Senior Wildfire Risk Mitigation Consultant

Company Overview

Throughout our worldwide network of experts, clients and communities, we are renowned for our leadership in fire protection engineering – a legacy of responsibility we have proudly upheld since 1939. Today, our expertise extends broadly across closely related security and risk-based fields – from accessibility consulting and risk analysis to process safety, forensic investigations, security risk consulting, emergency management, digital innovation and more.

Our engineers and consultants collaborate to solve complex safety and security challenges, ensuring our clients can protect what matters most. For over 80 years, we have helped mitigate risks that threaten lives, property and reputations. Through technology, expertise and industry-leading research, we remain dedicated to our purpose of making our world safe, secure and resilient.

At Jensen Hughes, we believe that creating and sustaining a culture of trust, integrity and professional growth starts with putting our people first. Our employees are our greatest strength, and we value the unique perspectives and talents they bring to our organization. 

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Job Overview

Jensen Hughes is rapidly growing its Wildfire business and has a job opportunity for a Senior Wildfire Risk Mitigation Consultant supporting California. The ideal candidate will be located in the greater LA area or Southern California. 

Qualified candidates will have a minimum of seven (10) years of experience leading and managing projects in Wildfire Preparedness and Planning, Wildfire/Fire Behavior Modelling, GIS Mapping/Analysis, Community Outreach, and Wildfire Risk & Vulnerability Assessments for a broad range of Client types (e.g., government agencies, fire agencies, private sector, academia and non-profits).  Responsibilities will include a wide variety of project management and business development duties, team leadership, fire/wildfire engineering design, community wildfire protection planning, wildfire risk mitigation, healthy forest & land resource management, wildfire forensics, emergency evacuation and communication planning, and disaster risk management.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and oversee complex wildfire risk mitigation projects, ensuring timely execution and stakeholder alignment.
• Support the development and growth of the wildfire risk mitigation service line
• Provide senior leadership and mentorship to junior staff
• Conduct building, fire/wildfire code and fire/wildfire planning reviews and analyses
• Undertake or manage fire/wildfire behavior modelling
• Conduct wildfire emergency evacuation and communication planning
• Evaluate healthy forests and land resource management assessments
• Evaluate utility wildfire hazards, risks and vulnerabilities
• Support wildfire forensic investigations
• Undertake or manage wildfire environmental assessments
• Manage or prepare GIS mapping, geospatial analysis and visualization products
• Prepare wildfire fire protection planning and/or wildfire risk mitigation strategy reports
• Prepare wildfire environmental assessments and reports
• Prepare and present technical reports and presentations.
• Undertake community outreach programs as part of community wildfire protection plan

Qualifications:

• MSc degree in one of the following is desirable: Disaster Risk Management, Engineering, Forestry, Natural Resource Management, Urban Planning, Emergency Management, Environmental Sciences/Engineering
• 10+ years of experience in a combination of the following – wildfire preparedness and planning,  wildfire/fire behavior modeling, wildfire/fire safety strategy and/or risk mitigation strategy development, environmental reviews, urban planning, healthy forest management, land resource management, post-fire recovery, fire/wildfire investigations, code consulting and performance-based designs.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to drive project success.
• Excellent report writing, oral communication and presentation skills.
• Can work independently and as part of a team.
• A professional license and/or certifications is desirable.
• GIS (ArcGIS/QGIS) skills are desirable.
• FBAN and/or wildfire behavior modelling skills are desirable.
• Candidate will ideally be local to California. Qualified candidates located elsewhere on the