General Engineer

The Mitigation Directorate within FEMA's Office of Resilience is seeking a motivated individual to join our team in developing and implementing innovative strategies that strengthen community resilience and reduce the impacts of natural disasters. Be a part of a dynamic organization dedicated to making a meaningful difference in disaster mitigation and recovery.

What will I do in this position if hired? In this General Engineer position, you will serve as a General Engineer in the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Branch within the Hazard Mitigation Assistance Division. You'll be joining a team that invests in helping American communities become more resilient and mitigate against future disasters. Typical assignments include: Conducting engineering reviews of mitigation grant applications to assess feasibility, cost-effectiveness, and risk reduction. Serving as a subject matter expert in hazard mitigation, providing technical guidance and recommendations for mitigation projects. Advising and mentoring stakeholders on engineering principles, mitigation strategies and policies. Preparing technical reports, justit1cations, and briefings tor internal and external audiences. Participating in site visits to evaluate mitigation opportunities and support project development. Supporting the development and delivery of mitigation related training and outreach. Performing other duties as assigned, including supporting emergency operations and program implementation. What else do I need to know? At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions. This announcement is for a position as a CORE (Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee). CORE employees are full-time employees hired to directly support the response and recovery efforts related to disasters. Employees are hired under the Robert T. Stafford Act and are excluded from the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing jobs in the competitive service. They can be hired under a streamlined process instead of a competitive process. After three years of continuous service, Stafford Act employees may be granted competitive eligibility to apply for permanent full-time positions at FEMA. This position has promotion potential to the IC-13. Promotions are dependent on your ability to perform the duties at a higher level, successful performance review displaying at least one year of experience at the lower grade, the continuing need for an employee assigned to the higher level, and management approval.

To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo, successfully pass, and maintain a background investigation for Public Trust/Moderate as a condition of placement into this position. This may include a credit check after initial job qualifications are determined, a review of financial issues, such as delinquency in the payment of debts, child support and/or tax obligations, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs (please visit: Mythbuster on Federal Hiring Policies for additional information). For more information on background investigations for Federal jobs, please visit OPM Investigations. Conditions of Employment: You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position. You must successfully pass a background investigation. Selective Service registration required. You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government credit card. You must be able to deploy with little or no advance notice to anywhere in the United States and its territories for an extended period of time. Please review the Additional Information section for additional key requirements.