Project Manager- Disaster Response

Job Description

Dewberry is seeking a Project Manager for our Disaster Recovery Services Unit in Panama City, FL. The ideal candidate will be responsible for supervising staff, document production, monitoring budgets and schedules, marketing new projects, preparing proposals, and interfacing regularly with clients. The Project Manager will work directly with our management team and support FEMA Individual Assistance, Hazard Mitigation, Housing Inspection and state/local contracts.  

This position requires an extensive engineering and construction management background, including the ability to travel to disaster sites, manage and train field personnel, and provide onsite technical solutions.  The Project Manager makes critical decisions within their areas of responsibilities and exercises authority as delegated by the Business Unit Manager.   The position requires an extensive technical, programmatic and client coordination background.   

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors is our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.

Responsibilities

Required Skills & Required Experience

• Engineering degree preferred.
• 10+ years of experience with background in utilities, disaster response, asset management and leadership/management background.
• Proven track record in executing and managing disaster recovery grant programs and/or providing related consulting services. 
• Knowledge of various federal agency disaster recovery (e.g. FEMA, HUD, and USACE) programs, and programmatic rules and regulations governing their implementation.
• Preference will be given to candidate with prior FEMA response and recovery experience with preparing preliminary damage assessments, cost estimates, and housing inspection activities.   
• Ability to serve as technical lead and liaison on federal, state and local projects.
• Must have experience managing and training diverse teams.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Travel is required for position.
• Driving is a requirement of the position.  A clean driving record is required.
• Must be US citizen.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for our employees. So if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

*At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.

*Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

*Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.

Notice to Third Party Recruiters:  Dewberry only compensates job placement recruiters that have a valid Dewberry-approved written agreement in place for recruiting services. Dewberry does not compensate third party recruiters for unsolicited job placement candidate information.