Emergency Preparedness Specialist

ATC•Cottage Grove, WI

About The Position

American Transmission Company is seeking a Resiliency & Emergency Management Specialist to support emergency preparedness, business continuity, crisis management, incident response, and organizational resilience through the ATC Ready program. The role coordinates plans, training, exercises, stakeholder activities, action items, and readiness improvements to help protect employees and sustain critical operations. The specialist supports preparedness, response, recovery, and resilience planning; helps business areas create practical plans; and maintains program documentation and readiness materials. The role coordinates training and exercises, prepares communications and program updates, facilitates cross-functional activities, and tracks milestones and corrective actions. When needed, the specialist supports assigned incident response responsibilities and related coordination, documentation, communications, and follow-up. The position requires a relevant bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and demonstrated related experience, one to three years of relevant experience, FEMA Independent Study coursework including IS-100, IS-200, IS-700, and IS-800, strong organizational and communication skills, and proficiency with Microsoft Office and collaboration tools. The targeted base pay is $83,200 to $97,100 annually. The position is full-time and has one opening.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Emergency Management, Health & Safety, Business or Public Administration, Business Continuity Management, or a related field; an equivalent combination of education and demonstrated related experience may be considered.
One to three years of experience supporting emergency management, business continuity, resilience, incident response, exercises, training, or project coordination.
FEMA Independent Study coursework, including IS-100, IS-200, IS-700, and IS-800.
Ability to organize work, manage competing priorities, track assignments, meet deadlines, and maintain accurate documentation.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare practical updates and materials for varied audiences.
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Word, and document management or collaboration tools.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting emergency preparedness exercises, drills, workshops, or tabletop exercises.
Experience developing education, awareness, or training materials.
Experience applying National Incident Management System and Incident Command System principles to planning, training, exercises, or response activities.
Experience facilitating committees, meetings, workgroups, or cross-functional initiatives.
Experience tracking after-action items, program metrics, lessons learned, and corrective actions.
ICS-300, ICS-400, or a related project management, emergency management, or business continuity certification.
Experience in an electric utility, energy, critical infrastructure, government, public safety, healthcare, transportation, telecommunications, military, or another mission-critical environment.

Responsibilities

Support development, maintenance, and implementation of emergency preparedness, response, recovery, and resilience plans.
Help business areas translate emergency management and continuity concepts into practical plans.
Maintain program documentation, records, schedules, and readiness materials.
Support crisis management, business continuity, and organizational resilience initiatives through the ATC Ready program.
Coordinate exercises, drills, workshops, and tabletop exercises, including logistics and participant communications.
Develop education, awareness, presentation, and training materials for varied audiences.
Support after-action reviews, lessons learned, improvement planning, and corrective-action tracking.
Apply NIMS and Incident Command System principles to planning, training, exercises, and response activities.
Facilitate meetings, committees, workgroups, and cross-functional initiatives.
Coordinate with internal teams and external partners to strengthen preparedness and response capabilities.
Prepare program updates, reports, presentations, and stakeholder communications.
Track commitments, assignments, deadlines, basic metrics, and program milestones.
Maintain readiness to support an assigned incident response role when needed.
Assist with coordination, documentation, communications, and follow-up before, during, and after incidents.
Identify gaps and opportunities to improve plans, processes, training, and organizational readiness.
Remain composed, flexible, and dependable as priorities or operating conditions change.