Clearway Energy
NERC Compliance Engineer
$105K–$127K
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States · Full-time · Posted Oct 19, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum of five years of relevant experience in power generation, transmission, or distribution sectors.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- No visa sponsorship or any kind of sponsorship for employment authorization is available for this role, now or in the future.
About the job
Acts as the technical liaison between compliance and engineering teams, managing NERC standards compliance for renewable and battery storage generating facilities.
What you'll do
- Coordinate compliance requirements, engineering evaluations, evidence, audits, and regulatory responses for applicable NERC standards.
- Work with engineering and plant teams to review modeling outputs, plant performance, and inverter-based resource ride-through and event mitigation; this role does not perform modeling.
- Maintain audit-ready documentation, track deadlines, and report compliance status and risks.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Strong understanding of electrical power management and distribution, and knowledge of reactive power and load-flow concepts.
- Working understanding of power system modeling concepts and tools sufficient to interpret engineering outputs.
- Familiarity with inverter-based resource technology and performance characteristics; ability to interpret electrical drawings, technical manuals, and test reports.
Nice to have
- Prior NERC Reliability Standards compliance experience.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license.
Pay
$105,000 — $127,000 USD (base salary); annual cash bonus (amount not stated)
Tools
PSS/E, PSLF, PSCAD
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