NERC Compliance Associate

Job description

Guernsey Power Station (GPS) is a $1.6 billion 1,875 MW 3x1x1 GE 7HA.02 combined cycle electric generating facility commissioned in 2023 and located in Guernsey County, OH. The primary responsibility of the position is to provide analytical support and coordination for the NERC (North American Electric Reliability Corporation) CIP Reliability Compliance Program. In addition, the position will serve as a backup to the plant DCS (Distributed Control System) Engineer. The Manager will work closely with facility staff, corporate NERC resources, and external regulators to maintain and improve the NERC compliance posture of Guernsey Power Station. This includes technical system support, control system security, internal audits, training, and continuous improvement of compliance programs. Key Responsibilities Primary Duties: · Coordinates all aspects of the Plant Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Standards · NERC CIP Compliance which Includes maintaining NERC procedures and logs and other required documentation. · Keep all site NERC procedures to the current NERC CIP Standards · Maintain all NERC CIP defined equipment to ensure they are kept up to date with all the latest cyber security updates · Conducts audits of plant systems to ensure compliance, which will include CIP policies, procedures, practices, checklists, worklists, internal controls, process flows, training material and other material as needed to support compliant, effective, and efficient business operations · Assess evidence of compliance gathered by subject matter experts to determine its applicability and completeness for demonstrating compliance to NERC standards. · Identify and investigate potential anomalies and/or non-compliances and escalate to management, as necessary; perform root cause analyses and develop corrective actions to mitigate the potential reoccurrence of near-misses and/or non-compliances. · Assist in the preparation of self-reports. · Support roll-out of training at the plant to support NERC compliance activities. · Support and assist in all efforts to prepare, draft, and coordinate materials responsive to regulatory questionnaires, and other Requests for Information. · Assist the plant DCS engineer with the maintenance of the Plant’s DCS system as well as the numerous PLC (Programmable Logic Control) systems that are running site wide. This will include assisting operations and maintenance by troubleshooting logic issues, making logic changes due to process changes or improvements, and making graphics changes. Qualifications Education · Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, IT, Cybersecurity, or Business Administration, or one year of NERC CIP Reliability Standard knowledge and experience strongly desired. Experience · Practical experience in power plant operations and maintenance is desired. · Knowledge of firewalls, switches, routers, servers, and Windows. · Familiarity with networks, change management, anti-malware, configuration baselines, patching, or other security practices. Technical Skills · Strong understanding of networks, change management, anti-malware, configuration baselines, patching, or other security practices · Strong Administrative and computer experience · Experience with Windows Server, Active Directory, patch management systems, and endpoint protection tools. · Working knowledge of change management, configuration baseline, and incident response. --- Performance Metrics · Zero compliance violations (audit-ready always). · On-time completion of periodic tasks (access reviews, training, patch reports, self-assessments). · Up-to-date documentation for all CIP standards. · Positive audit outcomes and corrective action follow-through. Note: You will have an opportunity to add attachments to your application. Please use this opportunity to upload your resume, cover letter, and any relevant documents .