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Civil Engineer
Federal Emergency Management Agency · Posted 11 days ago
Hybrid Washington, DC $122K – $158K Apply by Jun 18, 2026 Civil Engineering ESTJINTJISTJISTP Engineering
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Joining the Mitigation Directorate within FEMA's Office of Resilience offers an exciting opportunity to become part of a team that builds and delivers creative solutions to become more resilient to natural disasters and to reduce disaster suffering.
What You'll Do
- →What will I do in this position if hired?
- →In this position, you will serve as a Civil Engineer in the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Branch within the Hazard Mitigation Assistance Division.
- →You'll be joining a team that invests in helping American communities become more resilient and mitigate against future disasters.
- →Typical assignments include: Serve as a technical authority on natural hazard mitigation, providing engineering expertise for BRIC grant projects to minimize loss of life and property damage.
- →Review, analyze, and evaluate BRIC-funded infrastructure and mitigation projects for feasibility, effectiveness, compliance, and resilient design practices.
- →Advise FEMA staff, state and local officials, and design professionals on best practices, technical guidance, and regulatory requirements for hazard-resistant construction.
- →Support technical training, outreach, and publications related to BRIC priorities, including resilient design, mitigation strategies, and building science.
- →Participate in site visits, assessments, disaster operations, and prepare technical reports and briefings to support BRIC program implementation and emergency operations.
- →What else do I need to know?
- →At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management.
- →Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites.
- →All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description.
- →Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.
- →This announcement is for a position as a CORE (Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee).
Requirements
- ✓To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy.
- ✓To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo, successfully pass, and maintain a background investigation for Public Trust as a condition of placement into this position.
- ✓This may include a credit check after initial job qualifications are determined, a review of financial issues, such as delinquency in the payment of debts, child support and/or tax obligations, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs (please visit: Mythbuster on Federal Hiring Policies for additional information).
- ✓For more information on background investigations for Federal jobs, please visit OPM Investigations.
- ✓Conditions of Employment: You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.
- ✓You must successfully pass a background investigation.
- ✓Selective Service registration required.
- ✓You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government credit card.
- ✓You must be able to deploy with little or no advance notice to anywhere in the United States and its territories for an extended period of time.
- ✓Please review the Additional Information section for additional key requirements.
- ✓Positive Education Requirement: This position has a positive education requirement, as outlined in the "requirements" section.
- ✓You must submit a copy of your transcripts (unofficial are acceptable) with your online application.
- ✓Once selected and prior to appointment, applicants must provide official college transcripts.
- ✓Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States.
Benefits
- ★DHS offers competitive salaries and an attractive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, life, and long-term care insurance; retirement plan; Thrift Savings Plan [similar to a 401(k)]; Flexible Spending Account; Employee Assistance Program; personal leave days; and paid federal holidays.
- ★Other benefits may include flexible work schedules; tuition reimbursement; transportation subsidies; uniform allowance; health and wellness programs; and fitness centers.
- ★DHS is committed to employee development and offers a variety of employee training and developmental opportunities.
- ★For more information, go to the DHS Careers website and select "Benefits." Disabled veteran leave will be available to any federal employee hired on or after November 5, 2016, who is a veteran with a service- connected disability rating of 30 percent or more.
Personality Fit
Job ID: ff600a94-3cca-4a43-86e8-83af053d9748
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