Director, Reliability

WHO WE ARE

The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) is the association that represents all U.S. investor-owned electric companies. Our members provide electricity for more than 250 million Americans and operate in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. As a whole, the electric power industry supports more than 7 million jobs in communities across the United States. In addition to our U.S. members, EEI has more than 50 international electric companies as International Members, and hundreds of industry suppliers and related organizations as Associate Members.

*This role can also be filled at a Senior Manager level, depending on the qualifications of the finalist*

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTOR, RELIABILITY

The Director, Reliability will provide leadership on electric power industry reliability and security issues, particularly those matters related to the development and enforcement of mandatory reliability standards by the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC), as regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) under the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

Other important responsibilities of the DIRECTOR, RELIABILITY include:

• Plan, organize, and lead of EEI Reliability Technical Committee. Responsibilities include establishing an agenda of key NERC issues, identifying and coordinating with subject matter experts to participate in the discussion, increasing engagement, and meeting facilitation.
• Analyze and draft comments on NERC Reliability Standards, guidelines, and other NERC related documents and activities, drive consensus positions, maintain a tracker of all NERC activities, and ensure timely submittal of EEI comments.
• Provide technical support and assist in the development of EEI comments for FERC rulemakings and proceedings.
• Monitor NERC standards drafting activities to identify potential concerns with direction early in the drafting process.
• Coordinate member voting positions on the various NERC Committee agenda items.
• Provide effective leadership and support to external reliability related initiatives.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• A bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering is required.
• A minimum of 8 plus years of direct relevant experience for a Director OR a minimum of 6 years for Senior Manager level.
• Knowledge of the NERC industry standard development process.
• Understanding of transmission and distribution system operations or cyber and physical security of the electric grid.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively with diverse sets of internal and external stakeholders to build consensus.
• Able to manage time effectively, prioritize workload, and multi-task while maintaining attention to detail, strong written and verbal communications skills.
• Strong research and fact-finding skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook) required.
• Occasional travel required for EEI-hosted events, industry conferences, and external engagement less than 20%.

HOW TO APPLY

Interested applicants should apply online through EEI’s career site. EEI uses Clear Company as our applicant tracking system. An application is considered when all required fields are completed.

COMPENSATION

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