determined through the interview and evaluation process.

Other

• A background check will be conducted prior to employment.

• In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.

• This position has been classified as exempt.
• The position may be based remotely but must be able to travel to NERC offices if needed. Reimbursement of travel expenses will be in accordance with the company’s travel and expense reimbursement policies.
• Travel is necessary. Passport required for North American travel.

Our Culture Declarations

• Everyone at NERC is a leader.
• We are accountable personally and organizationally to deliver on commitments.
• We develop ourselves and people in the organization to ensure that NERC realizes its strategic objectives.
• We are resilient and adaptable to the challenges and needs of the business/people.
• We exude a growth mindset and empower teams to take risks.
• We build collaborative relationships within NERC, the ERO, and the stakeholders of NERC.
• We exemplify NERC cultural behaviors:
  • We reward high-quality, creative, and innovative work.
  • We attract, engage, and retain top talent.
  • We value and respect diverse perspectives.
  • We provide a safe, inclusive, and collaborative work environment.
  • We form strong relationships within the company and with the ERO Enterprise.
  • We demonstrate curiosity in a wide variety of areas and are open to exploring new situations, knowledge, and opportunities for growth and development.
  • We demonstrate an anticipatory mindset by preventing problems and building contingencies where appropriate.
  • We champion diversity and inclusion by seeking out and valuing diverse perspectives.