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Stantec Resilience Planner in Sarasota, Florida
Resilience Planner - ( 2400024D )
Description
Resilient communities don’t just happen—they’re designed. They are creatively imagined, collaboratively planned, and readied to face tomorrow with optimism. We’re driving the future of our Water Group. Our experts lead their fields, collaborating on projects that are as technically challenging as they are impactful, creative, and fulfilling. We’re a place where you can apply your passion—and find endless opportunities to help make communities more equitable, resilient, and livable. As one of the world’s top ranked leaders in sustainability, we operate our company with the same focus and adherence to best practices as we apply to our client’s needs.
Your Opportunity
The Stantec Gulf Water group is seeking a full-time Resilience Planner who will bring energy and creativity to Stantec’s growing resilience practice. Your work supporting development of forward-looking resilience plans and vulnerability assessments will compliment Stantec’s multi-disciplinary technical expertise in building communities that thrive in the wake of hazards, shocks, and stressors, including the impacts of a changing climate.
In this role, your strong understanding of comprehensive planning, land development regulations, and design guidelines will contribute to advancing community resilience, hazard mitigation, and climate adaptation. You will also support vulnerability assessments and stakeholder engagement to help communities understand, communicate, and reduce their current and future climate and hazard vulnerabilities. You will be responsible for supporting exceptional deliverables through project life cycles, achieving client satisfaction, and maintaining profitability for the projects we execute.
Your Key Responsibilities
Collect and analyze data to support delivery of community resilience planning efforts including, but not limited to hazard mitigation planning, climate adaptation planning, risk assessments, disaster resilience and recovery, and urban/regional planning
Assist with development of clear and compelling plans, reports, and other deliverables through creative and technical writing, document management, research, and assessment
Conduct vulnerability, sensitivity, adaptation and risk and resilience analyses using state of the art tools and spreadsheets.
Develop graphics and maps using GIS to support narrative information
Support public and stakeholder outreach and engagement efforts using a range of techniques to promote inclusive engagement (e.g., presentations, charettes, workshops, surveys, canvassing, etc.)
Research and advise on community resilience planning best practices, standards, and guidance
Interact with and develop excellent relations with clients and stakeholders
Be an active member of the team and passionate about the mission of reducing the impacts of disasters and climate change
Qualifications
Your Capabilities and Credentials
Self-motivated and passionate about supporting communities in building resilience to climate change, economic disruptions, and natural and human-caused hazards
Excellent creative and technical writing skills
Skilled in graphic design and creating visually engaging documents
Skilled in GIS, databases and mapping
Strong time management, critical thinking, problem solving, and organization skills.
A task-oriented team player, who can grasp new concepts quickly, support simultaneous tasks, and work independently
Experience in developing community and resilience plans (comprehensive, small area, hazard mitigation, etc.)
Experience with developing land use regulations and design guidelines
Knowledge of federal and state emergency management, climate, disaster, and resilience-related laws and regulations (including floodplain management), as well as best practice standards and guidance
Knowledge of state and federal grant funding programs for resilience projects
Education and Experience
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in environmental science, planning, public policy, or related field; master’s degree preferred
Minimum of 3 years of professional planning experience preferred
Typical office environment working with computers. Some travel may be required to attend meetings and public workshops. May occasionally visit study areas, planning sites, and/or be exposed to outside elements and inclement weather conditions.
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.
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Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).
Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.
The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.
Primary Location : United States-Florida-Tallahassee
Other Locations : United States-Florida-Coral Gables, United States-Florida-Sarasota
Organization : BC-1773 Water-US Gulf
Employee Status : Regular
Job Level : Individual Contributor
Travel : Yes, 10 % of the Time
Schedule : Full-time
Job Posting : May 16, 2024, 5:58:51 AM
Req ID: 2400024D
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