Workstream Lead - Hazard Mitigation (FEMA)

Location: Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, United States; hybrid work with regular on-site participation and travel in Puerto Rico based on project and client needs

Salary: $79,661–$100,395.20 per year

Company

hirify.global provides program management, engineering, consulting, and disaster recovery support for infrastructure and federally funded programs.

What you will do

• Lead the hazard mitigation workstream for FEMA HMGP and Public Assistance Section 406 activities.
• Oversee mitigation project identification, scoping, formulation, application development, amendments, implementation support, and closeout readiness.
• Provide technical and policy guidance on FEMA eligibility, feasibility, cost-effectiveness, documentation, compliance, schedules, and funding risks.
• Coordinate engineers, planners, BCA specialists, EHP professionals, cost estimators, grant specialists, analysts, and subcontractor teams.
• Manage work plans, priorities, milestones, staffing, risks, dependencies, reporting, QA/QC, peer review, and audit-ready documentation.
• Provide technical assistance, training, client briefings, stakeholder coordination, and responses to FEMA or COR3 comments and requests for information.

Requirements

• At least five years of progressively responsible experience in hazard mitigation, disaster recovery, resilience, infrastructure, or federally funded grant programs.
• Significant experience with FEMA HMGP and/or Public Assistance Section 406 mitigation, including project formulation, scope or application review, technical assistance, implementation support, or closeout.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and coordinating engineering, planning, BCA, EHP, cost-estimating, grants, and other technical resources.
• Experience working with federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, recipient, or subrecipient stakeholders on complex mitigation projects.
• Experience resolving eligibility, scope, documentation, cost-effectiveness, compliance, funding, and implementation issues while managing multiple projects, deadlines, risks, and client expectations.
• Bachelor’s degree in emergency management, public administration, engineering, architecture, planning, environmental science, business administration, construction management, or a related field. Relevant experience may substitute in accordance with company policy.
• Advanced knowledge of FEMA hazard mitigation policy, HMGP, Section 406, project formulation, feasibility, BCA, EHP, procurement, federal cost principles, documentation, appeals, audits, and grant closeout.
• Strong leadership, mentoring, facilitation, negotiation, technical writing, presentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with proficiency in Microsoft 365 and grants, project tracking, reporting, or data visualization systems.
• Fluency in English and Spanish is required.
• Ability and willingness to travel and participate on-site in Puerto Rico is required based on project and client needs.

Nice to have

• Puerto Rico disaster recovery or mitigation experience and direct experience supporting recipients or subrecipients.
• Advanced degree in a relevant field.
• Certified Floodplain Manager, Project Management Professional, Certified Emergency Manager, FEMA mitigation or BCA training, grants management, or comparable credential.
• Valid driver’s license for travel and field responsibilities.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid, office, and client-site work with occasional travel and field activity.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus life and disability coverage.
• 401(k) retirement plan, HSA, and FSA.
• Paid time off, commuter and wellness benefits, and professional and personal development support.
• Employment includes pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks.

Hiring process

• Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or no longer needed.
• Employment is subject to applicable background checks and pre-employment substance abuse testing.