Tetra Tech is a premier emergency management consulting firm and has been providing a broad range of emergency management and community resilience services to clients across the country since 1986. In addition to a long history of supporting the federal government, military, and private sector, Tetra Tech stands out as the largest provider of emergency management services to state and local clients. With hundreds of in-house emergency management planners and subject matter experts, Tetra Tech has the depth, experience, and track record to support the nation’s largest and most demanding clients.

Occasionally, we need additional staff during disaster response and complex recovery missions. As Tetra Tech prepares to respond to the next disaster, we are looking for individuals willing to be rostered for potential deployment to our clients’ emergency operation centers and forward operating bases. We continue to look for talented emergency management professionals to participate in our on-call response operations cadre in a ready status to provide staff augmentation to our client’s response and recovery missions.

We are currently seeking the following skills sets:

EOC Manager

Operation Section Chief

Operations Specialist

Planning Section Chief

Logistics Section Chief

Resource Unit Leader

Situation Unit Leader

Public Information Officer/External Affairs

Emergency Operation Center Specialist

Field Operations Specialist (Points of Distribution, Logistics Staging Areas, Community Outreach, Disaster Recovery Centers)

Situation Unit Leader

This is a contract position that will require you to support the client virtually or within their EOC during future response operations.

In these roles, you will:

Serve in a variety of Incident Command System (ICS) roles based on skills and experience in support of response and recovery operations.

Coordinate with a team of emergency management professionals to develop and implement mission objectives.

Ability to travel (on short notice and/or for extended periods) work in an EOC or field environment (remote areas) when necessary.

Use effective written and verbal communications to develop products to include incident action plans, situation reports, incident maps, and other plans, policies, and procedures.

Work with a team to deploy and track resources in support of logistics operations.

Other activities as directed by the client or project management team.

Beyond becoming a member of our cadre, participants may be considered for regular full-time or temporary full-time openings and possible assignment to other projects across the company.

Candidates for Must Have the following qualifications:

Five (5) or more years of professional emergency management or emergency response experience.

Commanding knowledge of National Incident Management System (NIMS) and how to execute assigned roles within the Incident Command System (ICS)

Superior written and oral communication skills.

Past mobilizations responding to disasters.

Proficiency with computers including Microsoft products and incident management software programs (WebEOC, Veoci, and/or Knowledge Center).

Willingness to deploy for more than a month, and work shifts up to 12 hours as needed based on the client’s operational tempo.

Incident Command System Courses including:
- ICS-100: Introduction to the Incident Command System
- ICS-200: ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
- ICS-700: National Incident Management System. An Introduction
- ICS-800: National Response Framework. An Introduction

Candidates may also have the following Preferred Qualifications:

Incident Command System Courses including
- ICS-300: Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents
- ICS-400: Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff

Formal certifications specific to emergency management, such as IAEM’s Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) or a state-level emergency management credential designation.

Team management skills, including delegating work and following up on tasks and objectives.

Incident Command System-specific credentials including:
- L950: All-Hazards Position Specific Incident Commander
- L952: All-Hazards Position Specific Public Information Officer
- L958: All-Hazards Position Specific Operations Section Chief
- L962: All-Hazards Position Specific Planning Section Chief
- L965: All-Hazards Position Specific Resources Unit Leader
- L964: All-Hazards Position Specific Situation Unit Leader
- L967: All-Hazards Position Specific Logistics Section Chief

Additional position details:

Reports to: Manager, Response Operations

Location: Nationwide and must be able to deploy

Position Type: On-Call

Status: Non-Exempt

Pay: Hourly

Compensation: Commensurate with experience

Travel: As required; Up to 100% during emergencies/mobilizations.

It is understood that your employment is to be on an "at will" basis. Neither our stating your salary in annualized terms nor our comments nor representations in any other respects are intended to express or imply that you will be working either for any particular duration or under a contract of employment. This position with Tetra Tech is temporary and on an "as needed" basis and will end.

About Tetra Tech:

Tetra Tech combines the resources of a global, multibillion-dollar company with local, client-focused delivery in more than 470 locations around the world. Our reputation rests on the technical expertise and dedication of our employees—22,000 associates working together to provide smart, scalable solutions for challenging projects. We are proud to be home to leading technical experts in water, environment, infrastructure, resource management, energy, and international development.

Explore our open positions at https://www.tetratech.com/careers. Follow us on social media to learn more about our people, culture, and opportunities:

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Tetra Tech is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Diversity, inclusion, and equity are among Tetra Tech’s core values. Throughout our history, the company has prioritized equitable inclusion of all people. All qualified candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, military or veteran status, gender, age, disabilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions, genetic information and any other characteristics protected by the law. We invite resumes from all interested parties. Please visit our website at www.tetratech.com to see the array of diverse services and exciting projects we are currently working on.

Tetra Tech is a VEVRAA federal contractor and we request priority referral of veterans for available positions.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

Please no phone calls or agencies.

Emergency Management Cadre - Military Veterans

at R&R Integrated Solutions

Los Angeles, CA