OPS Engineering Specialist I - 31902357

Requisition No: 819121 

Agency: Division of Emergency Management

Working Title: OPS Engineering Specialist I - 31902357

 Pay Plan: Temp

Position Number: 31902357 

Salary:  $30.00 hourly 

Posting Closing Date: 01/01/2024 

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Engineering Specialist I - OPS

Bureau of Mitigation

State of Florida Division of Emergency Management

This position can be located in Tallahassee or Orlando, FL

 

The Florida Division of Emergency Management plans for and responds to both natural and man-made disasters. These range from floods and hurricanes to incidents involving hazardous materials or nuclear power. The Division of Emergency Management (FDEM or Division) is the liaison between federal, state, and local agencies. FDEM prepares and implements a statewide Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan, routinely conducts extensive exercises to test state and county emergency response capabilities, provides technical assistance to local governments as they prepare emergency plans and procedures, as well as conducts emergency operations trainings for state and local government agencies.

 

The Division serves as the lead agency for the State Emergency Response Team (SERT), whose primary goal is the coordination of the state’s efforts during disaster response and recovery. This coordination is conducted within the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) in Tallahassee. Additionally, the Division manages the State Watch Office; the 24-hours a day operation tasked with providing situational awareness to stakeholders statewide. After a disaster, FDEM conducts damage assessment surveys and advises the Governor of the state of Florida on whether to declare an emergency and seek federal relief funds. It is against this backdrop that FDEM strives to demonstrate its mission of, “Coordinate, collaborate and communicate with our community stakeholders for a resilient Florida” along with our vision of, “Leading the Profession in building prepared and resilient communities”.

 

Position Overview and Responsibilities:

This position is in the Bureau of Mitigation at FDEM. The Bureau of Mitigation manages three federal grants as well as one State of Florida grant to assist in reducing or eliminating the loss of life and property by lessening the impact of disasters.

 

Responsibilities associated with this position include reviewing data, providing cost benefit analyses, collecting data from various site visits, and assisting in trainings. The specific duties of this position are as follows:

• Review project applications, site plans, and engineering designs for consistency, feasibility, and compliance with Hazard Mitigation Programs.
• Collect information for cost benefit analysis purposes.
• Review technical engineering aspects of project agreements.
• Analyze and interpret engineering data, solve problems relating to engineering, and perform technical engineering site visits.
• Verify information on building construction for residential and commercial construction requirements for Coastal A and V-Zones and drainage improvement systems.
• Conduct technical Benefit-Cost presentations to special purpose workshops and seminars.

• Provide technical engineering support to programmatic areas during workshops and seminars.
• Oversee project timelines and provide status reports on respective projects.
• Conduct mitigation assessments by collecting and interpreting data from the field.
• Provide technical assistance to subgrantees on project concerns, including the monitoring of interim and final inspections.
• Conduct damage assessments to identify the severity and magnitude of infrastructure losses due to disaster events.
• Conduct trainings for subgrantees and co-workers on Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
The incumbent for this position should possess the following:

• Clear understanding of the residential and commercial engineering and building construction industries, architecture, or other related disciplines as they relate to terminology, principles, and analytical techniques.
• Ability to review grant applications to assure compliance in accordance with federal and state laws related to engineering, building construction for residential and commercial, and architecture policies.
• Ability to coordinate with state and federal agencies on project reviews for compliance of regulations with national and state engineering, building construction for residential and commercial, architecture, or other related disciplines.