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NERC CIP Compliance Analyst

Halifax, Nova Scotia
Mid Level
full_time

Top Benefits

Comprehensive health plan with 24/7 virtual care for employees and families
Employee assistance, wellness, and parental leave top-up programs
Career development with sponsored education and internal advancement

About the role

The Opportunity

Company, Department: Nova Scotia Power, Control Centre Operations

Location : Ragged Lake, Nova Scotia

Type of Employment: Regular, Full Time

Closing Date: October 27, 2025

Nova Scotia Power’s greatest source of energy is our people. In a culture focused on safety, we’re committed to providing exceptional service to our customers and rewarding jobs to our employees. We’re hiring solution-minded people excited to help us grow into the future. We are currently looking to fill the position of NERC CIP Compliance Analyst .

The NERC CIP (Critical Infrastructure Protection) Compliance Analyst is responsible for ensuring compliance with NERC (North American Electric Reliability Corporation) CIP and other regulations related to NPCC (Northeaster Power Coordinating Council) and NERC Requirements. The NERC CIP Compliance Analyst documents compliance status, validates NERC / NPCC scope against developed policies and procedures (developing new policies and procedures as needed), determines strategy for tracking operational compliance activities goals including: gathering current state and periodic audit readiness and working closely with technology functions to ensure goals are met, with the support of other NERC CIP Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).

Key Elements Of This Role Include

  • Own NERC Compliance and serve as a functional expert with a deep understanding of compliance needs of CIP capabilities by developing, managing and administration of the lifecycle of policies, processes, and procedures and awareness training impacting NERC CIP Compliance.
  • Own and develop day to day relationships with SMEs (Subject Matter Experts), working with them to optimize and enhance compliance as well as establish a deep understanding of our NERC CIP needs.
  • Provide compliance expertise in regards to NERC CIP needs and processes; developing, managing and administration of the lifecycle of policies, processes, and procedures, and awareness training impacting NERC CIP compliance including being an SME for 7 of the 13 CIP standards.
  • Align and support with strategic direction of broader organization. Collaborate with other CIP SMEs to identify and manage NERC CIP requirements to support and ensure compliance.
  • Facilitate and coordinate NERC CIP audit preparation plans, calendars and remediation and ensure internal and external audits are completed.
  • Manage Activities and documents completion for compliance for self-certification, data submissions and event reporting.
  • Manage remediation: track, report and ensure remediation of findings found by compliance operation team self-assessments, Internal Audits, Mock-Audits, or NPCC Audits.
  • Assist in recommendations, design and implementation of future automated systems, procedures, and methods required for maintaining and streamlining NERC CIP compliance.
  • Provide specific contributions as directed by Sr. Compliance Engineer, such as but not limited to, supporting O&P (Operations and Planning) Compliance Coordinator to oversee the Document Revision Committee.

You will be responsible for personal safety, that of co-workers, and those under your direction by observing and ensuring compliance with all Occupational Health and Safety Rules and Regulations.  You will be accountable for environmental performance as it relates to the environment management system processes and initiatives.

These Skills Will Make You Successful To thrive in this role, you recognize yourself in most of the following competencies and skills listed below:

  • A Business or Information Technology Degree/Diploma, a project management education, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • At least 5 years of related compliance experience, internal and external audit experience, or project management related experience.
  • You have excellent interpersonal skills and have demonstrated negotiation, communication, attention to detail, and organizational capabilities.
  • You are adaptable to change and a self-motivated individual who is committed to optimizing workflow and business process improvements.
  • You have strong oral and written communication skills, a strong customer service ethic, good interpersonal skills, and will be able to function effectively in a team environment.
  • Excellent computer skills, including the Microsoft Office Suite and SharePoint.
  • You are a process-thinker and will be able to build relationships with key operating, maintenance, and engineering staff.
  • You have strong oral and presentation skills.
  • You have a valid driver’s license.
  • Knowledge of power system operations, internal and external audit processes, NERC or NPCC, and project management is considered an asset.

You will be available for after-hours consultation and emergency power restoration work as required.

We understand that experience comes in many forms, and we’re dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team. So, if your experience is close to what we’ve listed above, please consider applying.

Learn more about our culture and values

At the Emera Group of Companies, you’ll be part of an inclusive, respectful workplace where everyone is welcomed and supported. Come build a career as unique as you are: making an impact from Atlantic Canada to the world. Your experience and perspective will help us to safely deliver cleaner, more reliable energy to our customers. If working in an innovative environment, challenging yourself, and shaping a cleaner energy future inspires you, we want to hear from you.

The perks of joining our team? We offer:

  • Health & Wellbeing: A comprehensive benefits plan, 24/7 access to virtual health care services for you and your family through Dialogue, Employee and Family Assistance Program, parental leave top-up plan and wellness benefits.
  • Grow Your Career: Opportunities to advance within and between our affiliate companies, a focus on employee development and available sponsored education programs.
  • Community Engagement & Care: Corporate investments in the places where our people live and work, mentoring opportunities, fundraising-matching & volunteer programs, various committees and employee resource groups, and scholarships for children of employees.
  • Competitive Compensation: A comprehensive benefits plan and a Defined Contribution Pension Plan.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Emera

As one of Atlantic Canada’s largest publicly traded companies, we are ranked one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Top Employers for Young People and Top Diversity Employers. We know our success is driven by our dedicated teams and we strongly encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including persons who identify as racially visible, Indigenous, persons with disabilities, women in underrepresented roles and members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.

Applicants from these equity groups may self-identify through the online application process. We support candidates and employees with access and accommodation needs and encourage you to let us know when you require accommodation.

Recruitment & Promotion Policy

The success of the Emera Company is driven by its people: a strong team with a shared commitment to support the Emera Company mission and values. The purpose of our recruitment policy is to provide a consistent framework to support fair and equitable attraction, hiring, and retention of the best talent for vacant positions. We are dedicated to maintaining a fair hiring process that provides equitable opportunities to all our applicants and is guided by our company values.

About Nova Scotia Power

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We provide 95 per cent of the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in Nova Scotia, and serve over 500,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers across the province.

Our 1,700 dedicated, safety-focused employees help manage $5 billion worth of generation, transmission and distribution assets and produce more than 10,000 gigawatt hours of electricity each year.

We use a fuel mix including hydro, tidal, wind, coal, oil, biomass and natural gas to generate electricity. Our facilities can generate as much as 2,453 megawatts of electricity that is delivered across 32,000 km of transmission and distribution lines throughout Nova Scotia.