Public Assistance Disaster Recovery – Estimator

2 months ago

Kansas City, Missouri, United States tapwage Full time
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

We are accepting resumes for Estimator positions to perform the tasks listed above in the Project Overview.

The positions will be embedded within FEMA to provide technical assistance that may include:

  • Perform field inspections of damaged facilities to gain an understanding of the probable scope of work, including means and methods of construction.
  • Conduct both parametric and detailed cost analysis on a variety of public and municipal infrastructure.
  • Prepare estimates using a variety of documented data sources.
  • Identify scope of eligible work for projects, including cause and dimensions of damage, and the work necessary to repair the damage, and produce efficient, traceable, verifiable, and defendable cost estimates meeting the quality review requirements of FEMA.
All Estimators will use FEMA's Grants Manager 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.

If selected the role would initially be a part-time, casual position and would become full-time upon task order awards.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

  • Due to the nature of the work, must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain DHS Public Trust clearance.
  • Bachelor's degree in Construction, or Engineering field with 4 years of related technical experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
  • Previous experience in building inspection.
  • Experience with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Teams, Excel, and Word), Adobe Acrobat, Google Earth (file conversion and import/export ability required), and smartphone.
  • Must be able to commit to travel assignments for up to 1 year in duration. Trips home to your residence are reimbursed and allowed every 3045 days, depending on task order specifics.
  • Must have a valid driver's license, as a condition of employment, pass AECOM's motor vehicle records review.
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 )

OPSEC Training )

Insider Threat Training ([]))

Privacy at

DHS:
Protecting Personal Information )

Information Technology Security Awareness Training (Cyber Awareness Challenge) )

Independent Study Courses (completion dates do not have to be recent)

IS-1000: Public Assistance Program and Eligibility )

IS-1001: The Public Assistance Delivery Model Orientation )

IS-1002: FEMA Grants Portal – Transparency at Every Step )

IS-1004: The FEMA Site Inspection Process )

IS-1018: Determination Memorandums and Appeals )

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree with 5 years of experience in a related field OR 10 years in a field of expertise in a related field.
  • Persons with constructionrelated experience a plus.
  • Prior FEMA PA and/or CRC experience preferred, but not required, including experience with and understanding of FEMA's PA Program and Policy Guide (PAPPG), the Stafford Act, 44 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 2 CFR, Sandy Recovery Improvement Act (SRIA) Legislation, PA grant documentation review or project development experience, validating PA grant documentation, and developing or reviewing damage descriptions and dimensions, scopes of work, and cost estimates for PA grant applications.
  • Experience using FEMA Grants Manager.
  • Experience using FEMA's Cost Estimating Format (CEF) in the development of estimates.
  • Current DHS Public Trust clearance/badge.
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills with attention to detail.
  • Experience providing excellent customer service.
  • Strong observational, decision making, analytical, critical thinking, organizational, and problemsolving skills with ability to synthesize and clearly present key disaster recovery issues and progress to resolution.
Additional Information

  • Sponsorship is not available.
  • This project has a heavy focus on production and quality. Staff must be committed to completing the work efficiently and accurately. Work will be monitored and reviewed regularly.
  • The offer of employment is contingent on Task Order requirements, your qualifications (education/experience) meeting task order requirements, your availability for the specific Task Order, your ability to obtain and maintain your PA-TAC training credentials, and AECOM being awarded client Task Order.
  • This position is contingent upon the ability to obtain/maintain/transfer a DHS Public Trust Clearance.
  • As a condition of employment, pass a DHS/FEMA background investigation.
  • This position is contingent upon task order and customer requirements and/or their approval.
  • If the contingency does not occur, then the offer is rescinded.
About AECOM

AECOM is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits program to meet the diverse needs of our employees.

Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absence, voluntary benefits, perks, U.S.

and global well-being programs, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.


AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management.

On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges.

Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities.

AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023.

See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options.

Whether you're working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.


You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.


AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families.

We also provide a robust global well-being program.

We're the world's trusted global infrastructure firm, and we're in this together – your growth and success are ours too.


Join us, and you'll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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