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Emergency Management Specialist - ( 240003IZ )

Description

Grounded in safety, quality, and ethics, our experts lead their fields and guide our work with rigor, a creative spirit, and vision for growth. We draw from more than 20 technical specialties around the globe and are committed to fostering an inclusive community of diverse talents, backgrounds, and expertise. We’re a place to apply your passion and collaborate with top environmental talents on work that’s critical to our clients and the communities they support. Join a team that has the environment down to a science.

Your Opportunity

As an Emergency Management Specialist with Stantec, you will have the opportunity to be a part of Stantec’s growing emergency management practice, based out of our Southern California offices, and part of our broader community resilience practice in the West. This position is within Stantec’s Environmental Services Operating Unit but would involve interacting with other Stantec Operating Units, such as Infrastructure (Community Development and Transportation), Water, Energy and Resources and Buildings.

In this role, your expertise in emergency management planning, capacity building, and stakeholder engagement will be instrumental in guiding Stantec’s team to deliver outstanding project outcomes, ensuring client satisfaction, and driving project profitability throughout the entire lifecycle. In addition, you will collaborate with our West Coast resilience leaders and engage our expert resources to form teams who can deliver thoughtful, compelling proposal submittals to successfully secure new and repeat business clients.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Serve in a regional and/or national technical leadership role for the emergency management planning discipline.

• Identify, develop, and maintain public and private client relationships and play a key role in business development, client management and satisfaction.

• Manage the delivery of emergency management efforts across the phases of emergency management. This could include efforts to help our clients prepare for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate against disasters.

• Conduct and/or guide delivery of capacity-building activities including training and exercises, strategy development, inclusive facilitation, and community engagement.

• Research and advise on community resilience planning best practice standards and guidance.

• Prepare comprehensive plans, presentations, and functional tools to meet project needs.

• Define and manage project objectives, scope, schedule, budget, contracts, subcontracts and multi-disciplinary project teams to ensure client and project team satisfaction in alignment with Stantec’s Project Management Frameworks and maintain compliance with ISO 9001 certification.

• Develop a working understanding and relationships with Stantec resources across Business Operating Units (e.g., Buildings, Water, Environmental Services, Community Development, Transportation, Energy and Resources) to support growth of our emergency management and community resilience practice, and actively support cross-selling other services to existing clients.

• Lead pursuits and preparation of proposals with new and existing clients.

• Identify potential problems and develop effective solutions on a project.

• Provide technical leadership, project coordination, and technical execution of emergency management planning services and function as a subject matter expert.

• Coordinate with other Stantec emergency management planning team leads to establish best practices, talent management, assembly of project teams, and implementation of quality management plans.

• Perform quality assurance/quality control reviews of work performed by others reviewing for standard of care, compliance with industry guidelines and practices, accuracy and completeness.

• Manage personal and team time to meet project budget and schedule objectives.

• Provide industry leadership through professional organizations including holding key technical positions, publishing technical papers, technical presentations and elevating Stantec’s brand in the emergency management planning sector.

• Communicate and collaborate with the project team, project managers, clients, and local communities across dispersed geographic locations

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Strong knowledge of infrastructure operations and maintenance projects (e.g., water, energy, transportation) and their relationship to emergency management activities.

• Proven track record of project management of emergency management planning projects.

• Strong knowledge of federal and state emergency management laws and regulations as well as best practice standards and guidance.

• Excellent leadership, communication, organizational and collaboration skills.

• Highly effective in participating in teams and leading simultaneous tasks with limited supervisory support.

• Understanding and sensitivity to local cultural and political issues.

• Demonstrated leadership in emergency management planning, processes, and strategies.

• Proven and demonstrated high quality technical writing skills.

• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, and PowerPoint.

• Must have a good driving record and valid driver’s license.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in emergency management, planning, public policy, or related field; or equivalent experience.

• Minimum of 10 years of experience.

• Professional recognition certificate and credentials for emergency management.

• Demonstrated leadership and training on implementation of the National Incident Management System operational/ Standardized Emergency Management System and Incident Command System.

You will work in an hybrid-office environment with prolonged sitting and computer work, or combination of office and field. When circumstances allow, some travel may be required (approximately 25%), such as meeting attendance at agencies or clients. May occasionally visit study areas and/or be exposed to outside elements and inclement weather conditions.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be c hanged at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

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Salary Range(s):

• CA Other Areas $91,100 - CA Other Areas $146,600 Min/Max Pay Range for postings located in CA (SF Area includes SF, SJS & WLC)

The final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).

Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Primary Location : United States-California-Los Angeles

Other Locations : United States-California-Monrovia, United States-California-Paramount, United States-California-Bakersfield, United States-California-Santa Ana, United States-California-Santa Maria, United States-California-San Diego, United States-California-Ventura, United States-California-Pasadena, United States-California-Irvine, United States-California-San Bernardino, United States-California-Santa Barbara

Organization : BC-1858 EnvSvcs-US West S California

Employee Status : Regular

Job Level : Individual Contributor

Travel : Yes, 25 % of the Time

Schedule : Full-time

Job Posting : Sep 24, 2024, 9:05:44 AM

Req ID: 240003IZ

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Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with local, state and federal laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans