FEMA Public Assistance Program – General Planner

1 month ago


Lawrence, Kansas, United States Jacobs Full time

Your Impact:

Our People & Places Solutions business – reinforces our drive to improve the lives of people everywhere and epitomizes the "why" of what we do – the tremendous positive impact and value our solutions bring to our communities and society as a whole.

From facilities delivering life-saving therapies and ensuring clean water to enabling the connection of people through all modes of transportation and providing access to technology – we're integrating a multitude of these solution elements to build the smart environments of tomorrow.

Start your Jacobs career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow.

We are excited to announce CCPRS won the next 5-year contract for Public Assistance Technical Assistance Contractors – PA TAC V in the West Zone The West Zone includes Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California, Arizona, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri.

If you want to join a company committed to you and your success, invest your technical expertise with us and support FEMA in a variety of ways.

Through CCPRS, Jacobs is looking for you to provide technical assistance support for FEMA disaster-related operations throughout the U.S.

FEMA uses the PA TAC nationally to obtain the following roles:

Administrative Specialists, Communication Specialists, Environmental Planners, Financial Services, General Planners, and other related professional services to assist state and local municipalities and public entities in developing grant applications for Federal Public Assistance funding for the repair of their infrastructure/facilities damaged by disasters (roads, bridges, hospitals, schools, water treatment facilities, parks etc.).

As a part of the FEMA program, we'll lean on you to support our technical professionals and aid in various or all phases of the Public Assistance grant delivery process (from applicant assignment to exit briefing).

Including the development of technical documents, cost estimating, and disaster recovery and/or management services.

You'll be a key member of the team in assisting project managers or engineers in major segments of moderate to complex projects or tasks, and provide reporting and management assistance for the overall efficiency of the disaster operation.

We'll rely on your expertise and attention to detail to ensure compliance with overall FEMA Public Assistance policy and procedure.

For our FEMA client, qualified candidates must be U.S.

citizens, able to clear Department of Homeland Security background check for security clearance level of "Public Trust", and open to working 8-12 hours per day for 5-6 days per week.

You'll potentially deploy to the field in remote disaster conditions, and most of the job responsibilities will be conducted in a FEMA office.

Due to the nature of this type of unpredictable work, you must also have the ability to mobilize within 24-48 hours if ever needed to deploy, commit to up to 6 months or longer on a disaster deployment, and be flexible for contingent type of project work.


Here's what you'll need:

  • Bachelor's Degree in relevant field of expertise as fits potential roles outlined above.
  • 5 plus years of relevant experience in field of expertise and/or disaster relief.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen and be able to pass an FBI background check.
  • Must have a clean driving record and ability to pass a Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) check.
  • Must have a current valid driver's license.
  • Ability to mobilize within 24-48 hours, commit to a minimum 90-day assignment in remote locations and disaster conditions.
  • Ability to work well across multiple teams and meet critical deadlines.
  • Ability to stand or walk for long periods of times on varying terrain.
  • Flexibility to work in different locations as needed by FEMA.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Suite.
  • Computer Proficiencyin this role you must be competent and fully proficient at operating a computer, finding files, editing documents in adobe and word, working with Excel spreadsheets, ability to effectively interface with applications in web browsers, working knowledge of saving, renaming, editing, organizing files and moving between iPhone and PC seamlessly

Ideally, You'll Also Have:

  • 10 plus years of relevant experience in field of expertise and/or disaster relief.
  • Significant focus and experience in providing excellent customer service, attention to detail and must have excellent communication (writing and verbal) skills.
  • Prior experience in the PA Program or Long-Term Community Recovery Program Specialist.
  • Trainings completed in Program Delivery Manager training, Site Inspector training, Public Assistance Operations I (PA Ops I), Public Assistance Operations II (PA Ops II), Project Worksheet (PW) Development, Cost Estimating Format (CEF), Debris Management/Operations, and/or 406 Hazard Mitigation. At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good. With $15 billion in revenue and a talent force of more than 60,000, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of professional services including consulting, technical, scientific and project delivery for the government and private sector.


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