Technical Document Validation Specialists (DVS) – 100% REMOTE

Company Description

How will you make your mark?

At AECOM, our work in providing access to clean water enables communities to thrive and ecosystems to flourish, contributing to a resilient future. As a global leader in infrastructure consulting, we are at the forefront of significant water projects, with over 6,000 of the industry’s best minds driving innovation and technical excellence. Together, we develop solutions that are not only best in the world, but best for the world.     

With an acceleration in infrastructure investment, your bold ideas and global expertise have never been more crucial. Join our dynamic team, where innovation, career growth, and collaboration are celebrated. Enjoy the freedom to grow with customizable career paths, water-specific technical and professional development and the potential to contribute to transformational projects worldwide.    Discover your #H2Opportunity 

Job Description

AECOM is looking to fill multiple full time Document Validation Specialists (DVS) to support a 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 based on the contingencies listed in the minimum requirements and additional information below. 

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 Data Validation Specialist (DVS) validates Public Assistance (PA) grant applications for disaster recover projects in the completed lane with FEMA's PA delivery model. The DVS works with multiple stakeholders on projects where the disaster-related work is 100% completed and all documents have been provided by the client. The DVS develops the entire project consisting of the project description, scope of work, and cost estimate.  The DVS will prepare a Request for Information (RFI) when additional information is required to complete the project.  The DVS must attend daily stand-up meetings and complete required daily, weekly, and monthly reports. The DVS will use FEMA’s Grants Manager (GM) 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.

Qualifications

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of related technical experience in the design and/or construction of public infrastructure. The valuable skill types and experience include, engineers, architects, cost estimators, construction inspectors/managers or similar discipline(s) or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
• Must provide completion certificates including your first and last name for the following free and publicly available courses.
  • Security/Privacy Courses (must have 2024 completion dates)
    • Unauthorized Disclosure of Classified or Unclassified Information (https://securityawareness.usalearning.gov/disclosure/index.html)
    • OPSEC Training (https://securityawareness.usalearning.gov/opsec/index.htm)
    • Insider Threat Training (https://securityawareness.usalearning.gov/itawareness/index.htm#)
    • Privacy at DHS: Protecting Personal Information (https://courses.dhs.gov/courses/course/privacy-dhs)
    • Information Technology Security Awareness Training (Cyber Awareness Challenge) (https://public.cyber.mil/training/cyber-awareness-challenge/)
  • Independent Study Courses (completion dates do not