Analyst, Business Compliance

National Grid is hiring Analyst, Business Compliance for our NY Gas Pipeline Safety team in Albany NY.

Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live. The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry.

To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business.

The role is accountable to perform compliance assurance assessments of company and/or contractor personnel to ensure construction and maintenance activities are performed and documented with all applicable Federal and State code requirements, work methods, policies, and procedures.

This position is also accountable to facilitate regulatory audits, respond to PSC inquiries and compliance finding reporting.

• Data extract and report building from various applications (iAuditor / PowerBi).
• Manage engagement with state regulators, facilitate audits, respond to regulatory inquiries and compliance finding reporting.
• Regulatory audit response data gathering, review and submission.
• Incident data gathering as required by external regulators.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of pipeline safety programs for compliance with State and Federal Code, National Grid policies and procedures.
• Conduct second line assurance reviews of functional and procedurally required records/documentation created in the field during installation, repair, or execution of mandated activities.
• Manage and track commitments associated with regulatory orders and audits.
• Identify deficiencies and overall pipeline safety performance trends or patterns which may adversely impact the safety of system performance.
• Provide recommendations and assist in implementation of corrective actions in order to improve quality and safety of operations performance.
• Provide routine performance updates at Safety Briefs or Performance Hubs to help field operations personnel increase focus on areas of pipeline safety management.
• Reviews work for accuracy and assure that all details are complete.
• Work closely with Operations to identify improvement opportunities based upon First and Second Line Assurance results.

• Ability to analyze information and synthesize themes and trends.
• Experience working in the natural gas or other regulated industry.
• Bachelors' degree preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to meet time/date driven mandates.
• Knowledge of industry regulations, safety rules, company policies, work methods and procedures.
• Familiarity with the Company Operator Qualification program.
• Uses direct persuasion to influence others using data, logic or a solid business case.
• Takes personal responsibility for correcting problems promptly
• Familiarity with company data information systems (CRIS, CSS, MAXIMO, STORMS, FSL, and GIS for example) is desired
• Valid driver's license required

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