Director of Reliability Assessments and Performance Analysis

Our Company The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) is a not-for-profit international regulatory authority whose mission is to assure the effective and efficient reduction of risks to the reliability and security of the grid.

NERC develops and enforces Reliability Standards; annually assesses seasonal and long‐term reliability; monitors the bulk power system through system awareness; and educates, trains, and certifies industry personnel.

NERC’s area of responsibility spans the continental United States, Canada, and the northern portion of Baja California, Mexico. NERC is the Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) for North America, subject to oversight by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and provincial authorities in Canada.

NERC’s jurisdiction includes users, owners, and operators of the bulk power system, which serves nearly 400 million people. Our Mission The vision for the ERO Enterprise, which is comprised of NERC and the six Regional Entities, is a highly reliable and secure North American bulk power system.

Our mission is to assure the effective and efficient reduction of risks to the reliability and security of the grid. Your Impact The Director of Reliability Assessments and Performance (RAPA) leads NERC’s independent assessment of reliability, adequacy, and performance of interconnected North American bulk power system.

The Director provides strategic and technical leadership across three functional areas: Reliability Assessments, Performance Analysis, and Data & Analytics Integration.

The position is responsible for identifying emerging and quantifying reliability risks; developing forward-looking assessments of resource and energy adequacy and their impacts on reliability; evaluating historical system performance and reliability trends; and developing the data, analytical tools, platforms, and governance necessary to support NERC's reliability and security mission.

The Director leads multidisciplinary teams of engineer