Environmental and Historic Preservation Liaison

Company Description

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts – planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers – leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.

Job Description

AECOM is looking for full-time Environmental and Historic Preservation (EHP) Liaisons to work on a 3-year contract with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Public Assistance (PA) Program supporting FEMA’s four Consolidated Resource Centers (CRC). This work is 100% remote and is contingent upon contract award, which is anticipated to be in Spring / Summer 2022.

Project Overview:  FEMA’s PA Program provides supplemental funding to state and local governments and eligible private nonprofits, Indian tribal governments, and Alaska Native villages for disaster-related debris removal, emergency protective measures, and restoration of damaged infrastructure.  AECOM will support these efforts by providing FEMA a wide range of technical and program management services to support four CRCs processing grant applications and validating/preparing damage description and dimensions, scopes of work, and cost estimates and conducting compliance reviews across multiple disasters.

Position Description: The EHP Liaisons conducts EHP reviews on Public Assistance (PA) grant applications for disaster recovery projects in the completed, standard, and specialized lanes within FEMA’s PA delivery model.  The EHP Liaison will identify and resolve Special Considerations issues pertaining to environmental, floodplain management, and historic preservation laws, regulations, and Executive Orders prior to initiation of disaster-related work. The CRC EHP Liaison is responsible for maintaining communication with EHP staff in the field to ensure EHP considerations are identified, documented, and communicated to the appropriate parties.  The EHP Liaison will document and address EHP inquiries from CRC PA Staff; coordinate and communicate with appropriate stakeholders to address project-specific questions as needed. The EHP Liaison must attend daily stand-up meetings and complete required daily, weekly, and monthly reports.

A successful CRC EHP Liaison will focus on remaining customer‐centric throughout the delivery of PA to Applicants. This includes having and maintaining knowledge of applicable EHP laws, regulations, and Executive Orders, time management skills, excellent communications skills and technical aptitude. More specifically, the performance of CRC EHP Liaison is evaluated on the following:

• Early identification and appropriate communication of EHP emerging issues areas of concern.
• Provision of accurate and timely information on EHP considerations to CRC PA staff.
• Ongoing coordination and communication with PA and EHP staff in the JFO and CRC.
• Achieving performance objectives established by the Lane Manager

The EHP Liaison will use FEMA’s Grants Manager (GM) system.  FEMA’s Grants Manager system is used to assign and track action