Careers

Description:

Tetra Tech Inc. is currently seeking a motivated Mid-Level Hazard Mitigation Planner. This professional will have the opportunity to be a part of Tetra Tech’s growing national mitigation and resilience practice. With a strong understanding of community resilience, climate adaptation, hazard mitigation, risk assessment, nature-based solutions, social equity, decision support tools, risk communication, and stakeholder engagement, this professional will manage staff to develop high quality deliverables through project management, achieve client satisfaction, and grow the practice through new and repeat clients.  The position requires strong technical and communication skills, knowledge of climate change and impacts, and demonstrated experience in hazard mitigation and long-term resilience planning. 

• Work with communities and counties and facilitate a DMA-2000 hazard mitigation plan update
• Develop and coordinate input to a wide range of mitigation and adaptation plans
• Support local government and public outreach; facilitate meetings
• Interpret risk assessment results and communicate in written plans
• Review local plans, ordinances, policies, and update the hazard mitigation plans accordingly
• Manage large data sets
• Identify mitigation projects to reduce natural hazard risk
• Conduct capacity building activities including developing decision support tools, strategy development and community engagement
• Work collaboratively with clients, and a team of professionals and supervise/mentor junior planners
• Liaise with professionals on technical aspects of project and program development
• Conduct outreach, stakeholder engagement, and facilitation of meetings with clients and residents
• Assist in the writing, preparation, and technical review of planning documents, reports, presentations, visualizations
• Advise, research, and analyze socio-economic, land use, demographic, environmental, climate data
• Grow the climate adaptation and resilience practice through the identification of public and private client relationships, business development, networking, and preparing winning proposals
• Assist with identifying new markets and opportunities
• Knowledgeable about federal, state, private funding sources to support advancement of adaptation projects
• Manage project scope, budget, schedule, contract, and multi-disciplinary project teams to ensure client and project team satisfaction
• Conduct activities in line with internal procedures, legislation, and industry standards.
• Pursue continuous professional development and maintain a high degree of discipline knowledge and awareness.
• Work in a safe manner at all times and report all health and safety incidents and concerns.
• Additional duties as required.

Skills/Eligibility:

Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree preferred in Urban Planning; Sustainability; Climate Change; Resilience; Public Policy, or related field or equivalent experience.
• At least 3+ years of demonstrated knowledge of mitigation and resilience planning; land use/general planning; mitigation and adaptation strategy identification; risk assessment; climate hazards; federal/state funding mechanisms; federal and state climate, resilience, emergency management policies and programs, best practices and standards.
• Certified by American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) or working toward certification a plus.
• Writing sample required to be appended to application.
• Experience developing plans in compliance with SB 379 and SB 747.
• General planning experience including city comprehensive/general plans
• Community Wildfire Protection Planning experience
• Travel up to 30%.
• Must have a valid driver license.