Director – NERC ComplianceLocation: Charlotte or RemoteMajor Duties & Responsibilities• Direct NERC compliance program's overall performance• Develop and implement plans, schedules, procedures, internal controls, tools and processes required to establish and maintain a comprehensive NERC Reliability Compliance Program for use by Company-managed plants, with a particular focus on applicable NERC GO/GOP and TO Standards.• Lead a team of NERC compliance program managers, coordinators, specialists, and technical experts to maintain compliance with NERC Compliance standards.• Direct NERC compliance monitoring activities to include but not limited to audit, self-certification, and spot-check coordination, RSAW development, gathering/preparing compliance evidence and documentation, and self-report and mitigation plan development and response actions.• Ensure staff have the resources and training they need to achieve their mission.• Strong technical understanding of mandatory Reliability Standards, including best practices for program design and internal controls.• Review standards under development to identify potential business impacts and offer comments during their development that support and benefit our fleet.• Track modifications to Reliability Standards to ensure processes, procedures, internal controls, and training activities are completed in advance of the effective date for the modified/new standards.• Prepare business plans, budgets and schedules for the NERC compliance program.• Establish NERC Compliance program goals that support the overall goals of the company.• Clearly communicate with all registered affiliates on NERC compliance expectations• Assess, identify, and prioritize NERC compliance risks for mitigation.• Establish and maintain effective relationships with industry associations, regional entities and reliability agencies, and internal stakeholders to promote business goals and compliance with requirements.• Identify, develop, and provide NERC awareness opportunities across the fleet.Lead, plan, and coordinate high-quality internal compliance assessments.• Prioritize and lead integration of business tools and applications to efficiently implement, effectively monitor, and develop documentation necessary to assure full NERC compliance.• Develop meaningful NERC Compliance program KPI's and performance metrics.• Support Sr.

Director – Networks and Security to implement organization wide strategies, priorities, and documentation to meet reliability compliance requirements.• Provide support to the Cogentrix security team in the implementation of the NERC‐CIP program as appropriate and necessary.