Avangrid · 21 hours ago
Program Manager-Emergency Prep Planning
Binghamton, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$116K/yr - $145K/yr
7+ years expAvangrid is a company focused on emergency preparedness, and they are seeking a Program Manager for Emergency Prep Planning. This role involves developing and maintaining emergency plans, collaborating with various stakeholders, and ensuring compliance with emergency response requirements.
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Responsibilities
Planning Expert: Be able to execute a deliberate planning process to update existing plans or develop new plans. Understands how to design plans that are effective for training but are also executable during an emergency
Training on Plans and Continuous Improvement: Works with training, exercise and operations staff to ensure plans are trained too and evaluated for updates during exercise or after real world events. Updates plans based on lessons learned and corrective actions
Plan Management: Tracks and manages inventory of plans and plan maintenance schedules to ensure external compliance due dates and internal planning requirements are met
Facilitation of Workshops and Meetings: Planning requires bringing variety of experts together to solve a problem. As the lead planner you will need to facilitate cross functional teams by hosting workshops, leading discussions and facilitating planning sessions
Project Management: The candidate must have well-developed project management skills and be able to multitask in a fast-paced environment. The candidate will need to handle multiple projects at once and be effective at working with a variety of stakeholders to accomplish program goals
Budget and Contract Management: The candidate shall be responsible for the preparation and management of budgets, contracts, and expenses for their program area
Communications Skills: The candidate will need to be an effective communicator who can adapt their communication approach to a variety of audiences – from technical to executive leadership. They should be able to develop effective, clear and easy to understand materials and presentations to accomplish their goals
Collaboration: The candidate will need to work collaboratively with other program staff and is expected to support the team in other areas when needed
Hours of Work: Available and on-call to respond to emergencies that include working outside of normal business hours (nights, weekends and holidays)
Travel as needed to support day-to-day operations and emergencies throughout companies
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree + 7 years experience or Associate's degree + 10 yrs experience
7 years relevant experience required
Experience facilitating cross functional teams through a planning process
Strong experience with project management
Preferred
Emergency Management experience in Utility or Critical Infrastructure setting
Master's degree preferred – in Planning or Emergency Management
Use of the FEMA Comprehensive Planning Guide
Completion of the Homeland Security courses: ICS 700, 100, 200, 300, 400 preferred
Incident Commander or other position ICS command and general staff qualifications preferred
Understanding and experience implementing programs that follow National Standards for Emergency Management (e.g. FEMA, NIMS, ICS)
Experience working in utility regulatory environment
Company
Avangrid
Avangrid, Inc.
Founded in 1997Orange, Connecticut, USA
5001-10000 employees
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