Resilience and Emergency Management Intern - Spring 2027

AtkinsRéalis • Los Angeles, CA

5d • $23 - $29 • Onsite

About The Position

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Resilience and Emergency Management Intern for Spring 2027 in its Los Angeles, California office. The internship offers hands-on experience supporting public-sector resilience, emergency management, disaster recovery, grants, planning, and infrastructure initiatives. The intern will contribute to project research, data collection, document preparation, coordination, analysis, recordkeeping, and quality reviews, working with multidisciplinary teams and clients. The role requires completion of at least 60 college credit hours toward a degree by the internship start. No professional experience is required. The internship includes participation in Explore, the company’s intern development initiative, with mentorship, practical experience, and career and educational exploration opportunities.

Requirements

• Complete at least 60 credit hours toward a degree from an accredited college or university by the start of the internship.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled productivity tools such as Microsoft Copilot and ability to learn SharePoint and other project systems.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
• Experience with spreadsheets, data entry, document review, and research, and ability to manage multiple assignments with attention to detail.

Nice To Haves

• Internship, volunteer, research, customer service, administrative, data analysis, planning, grants, or public-sector experience.
• Degree studies in Emergency Management, Public Policy, Public Administration, Political Science, Geography/GIS, Environmental Studies, Planning, Engineering, Economics, Finance, Accounting, Data Analytics, Communications, or a related discipline.
• Exposure to ArcGIS, Power BI, Smartsheet, Adobe Acrobat, FEMA grant systems, or similar tools.

Responsibilities

• Support resilience, emergency management, disaster recovery, grant, and planning projects through research, data collection, document development, meeting coordination, and follow-up.
• Review, organize, track, and maintain grant applications, reimbursement requests, plans, project records, and related documentation in accordance with program requirements and quality standards.
• Prepare correspondence, meeting summaries, presentations, maps, reports, briefing materials, forms, logs, and other deliverables for internal and client use.
• Maintain project information, datasets, dashboards, SharePoint sites, databases, spreadsheets, and other systems of record for project delivery and reporting.
• Conduct research and analysis, including data compilation, data visualization, mapping, GIS support, technical summaries, and reviews of program guidance, policies, and resilience-related topics.
• Perform quality assurance and quality control reviews to ensure the accuracy, completeness, consistency, and compliance of project documents, datasets, and deliverables.
• Collaborate with grants specialists, planners, engineers, project managers, technical staff, clients, and stakeholders to support project execution, public engagement, site visits, planning activities, and funding programs, including FEMA, HUD, and state agencies.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned in support of project, client, office, and organizational needs.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Hands-on experience with industry leaders.
• Support and mentorship from professionals throughout the business.
• Career and educational exploration opportunities, including client site visits, weekly Lunch & Learns, and virtual and/or in-person activities.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: Associate degree