Flood Risk Reduction Specialist (Planner III)

Are you ready to join a team dedicated to making Fairfax County flood-resilient? Your expertise can protect lives and build a safer future for our community!

The Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services (DPWES) seeks a Flood Risk Reduction Specialist (Planner III) to help protect our community from flooding. Use your technical skills and leadership to make a real impact.

Under the general supervision of the Watershed Modeling and Analysis Branch Chief, this position plans and coordinates flood risk reduction initiatives within the Stormwater Planning Division. The primary responsibilities include:

• Develop and implement strategies and prioritization framework to mitigate flood impacts, document and enhance existing efforts, and coordinate the design of capital construction projects.
• Engage in community outreach, maintain and update educational materials and webpages, support the identification and prioritization of flood mitigation projects, and collaborate with various stakeholders.
• Prepare grant applications and utilize GIS tools to support operations.
• Perform Hydrologic and Hydraulic (H&H) engineering analyses for flood mitigation and stormwater management projects.
• Prepare and review neighborhood flood mitigation project plans and construction documents to ensure regulatory and engineering compliance.
• Provide construction administration, solve design challenges, oversee consultants, coordinate with utilities, and assist with environmental permitting and construction monitoring.
• Manage consultant contracts for stormwater capital improvement projects, including scope development, contract negotiation, and performance monitoring.

• Effective communication: Selects the best method for each situation, communicates clearly and professionally, listens actively, and speaks confidently and concisely to individuals and groups.
• Partnering: Builds networks inside and outside the organization, collaborates across boundaries, and manages competing interests to foster partnerships.
• Aligning Vision and Values: Ensures work aligns with the County's vision and values, seeks clarification when needed, and models alignment for others.
• Teamwork: Collaborates across teams and departments, actively contributes to team goals, values all members' input, and recognizes teamwork as essential to the role.
• Conflict Management: Prevents destructive conflict, facilitates constructive resolution, and promotes open, positive outcomes in disagreements.

• Benefits
• Retirement

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Any combination of education, experience, and training equivalent to the following:
(Click on the aforementioned link to learn how Fairfax County interprets equivalencies for "Any combination, experience, and training equivalent to")
Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university in a planning related field; plus four years of experience in a planning-related field.

CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES REQUIRED:

• Valid driver's license.
• DEQ Stormwater Management Plan Reviewer certification - completion of first required training class within 12 months of hire and certification required within 12 months of date of completion of first required class.

• 3 or more years of experience in flood mitigation, stormwater management, regulatory compliance.
• 3 or more years of experience in project and data management
• 1 or more year of experience managing grants and engineering contracts for the development of construction plans
• 3 or more years of experience in GIS and hydrologic and hydraulic (H&H) modeling
• 1 or more year of experience utilizing software tools for data management and data sharing
• 3 or more years of experience in delivering technical presentations to diverse groups and elected officials.