NERC Compliance Specialist to Principal

Job Posting End Date

01-12-2026

Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date.

Job Summary

Ensure compliance for Transmission Operations regarding the NERC reliability standards as applied by all Regional Reliability Organizations (RROs); collaborating with Transmission, Generation, Commercial Operations, and Corporate in compliance matters; interfacing with these business units in the standards development/review process. Develop standards, ensuring appropriate systems are in place to track and monitor compliance, perform daily tasks to monitor compliance, and perform quarterly/yearly reviews to demonstrate compliance. General direction may be provided in terms of broad goals and objectives but is responsible for establishing methods to attain them. Work with lower-level employees to provide guidance for daily tasks.

Job Description

What you’ll do:

• Perform tasks required to ensure compliance with the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) reliability standards applicable to AEP. The tasks required vary widely relative to the standards measures, as such; tasks would be assigned to make best use of the successful candidate's background. These tasks would be principally related to processes and procedures developed to comply with the applicable NERC suite of standards. This includes:
  • Validating report data against approval lists.
  • Generating reports to save as audit evidence.
  • Collaborating with other AEP business units to compile and validate evidence.
• Assist the Manager Transmission NERC Compliance to ensure that reliability standards, strategy, documentation, and associated evidence are aligned and consistent with AEP policy and strategy.
• Coordinate with other Transmission Organizations, Commercial Operations, Generation and Corporate in compliance monitoring and tracking.
• Maintain systems to track and monitor compliance with the NERC reliability standards.
• Ensure that appropriate processes are in place to track and monitor newly developed standards.
• Capture appropriate evidence and confirm that others are capturing appropriate evidence to meet compliance requirements, including approvals.
• Guide others through the process of reviewing developing standards to enhance the monitoring and tracking of NERC reliability compliance standards and facilitate record keeping of evidence associated with said standards.
• Participate in periodic audits performed by the RTOs to assess AEP compliance with the full range of NERC reliability standards; assist in performing internal audits as required.

What we’re looking for:

NERC Compliance Specialist SG7

Education:

• Associate’s degree in business administration, computer science, engineering, or related field,
• Or High School Diploma / GED and two (2) years of experience in compliance and/or Information Technology.

Experience:

• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in addition to any experience noted above

NERC Compliance Specialist Senior SG8

Education:

• Associate's degree in business administration, computer science, engineering, or related field,
• Or High School Diploma / GED and two (2) years of experience in compliance and/or Information Technology.

Experience:

• Minimum of six (6) years of experience in addition to any experience noted above.

NERC Compliance Specialist Principal SG9

Education:

• Associate's degree in business administration, computer science, engineering, or related field,
• Or High School Diploma / GED and two (2) years of experience in compliance and/or Information Technology.

Experience:

• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience in addition to any experience noted above

In addition:

• Physical demand level is Sedentary
• Demonstrate the highest standards of ethical behavior and support the Company's Corporate Compliance policy.
• Strong skills in communication, issue resolution, organization, and facilitation are essential.
• Solid understanding of the business unit / operating company systems is preferred.
• Experience with SCADA systems is preferred.

Where you’ll work:

This role sits on site in New Albany, Ohio.

What you’ll get:

NERC Compliance Specialist SG7($86,783.00-$108,480.50)

NERC Compliance Specialist Senior SG8 $98,032.00-$127,439.50)

NERC Compliance Specialist Principal SG9($115,126-$149,664.50)

In addition to competitive compensation, AEP offers a unique comprehensive benefits package that aims to support and enh