Arizona G&T Cooperatives is seeking candidates for the position of Operations and Planning Compliance Administrator in Benson, AZ. This position will work to achieve and maintain compliance with applicable mandatory NERC/WECC Reliability Standards and other related compliance requirements for Arizona Electric Power Cooperative (AEPCO).  It will also be responsible for:

• Assist in maintaining the AEPCO NERC/WECC Internal Compliance Programs. Provide oversight and advisory guidance to AEPCO Standard Owners (SOs).
• Interpreting Reliability Standards updates and changes and advise affected SOs in order to assure continued compliance.
• Serving as the interface to national, regional and local organizations as required.

• Standard Owners (SOs).
• Interpreting Reliability Standards updates and changes and advise affected SOs in order to assure continued compliance.
• Serving as the interface to national, regional and local organizations as required.

Minimum requirements are Bachelor's degree in a related field or five (5) years of experience to include: strong knowledge of compliance, generation or transmission operations, planning, and/or engineering experience.  Successful candidates should have experience in the development of operating procedures and processes and technical writing. Candidates should have excellent verbal, written, and organizational skills and the ability to create and maintain spreadsheets. Understanding of electric transmission and generation systems and their operation and an understanding of NERC/WECC Reliability Standards and NERC/WECC’s application and enforcement policies and processes is also a plus.

About Arizona G&T Cooperatives

We are Member-owned, not-for-profit electric generation and transmission (G&T) cooperatives. Working together, our employees fulfill the joint mission of providing reliable, affordable power to electric coops across the Southwest. Arizona G&T Cooperatives provide power to more than 160,000 electric meters and 400,000 people in Arizona, California and New Mexico through six Class A Member distribution cooperatives. One of 63 G&T electric coops in the nation, we own and operate Apache Generating Station near Cochise, east of Benson. The plant has a combined gross generating capacity of 605 megawatts. We also purchase power to meet member energy needs during peak summer energy use. Our transmission system operates and maintains more than 622 miles of electric power transmission line and 27 substations reaching out from our Apache Generating Station, across Arizona to the northwestern corner of the state. We also operate more than 30 telecommunications towers used for phone and data relay services by our member cooperatives and customers.

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