ABOUT NPCC

Northeast Power Coordinating Council, Inc. (“NPCC”) is a not-for-profit corporation in the state of New York responsible for promoting and enhancing the reliability of the international, interconnected bulk power system in Northeastern North America. NPCC is one of six Regional Entities which, together with the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (“NERC”), make up the Electric Reliability Organization Enterprise. NPCC operates under a delegation agreement with NERC. This agreement recognizes that NPCC meets the qualifications for delegation of certain roles, responsibilities and authorities of a cross-border regional entity as defined by Section 215 of the Federal Power Act in the U.S. and through Canadian provincial regulatory and/or governmental Memoranda of Understanding (“MOUs”) or Agreements.

As a part of the ERO Enterprise, NPCC is committed to the collective vision of a highly reliable and secure North American bulk power system and shares the joint mission of assuring the effective and efficient reduction of risks to the reliability and security of the grid.

NPCC carries out this mission through (i) the development of regional reliability standards and compliance assessment and enforcement of continent-wide and regional reliability standards, coordination of system planning, design and operations, and assessment of reliability, (collectively, “regional entity activities”), and (ii) the establishment of regionally-specific criteria, and monitoring and enforcement of compliance with such criteria (collectively, “criteria services activities”). NPCC provides the functions and services for Northeastern North America of a cross-border Regional Entity through its regional entity division, as well as regionally-specific criteria services for Northeastern North America through its criteria service’s division.

The NPCC geographic region includes the State of New York and the six New England states as well as the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Québec and the Maritime provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Overall, NPCC covers an area of nearly 1.2 million square miles, populated by more than 55 million people. In total, from a net energy for load perspective, NPCC is approximately 44% U.S. and 56% Canadian. With regard to Canada, approximately 65% of Canadian net energy for load is within the NPCC Region.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Under the direction of the Manager, Reliability Standards, the Senior Standards and Criteria Engineer supports NPCC’s Reliability and Standards Criteria Program Area in the implementation of the Regional Standards Committee (RSC) Scope of Work, the NPCC Regional Reliability Standards Processes Manual and the Directory Development and Review Procedure.

The Senior Standards and Criteria Engineer coordinates, participates in, and promotes NPCC member participation in the development of ERO Standards, NPCC Regional Standards and NPCC Directories (criteria) and the related processes.

The Senior Standards and Criteria Engineer will facilitate the review and development of NPCC’s more specific regional reliability criteria and the development and coordination of NPCC consensus comments on ERO Standard development projects, addressing cold weather operations, energy assurance, resilience for extreme events, cyber and physical security, supply chain, and inverter-based resources.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Monitor the progress of key NERC Standard Drafting Teams representing NPCC regional interests needed to promote and enhance reliability.
Attend the NERC Standards Committee and Working Groups to monitor the development of NERC policies and procedures related to standard development.
Coordinate consensus regional comments on NERC Standard Development projects, and provide support for the NPCC Regional Standards Committee (RSC) including the development of RSC agendas and meeting announcements.
Coordinate the review of NPCC Regional Standards in accordance with the NPCC Regional Standards Development Procedure.
In coordination with the NPCC Task Forces review and develop NPCC criteria in accordance with the NPCC Directory and Development Procedure.
Enhance the criteria to address reliability challenges brought forward by societal decarbonization.
Facilitate the NPCC DER/VER Forum and other program area outreach opportunities.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION/LICENSE CREDENTIALS

Bachelor’s degree with 10 years’ experience working in the electric utility industry in areas of bulk power planning, operations and/or standard development.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively with others in a stakeholder orientated environment.

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES

Strong working knowledge of electric power system operation and/or planning.
Effective knowledge of related NERC reliability standards, NPCC reliability criteria, Directories and Procedures.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent interpersonal and conflict resolution skills.
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
Strong supervisory and leadership skills.
Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Prolonged periods of working on a computer.
Travel to main office and in-person meetings, as required (barring no restrictions based on travel or health advisories, or occupancy restrictions).
Ability to work and travel within the U.S. and travel to Canada.

EEOC DISCLAIMER

NPCC is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Employment, including the decision to hire, promote, discipline or discharge, will be solely based on competence, performance, and business needs. We prohibit discrimination on the basis of the individual’s actual or perceived disability, protected veteran status, race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship, domestic violence victim status, or any other status protected under federal, state or local law.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $125,000.00 - $135,000.00 per year

Work Location: Remote

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