Senior Advisor, Resource Integration, Registration & Certification

Job Description

Job Description

The electric grid is vital to our everyday lives. It is fundamental for the health, safety, and well-being of our communities, and provides the platform for our economy and our societal and technological advances. SERC's mission is to reduce risks to the reliability and security of the electric grid (also known as the bulk power system), not only for today but also for the future.

To achieve this mission, we maintain a diverse team of experts across numerous disciplines in order to address the complex, evolving, and dynamic challenges facing the grid. Our team also partners with the best and brightest individuals from both the power industry and the federal government to understand and address the challenges facing the grid. These key partnerships make our work more informed, pragmatic, responsive, and impactful.

The Senior Advisor of Resource Integration, Registration and Certification supports SERC's resource integration, registration, and certification activities for users, owners, and operators of the bulk-power system. This role helps ensure entities are appropriately registered, certified, and aligned with applicable NERC Rules of Procedure, NERC and Regional Reliability Standards, and SERC processes. The Advisor maintains accurate registry information, supports certification reviews, analyzes registration changes, documents determinations, and collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to promote reliable and consistent registration practices.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintain and update the NERC Compliance Registry for applicable entities within the SERC region.
• Collect, review, and map bulk-power system facilities and responsible entities to support accurate registration determinations.
• Support certification activities for new or existing entities performing RC, BA, TOP, or other applicable registered functions.
• Analyze registration requests, changes, appeals, and related documentation; prepare recommendations and position papers as needed.
• Participate in certification reviews, compliance audits, and interregional working groups as a team member or subject matter expert.
• Develop, improve, and maintain registration and certification procedures, records, tools, and reporting processes.
• Coordinate Joint Registration Organization, Coordinated Functional Registration, and multi-regional registered entity activities.
• Communicate with registered entities, NERC, FERC, regional entities, industry groups, and internal stakeholders as appropriate.
• Perform other duties that support SERC's mission and reliability responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience in bulk-power system engineering, operations, compliance, registration, or certification.
• Master's Degree Preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of energy industry experience in transmission planning or operations.
• Experience interpreting technical requirements, applying reliability standards, and developing or improving processes, procedures, or programs.
• Experience conducting assessments, preparing analyses, and documenting recommendations is preferred.
• Strong organization, time management, and independent planning skills.
• Clear written, verbal, presentation, and stakeholder communication skills.
• Ability to analyze complex technical, planning, operational, and policy issues and develop practical recommendations.
• Experience managing projects, priorities, documentation, and reporting with attention to detail.
• Working knowledge of bulk-power system planning and operations, NERC Reliability Standards, and registration or certification processes.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.
• Strong problem-solving, collaboration, and conflict-management skills.

COMMITMENT TO CULTURE:

SERC is dedicated to being a highly desirable place to work through culture and purpose. We place a strategic focus on critical elements such as Innovation & Collaboration, Organizational Development & Talent Management. Through this strategic focus, SERC has identified its four values we believe keep us on the path of the relentless pursuit of better.

COMPANY VALUES:

Leader - Is trustworthy, principled, and respectful and strive to create value that reduces risk. Has a positive vision and is actively building support to execute it. A leader takes personal accountability for the outcomes of their choices and actions, acts with professionalism and adapts to change in a calm and positive manner. A leader will, when appropriate, ask questions and recommend alternative solutions to new processes or procedures.

Collaborative - Partner and engage, both internally and externally, to drive meaningful action by leveraging skills, knowledge and tools. This would include effective written and verbal communication to ensure ideas and messages are clearly and concisely conveyed, being responsive to all stakeholders, understanding goals and objectives while exceeding key metrics and targets. Encourages dialog and candor while making it safe for others to voice their opinion to ensure all alternative viewpoints are heard, they are an active listener.

Expert - Being credible, objective, disciplined, and sought after to help with continuous learning, improvements, and innovations. Exhibit knowledge of and ensures compliance with industry best practices and regulations. Take initiative to set priorities and convey important information in a timely and efficient manner. Employ good judgment when evaluating a problem by analyzing risk and identifying consequences while demonstrating a sense of organizational stewardship.

Purposeful - Proactively demonstrate initiative, intentionality and resourcefulness to help anticipate and navigate current and future challenges. Committed to the quality of work and ensures work is delivered at appropriate deadlines while seeking operational efficiencies. Initiate appropriate follow-up while leveraging industry knowledge and business acumen to make appropriate decisions. Treat others with compassion and empathy and embrace the organization's mission and vision while providing meaningful contributions to organizational endeavors.

If the traits and characteristics listed in our values resonate with you, we encourage you to apply!

SALARY/BENEFITS:

The salary range for this position is DOE. We offer a generous PTO package; paid holidays; medical, dental, vision, life, short-term and long-term disability insurance, and a 401(k) plan with an organization contribution of up to 14%.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Hybrid work environment

Option 1: Dedicated office; Report to office 3-days per week

Option 2: Non-Dedicated Office (Hoteling); Report to office 2-days per week

Periodic overnight travel may be required.

SERC is an Equal Opportunity Employer