Emergency Manager - Electric

NiSource

About The Position

The Emergency Manager at NiSource is responsible for overseeing Emergency Preparedness & Response (EP&R) plans for the organization and providing support to the electric segment as a principal business partner. This role entails designing, updating, and maintaining EP&R strategies, ensuring the organization's readiness through emergency exercise drills and training sessions. The Emergency Manager will cultivate and manage relationships with key stakeholders, emergency response teams, and local and state governmental officials across the company's footprint. In addition, the Emergency Manager will collaborate within the six state service area, impacted shared services, and corporate centers to implement and enhance the Incident Command System, ensuring effective coordination and response during emergencies. This position plays a crucial role in safeguarding the organization's assets and ensuring the safety and well-being of employees and the communities served by NiSource.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Emergency Management, Business Administration, Public Administration, Fire Administration, Political Science, or a related field is preferred.
Leadership and supervisory skills required.
Analytical skills required.
Strong verbal and written communication skills required.
Excellent interpersonal skills required.
Problem-solving, decision-making, and clear communication of ideas, facts, and concepts to all company constituencies required.
Ability to develop policies and procedures and engage with individuals from diverse cultures or backgrounds.
Mental and physical ability to respond quickly to events and emergency situations throughout the service territory required.
Availability 24/7, except while on approved leave, to respond to emergency situations via communication devices.
Occasional evening and weekend work may be required.
Subject to rotating on-call schedule.
Designated as an essential employee and may be required to report to work during severe weather closures.
Travel to various service territories and NiSource offices and facilities required.
Valid driver's license required.
Upon Hire Completion of ICS 100, 200, 300, 400, and NIMS 700 and 800 training required.
Upon Hire State-level or IAEM Certified Emergency Manager certification required or must be obtained within twelve months of employment.
within 1 Year Completion of the FEMA Professional Development Series (must be obtained within one year of employment)

Nice To Haves

Seven (7) years professional job-related experience in management and/or strategic planning for emergency management programs may substitute for the required education.
Certification or ability to obtain certification within twelve months of employment as a trainer for NIMS or ICS training and/or exercise practice is preferred.

Responsibilities

Leader in Incident Execution: Support the Incident Commander in executing the EP&R plan during incidents. High level of organizational ability to manage data and people in an emergency setting.
Training Strategy and Execution: Create, support, and execute overall emergency response training plans, including scenario exercises for all levels of incidents. Lead the incident management team in executing the plan with various states and operations groups.
After Action Reviews: Lead the strategy for After Action Reviews and the corrective action process through completion, applying learnings to the emergency and incident command structure, and sharing changes with the organization as per API RP173 requirements.
Technology Strategy Development: Create and support the development of the technology strategy for the maintenance, updates, and execution of emergency preparedness and response plans.
Relationship Management: Build and maintain relationship strategies and plans across our footprint, including utility leaders, local emergency management agencies, public safety organizations, and other officials. Leading groups through projects where high collaboration with stakeholders is needed at many levels of the company. Collaboration across departments and states.
Regulatory Compliance: Provide emergency preparedness and response information for filing plans with regulatory bodies.
Continuous Improvement: Manage continuous improvements to emergency plans and processes activated during incidents. Collaborate with key stakeholders on such improvements.
Plan Tracking and Updates: Track changes and improvements made to the emergency plans.
Employee Role Management: Execute the process to identify, track, and update employees assigned to Incident Command System (ICS) roles.
Record Retention: Ensure record retention of all incident-related documentation.