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Job Description
AECOM is looking for Structural Engineers to work on Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Public Assistance Technical Assistance Contract (PA-TAC) contract supporting FEMA’s Public Assistance (PA) Program supporting FEMA Regions I and II. The objective of this contract is to help communities in FEMA Regions I and II recover from major disasters by providing them with technical grant assistance to restore their damaged infrastructure and successfully participate in the PA Program.
This work requires the ability to deploy for up to one year to disaster locations within Regions I and II as determined by FEMA. Reimbursable per diem (meals and lodging) at GSA rates, airfare, and rental car costs apply to all staff living greater than 50 miles from duty station.
Position Description: The Structural Engineers 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.
The Structural Engineers will use FEMA’s Grants Manager system. FEMA’s 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.
If selected the role would initially be a part-time, casual position and would become full-time upon task order awards.