Job Title: Legal Specialist
Location: Austin TX, 78744
Duration: 6 Months
Job Type: Contract
Work Type: Hybrid
Pay Rate: $45 to $50 per hour
Overview:
"TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide." Our client is an American organization that operates Texas's electrical grid, the Texas Interconnection, which supplies power to more than 25 million Texas customers and represents 90 percent of the state's electric load. Our client is the first independent system operator (ISO) in the United States and one of nine ISOs in North America. Our client works with the Texas Reliability Entity (TRE), one of eight regional entities within the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) that coordinate to improve reliability of the bulk power grid. Our client is a membership-based 501(c) nonprofit corporation, and its members include consumers, electric cooperatives, generators, power marketers, retail electric providers, investor-owned electric utilities (transmission and distribution providers), and municipally owned electric utilities.
Job Description:
- Legal Specialist monitors proceedings of the Public Utility Commission of Texas and other state and federal agencies, prepares and files procedural and regulatory filings, calculates and calendars deadlines for procedural and regulatory filings, and assists in administering Market Participant registration matters including assisting with the client membership registration process.
- Assists with the client Board of Directors meetings on an as needed basis.
JOB DUTIES
- Assists the Legal Department with myriad matters concerning regulatory filings and monitoring, and Market Participant registration
- Follows standard practices and procedures in analysing situations or data from which answers can be readily obtained
- Must be comfortable working on assignments that are often routine in nature while maintaining a high rate of accuracy
- Must have great attention to detail
- Contributes to specific objectives and outcomes as directed
ADDITIONAL JOB DUTIES
- Monitors and prepares daily reports of industry filings submitted in relevant Public Utility Commission of Texas and federal proceedings
- Monitors and prepares reports on public filings that may impact existing regulatory requirements
- Handles routine filings with state and federal agencies and courts
- Assists with the membership registration process
- Receives and review Market Participant applications and supporting documents, contracts, information change forms, and other reporting documents for completeness, accuracy, and proper signatures
- Assists with ensuring timely and accurate processing of a wide array of Market Participant registration matters as required
- May act as liaison with Market Participants, Board of Directors, and Corporate Members as necessary to perform job duties
- Assists with the Board of Directors meetings
EXPERIENCE
- Requires minimum 2 years applicable/job related work experience in excess of degree requirements
EDUCATION
- High School Diploma or GED (Required)
- or a combination of education and experience that provides equivalent knowledge to a major in such fields is required
- Associate's Degree (Preferred)
- Bachelor's Degree (Preferred)
TekWissen® Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.