Who We Are
Dudek is a leading environmental, planning, and engineering firm that helps public and private clients achieve compliance, practicality, and innovation through our project work. Founded in 1980, Dudek has grown steadily to more than 800 professionals across the U.S. and received the Top Workplace Award for 2021.
As a 100% employee-owned company, Dudek’s culture rewards smart, productive team members with ownership, professional development, and financial benefits. Our work communities are designed to encourage collaboration, sustainability, and connectivity with the surrounding communities.
We invest in our Employees and communities through various initiatives that make Dudek a great place to work! Dudek makes it a priority to DuGood by giving back to the communities in which we live and work, and offer Dudekians the opportunity to take a paid volunteer day each year. Our experts are encouraged to eDUcate school groups about planning, engineering, and preserving the natural and built environments. We promote environmental sustainability through our DuGreen initiative by working to improve our environmental footprint. We also DuWell to educate our associates on their health and wellness. And our Du Something Fun team brings everyone at Dudek together to balance our hard work with exciting activities.
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At Dudek, we understand the best problem solving happens when diverse viewpoints and experiences are shared. We recognize that different perspectives, inclusivity, and trust build a stronger culture and add value to our firm. We celebrate our differences and strive to make meaningful progress toward becoming a more diverse company.Learn more about our culture.
About The Job
We are seeking an Evacuation Planner with 5-10 years of professional wildfire, environmental, and/or transportation planning experience to join our wildfire planning team. Dudek’s wildfire planning team has been working in the wildfire hazard assessment and protection planning field for over 20 years. We work with landowners and land management and government agencies to evaluate wildfire hazard and develop plans to mitigate wildfire risk to communities. This position would work with our diverse group of fire planning professionals and will be focused on evaluating evacuation capabilities for planned projects and developing written evacuation plans. This position will be based out of one of Dudek’s California offices. Occasional project-related travel within California may be necessary.
Learn more about the projects you will have the opportunity to shape.
Who You Are
To thrive at Dudek, you should be comfortable with freedom and accountability. We value collaborative, resourceful, and independent thinkers. We look for curious, solution-focused people who are able to adapt quickly to an ever-changing industry. There is no single way to solve a problem, so we support your creative approaches to solve problems.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Leading analysis of potential project-related evacuation impacts.
- Preparing evacuation planning documents, including coordination with project team members and ensuring that appropriate technical review has been completed.
- Analyzing project data and conducting project-related research.
- Regularly communicating with project team members and clients throughout the project development process.
- Supporting the overall wildfire planning team on other projects, as needed.
- Attending and presenting at project meetings to discuss the results of project-related assessments, analyses, and recommendations.
Minimum Requirements
- 5-10 years of professional wildfire, environmental, and/or transportation planning experience
- Bachelor’s degree in transportation planning, land use planning, environmental planning, or other related field OR professional experience with emergency response/evacuation planning and implementation
- Strong writing, communication, and public speaking/presentation skills.
- Ability to conduct research and evaluate data sets and planning documents and summarize pertinent information into reports.
- Must possess a valid driver’s license and have active personal automobile liability insurance by first day of employment
- As a federal contractor, successful candidates are required to pass the following pre-employment requirements prior to beginning employment: pre- employment drug test and background check.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience managing environmental or land use management projects involving coordination with project team members. Experience with evacuation planning, evacuation planning tools, and VISSIM transportation software or equivalent, is highly desirable.
- Experience preparing proposals, scopes of work, and associated project budgets is highly desirable.
Proposed Salary Range: $85,000 - $105,000 annually*
- Final agreed upon compensation will be based on a variety of factors including but not limited to an individual’s related experience, education, certifications, skills, and work location.
Physical Requirements
Working Conditions:
- This job operates in a remote or office-based environment and this role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, printers, etc.
- This job requires occasional project site visits-based outdoors which can include excessive noise, uneven walking surfaces, extreme weather, moving vehicles and equipment.
Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met in order to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.
- This job requires working on a computer, sitting or standing for long periods of time in an office or remote office setting.
- This job requires attending meetings, both in person and virtually as well as speaking on the phone with peers, clients, etc. Speaking, hearing and listening are required.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Perks of Being a Dudekian
Not only will Dudek provide you with a competitive salary, but we also strive to create an environment that promotes growth, career development, and a flexible work–life balance. Dudek offers an array of benefits, from your typical medical, dental, and vision coverage to the opportunity to share in Dudek’s success through discretionary bonuses, based on firmwide, divisional, and individual performance. We also offer a yearly merit review, an employee stock ownership program, and dog friendly offices! Since we encourage our colleagues to take time off when needed, Dudek also provides a generous vacation package. If you’re tired of an overly structured environment and decision-making process to get your job done, Dudek is a place where your ideas are heard and your initiative is rewarded. Speak with your recruiter to learn more about the great perks of being a Dudekian.
Dudek is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.
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