ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for making the necessary additions, deletions, and updates to power plant and energy markets policies, practices and procedures to ensure that they are in compliance with NERC Standards.
• Assist with organizing, maintaining, and changing documentation, as necessary, to provide evidence that Generation and Energy Markets facilities are in compliance with NERC Standards.
• Responsible for working closely with company Power Plant staff to ensure compliance with applicable Critical Infrastructure Protection standards and requirements.
• Responsible for working closely with company Energy Markets staff to ensure operation centers are in compliance with applicable Critical Infrastructure Protection standards and requirements.
• Responsible for continuously monitoring NERC and WECC standards announcements governing Power Plant facilities operations and Energy Markets operations to ensure current compliance.
• Assist with the preparation of documentation required to support company responses to WECC Audits, Spot Checks and On-Site Audits as they relate to Power Plant and Energy Markets facilities.
• Assist with developing the measures necessary to enhance the consistency of policies and procedures needed to ensure compliance with NERC standards applicable to Power Plant and Energy Markets facilities.
• Recommend and submit compliance document changes to document owners based on review timelines identified in NERC standards.
• Assist Generation and Energy Markets staff with implementation for new or revised NERC Standards.
• Coordinate the preparation of Generation facilities and Energy Markets staff for Compliance Audits
• Assist with providing compliance technical support during plant unit outages including the monitoring of computer hardware and software required for NERC compliance.
• Maintain compliance with all company policies and procedures and attain knowledge and remain knowledgeable of regulations, laws, standards, and best practices applicable to functional area.
• Because Tri-State has an obligation to provide continuous, reliable electric service to its customers, the ability to work overtime at any time of the day or week is considered an essential function of the job.

OTHER DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform other related duties as assigned

SUCCESS FACTORS/JOB COMPETENCIES:

• Planning and organizing: ability to think ahead and plan for a variety of contingencies. Sets priorities and allocates time and resources properly. Maintains awareness of relationships between activities and is able to coordinate numerous projects at any given time.
• Adaptability: works effectively during periods of high activity while seeking out and utilizing resources. Maintains effectiveness during procedural/organizational changes and when dealing with varying personality styles and tasks.
• Thoroughness: attention to accuracy and detail.
• Time management: ability to juggle multiple priorities and manage time efficiently.
• Commitment to company values.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong team player: accomplishes tasks by working with others and being a good team player. Recognizes how his/her decisions may impact others; seeks input from others.

REQUIRED JOB QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Training

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business Administration or related discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Knowledge, Skills, and Ability:

• General to advanced knowledge of the use and application of electric utility industry codes, standards, and governmental regulations that are applicable to Power Generation and Energy Markets, particularly the NERC Standards and the systems associated with those standards.
• Working knowledge of personal computers and business office applications including MSWord, Excel, Outlook, and other related business office applications and software.
• Working knowledge of safety policies, practices, and procedures.
• Ability to organize the work of others to achieve goals and expectations.
• Ability to effectively communicate, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships.

Experience:

• Eight (8) years of experience in electric power generation operations and/or maintenance including experience with plant systems, equipment, and facilities.
• Experience with training materials development and instruction delivery, preferred.

Other:

• Willingness to travel. (Must possess a current valid driver's license.)
• Must be able to demonstrate that he/she can perform all of the essential functions of the position.

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEMANDS: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical demands: While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is required to sit for long periods of time and occasionally stand, walk, stoop, bend, reach above and below shoulder level and push/pull objects of varying weights, and lift up to twenty-five pounds. Incumbent is frequently required to use hands and fingers to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, talk and hear.

Mental demands: While performing the duties of this job, the incumbent is required to read, write, perform basic math, analyze data and reports, exercise judgment, develop plans, procedures and goals, and present information to others and work under pressure.

Work Environment: While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is exposed to a moderate level of noise. Most of the duties are performed indoors and at a desk, operating office equipment. 50% remote work is available for this position.