Junior Emergency Management Specialist
GHD

Job Description

Join a global professional services leader! We are committed to solving the world's biggest challenges in the areas of water, energy and urbanization.

GHD has an excellent opportunity for a Junior Emergency Management Specialist to join our Emergency Response and Preparedness (GHD FIRST) team. This opportunity can be based out of our Illinois or Minnesota offices.

This position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in:

• Contribute to the delivery of emergency management (EM) services including response/ regulatory planning, training, exercises, Incident Command System (ICS) management, and assessments (After Action Reports [AAR] and Hazard, Risk Vulnerability, Capability Assessments [HRVCA])
• Participate in the development of partnerships with local/regional Oil Spill Recovery Organization (OSRO) to provide support services such as: air monitoring; environmental sampling, documentation, risk assessment; ICS management; Shoreline Cleanup and Assessment Technique (SCAT); waste management, etc.
• Prepare technical correspondence, project proposals, technical reports, work plans, and project specifications including cost estimates and budgets - Data compilation, reduction, interpretation, evaluation/comparison to regulatory standards
• Support project managers with small- to large-scale projects including maintenance of project schedules and budgets and coordination of resources.
• Be available for afterhours response to attend emergencies to conduct Incident Management Team (IMT) functions and to support local field staff as they perform the following functions (inspection, maintenance, monitoring, construction oversight, air monitoring, operating UAVs, and sampling efforts at the project site)
• Support business development initiatives to grow emergency management services and support spill response services in midwest and surrounding areas

What you will bring to the team:

• BS in Environmental Engineering or natural resource field (such as chemistry, biology, earth sciences, environmental sciences)
• Experience in emergency management, compliance consulting, spill response, assessment, and cleanup preferred
• Willingness to respond to call outs during non-routine working hours
• PHMSA , DOT, EPA, FEMA, and/or US Coast Guard experience and regulatory knowledge preferred but not required
• Experience with the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) for the management, design and development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement planning of exercises is a plus
• Must reside near our Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Kansa, Iowa, or Minnesota offices surrounding area
• Must have a current Passport and Drivers License
• Must be proficient in Microsoft suite of programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams)

We offer a professional, yet welcoming, culture based on our core values of Teamwork, Respect, Safety, and Integrity. We also provide accelerated professional development through hands-on experience, mentorship, and training via our GHD Business School.

Are you passionate about pursuing this position? If so, please submit your resume and cover letter via the link below.

As a multicultural organization, we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, or veteran status.

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About Us

Why GHD?

Being the best we can be is in our culture.
We are a family of smart, innovative and creative problem solvers. In our employee-owned company, everything feels like it matters more. Challenge us and help us come up with new solutions to ensure water, energy and urbanisation are made sustainable for generations to come.

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Our commitment to you

Commitment is a powerful word that defines how we do business, how we serve our clients and how we care for one another. We will support your needs by giving you the tools to do your best work and then recognise achievements. We will set your curiosity free to allow brilliant minds to do their best work. We will invest in new ideas, removing barriers where we can. Finally, we will encourage you to collaborate with thousands of diverse people across our global business.

Our Commitment to you

Who we are

We are committed to solving the world's biggest challenges in the areas of water, energy and urbanisation. GHD is a global professional services company that is a leader in engineering, construction and architectural expertise. Established in 1928, we remain wholly owned by our people. We are 10,000+ diverse and skilled individuals, yet we are proudly 'One GHD' across more than 200 offices, spanning five continents - Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America, and the Pacific region. Delivering extraordinary social and economic outcomes, we are passionate about building lasting relationships with our partners and clients.

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