Flood Resilience Analyst

APTIM • New York, NY

14h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Flood Resilience Specialist/Analyst provides technical and operational
leadership related to flood protection and mitigation measures. This role
focuses on ensuring consistency of flood mitigation approaches, alignment with
owner operational requirements, and successful asset turnover, commissioning, and long-term maintainability of flood protection systems. The position bridges
design-build delivery teams, engineering and architecture staff, and on site
operations to ensure flood protection measures are effective, durable, and
usable in real-world emergency and maintenance conditions. This position is part
of a larger team supporting flood mitigation and recovery efforts.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, architecture, construction management, facilities management, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Minimum 12 years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience supporting flood protection, resiliency, or building systems in a dense urban environment.
• Familiarity with design-build project delivery and coordination across design, construction, and operations teams.
• Experience working with public-sector owners or large asset portfolios is strongly preferred.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of flood mitigation systems such as deployable flood barriers, wet/dry floodproofing, mechanical and electrical system protection, and emergency response coordination.
• Experience supporting asset turnover, commissioning, and long-term maintenance planning.
• Familiarity with FEMA/CDBG-DR-funded or disaster recovery projects is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance to project teams on flood protection and mitigation strategies, with an emphasis on consistency across locations, cost-effectiveness, ease of use, constructability, and long-term maintenance.
• Review and support development of specifications, design approaches, and technical requirements related to flood mitigation measures to ensure conformance with program goals and operational needs.
• Coordinate closely with operations staff to ensure flood protection systems align with operational practices and emergency response protocols.
• Participate in site visits to locations as needed to support coordination, issue resolution, and operational planning.
• Support delivery teams in planning and executing asset turnover and commissioning activities for flood protection measures.
• Ensure that warranties, guarantees, operating manuals, and maintenance documentation are properly gathered, organized, and transferred to owner.
• Work with operations staff to address challenges related to activation, operation, and routine maintenance of flood protection systems, including readiness for emergency deployment.
• Coordinate with design-build teams, program management, architecture and engineering services, and project management staff to ensure flood mitigation measures are properly integrated throughout design, construction, and closeout.
• Support review of RFIs, submittals, and construction activities related to flood protection elements, with attention to constructability, durability, and compliance with program standards.
• Collaborate with various client departments to support integrated delivery of flood protection measures across various projects.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance: Through the marketplace, our employees can choose benefits from five metallic levels and several carriers to find the right benefits that work for them in their location.
• Company paid and optional Life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity coverage
• Paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave (eligibility based on company policy and applicable law)
• 401(k) APTIM offers three 401k plans through the Aon Pooled Employer Plan (PEP). The specific plan you are eligible for depends on the business unit you are in. The details of the largest plan are found here:

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees