Public Assistance Disaster Recovery – Technical Specialist

*Company Description*

*How will you make your mark?*

At AECOM, our work in providing access to clean water enables communities to thrive and ecosystems to flourish, contributing to a resilient future. As a global leader in infrastructure consulting, we are at the forefront of significant water projects, with over 6,000 of the industrys best minds driving innovation and technical excellence. Together, we develop solutions that are not only best in the world, but best for the world.

With an acceleration in infrastructure investment, your bold ideas and global expertise have never been more crucial. Join our dynamic team, where innovation, career growth, and collaboration are celebrated. Enjoy the freedom to grow with customizable career paths, water-specific technical and professional development and the potential to contribute to transformational projects worldwide. Discover your #H2Opportunity

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*Position Description:* ?We are accepting resumes for various technical specialist positions to perform the tasks listed above in the Project Overview. Technical Specialists may include *:* Architect, Civil Engineer, Coastal Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Environmental Engineer, Geologist, Health Scientist, Hydraulic Engineer, Hydrologist, Industrial Hygienist, Mechanical Engineer, Sanitary Engineer, and Soil/Geotechnical Engineer.

The Technical Specialists will be embedded within FEMA to provide technical assistance that may include the following:

+ Conduct site inspections to validate and record infrastructure damage to include: taking photographs, making site sketches, and writing detailed damage descriptions.

+ Develop and review scopes of work and cost estimates, including code and standard requirements.

+ Review and analyze engineering reports, designs, and as-built plans.

+ Make recommendations regarding claim eligibility.

+ Develop or evaluate hazard mitigation proposals and benefit-cost analyses.

+ Work with applicants to prioritize their projects, facilitates applicant meetings throughout the program delivery and recovery stages, and communicates the final determination to the applicants.

+ Provide analyses and updates reports, participates in status update meetings with FEMA, and identifies the need for technical specialists. May?coordinate and complete basic to moderately complex site inspections to validate and record damage to assist in the FEMA?Public Assistance grant delivery process.

+ All Technical Specialists will use FEMAs Grants Manager system. ? FEMAs Grants Manager system is used to assign and track actions throughout PA project development, and to collect all PA project-related information and documents, including correspondence.

*Qualifications*

*Minimum Requirements:*

+ Must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain DHS Public Trust clearance.

+ Bachelors degree or equivalent and 4 years of related technical experience.

+ Must have technical knowledge?base?and experience in disciplines standard concepts, principles and techniques as well as in the design and/or construction of public infrastructure. Valuable skill types and experience include engineers, architects, cost estimators, construction inspectors/managers. ?

+ Must be able to pass a DHS/FEMA background investigation.

+ Strong Computer skills needed - position is 100% computer-based and work is completed through a web-based application

+ Must be proficient with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Teams, Excel, and Word), Adobe Acrobat, Google Earth (file conversion and import/export ability required), and smart phone.

+ Must be able to commit to travel assignments for up to 1 year in duration. Trips home to your residence are reimbursed and allowed every 30-45 days, depending on task order specifics.

+ Must have a valid drivers license.

+ Must be financially able to support yourself while awaiting expense report reimbursements.

Must provide completion certificates including your first and last name for the following free and publicly available courses.

*Security/Privacy Courses*_(must have 2024 completion dates)_*

+ Unauthorized Disclosure of Classified or Unclassified Information (/securityawareness. usalearning. gov/disclosure/index. html)

+ OPSEC Training (/securityawareness. usalearning. gov/opsec/index. htm)

+ Insider Threat Training (/securityawareness. usalearning. gov/itawareness/index. htm#)

+ Privacy at DHS: Protecting Personal Information (/courses. dhs. gov/courses/course/privacy-dhs)

+ Information Technology Security Awareness Training (Cyber Awareness Challenge) (/public. cyber. mil/training/cyber-awareness-challenge/)

*Independent Study Courses*_(completion dates do not have to be recent_* _)_

+ IS-1000: Public Assistance Program and Eligibility (/training. fema. gov/is/courseoverview. aspx?code=IS-1000&lang=en)

+ IS-1001: The Public Assistance Delivery Model Orientation (/training. fema. gov/is/courseoverview. aspx?code=IS-1001&lang=en)

+ IS-1002: FEMA Grants Portal Transparency at Every Step (/training. fema. gov/is/courseoverview. aspx?code=IS-1002&lang=en)

+ IS-1004: The FEMA Site Inspection Process (/training. fema. gov/is/courseoverview. aspx?code=IS-1004&lang=en)

+ IS-1018: Determination Memorandums and Appeals (/training. fema. gov/is/courseoverview. aspx?code=IS-1018&lang=en)

*Preferred Qualifications:*

+ Bachelor's degree with 5 years of experience in a related field and professional registration or Bachelor's degree with 10 years of experience in a related field

+ Professional Engineering (PE) license.

+ Persons with construction-related experience a plus, such as, civil engineers, structural engineers, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, environmental engineers/planners, coastal engineers, site inspectors and architects. ?

+ Prior FEMA PA and/or CRC experience preferred, but not required, including experience with and understanding of FEMAs?PA Program and Policy Guide (PAPPG), the Stafford Act, 44 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 2 CFR, Sandy Recovery Improvement Act (SRIA) Legislation, PA grant documentation review or project development experience, validating PA grant documentation, and developing or reviewing damage descriptions and dimensions, scopes of work, and cost estimates for PA grant applications.

+ Experience using FEMA Grants Manager.

+ Current DHS Public Trust clearance/badge.

+ Effective written and verbal communication skills with attention to detail.

+ Experience providing excellent customer service.

+ Strong observational, decision making, analytical, critical thinking, organizational, and problem-solving skills with ability to synthesize and clearly present key disaster recovery issues and progress to resolution.

+ Flexible work style with the ability to immediately adapt to changing priorities.

+ Able to work independently, in a team environment and under stressful conditions with tight deadlines and able to handle tense situations diplomat.