(USA-VA-Fairfax) NRO Area Incident Management Coordinator

**Company Description**

**At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.**

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

**Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.**

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts – planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers – leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.

**Job Description**

The Incident Management Coordinator (IMC) is part of a regional traffic incident management operations team that works to provide safe and efficient clearance of roadway incidents, and to enhance highway-responder safety at traffic incidents. This is accomplished through (not all inclusive):

+ Close coordination with the regional Traffic Operations Centers in the Northern Region Operations in Northern Virginia

+ Close coordination and engagement with various highway responders such as law enforcement, DOT, fire and rescue, and towing and recovery companies

+ Responding to major traffic incidents to provide information and asset coordination for VDOT

+ Involvement in traffic management planning for events that pose a large impact on the region (e.g., festivals, concerts, major highway construction / maintenance projects, federal government events)

+ Developing and maintaining relationships among the highway responder community to strengthen interagency coordination and communication at traffic incidents

+ Contributing to after-action reviews to promote improved coordination between the responding agencies during traffic incident management

+ Conducting training for DOT and partnering agencies on traffic incident management and highway responder safety

+ IMPORTANT: Positional responsibilities are at times performed outdoors along the roadsides in an uncontrolled work environment.

**What you need to be successful in this role:**

+ Keen situational awareness and attention to safety

+ In depth experience in emergency response operations (e.g., fire and rescue, law enforcement)

+ Ability to respond calmly and effectively in emergency situations

+ Ability to effectively problem solve and apply critical thinking to traffic operations incidents

+ Ability to make sound decisions during emergency situations and, or for time sensitive situations

+ Ability to work independently while also able to work effectively in coordination with a group

+ Professional presentation and proficient interpersonal skill for effective communication with stakeholders

+ Proficient use of computers for job-related administration (e.g., incident reports, training materials, communication)

+ Experience in application and use of the Incident Command System

+ Regional familiarization (geography and roadways)

+ Ability to accomplish and maintain training and certification requirements (e.g., First Aid & CPR, ICS)

+ Radio and telecommunications skills

**Qualifications**

**Minimum Requirements**

+ BA/BS + 4 YORE or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education

+ Successfully pass State and Federal criminal history/security background check; also successfully complete Virginia Department of Transportation fingerprint-based Criminal History Records Check (CHRC)

+ Ability to drive, using an AECOM provided vehicle, patrolling and monitoring a segment of interstate roadway in an assigned region.

+ Possess a valid driver’s license and a clean driving record for the past 3 years, including no suspension of license or single violation worth 6 demerits according to the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles points system.

+ Participate in the monthly Motor Vehicle Records (MVR) monitoring program and maintain a satisfactory driving record as a condition of employment

+ Pass a pre-employment drug screen and successfully participate in the program’s mandatory random drug screening process

+ Physically able, with or without an accommodation, to work in outdoor environments with uneven terrain, variable outdoor conditions including heat, cold, moisture, dust, dryness, noise, and automotive-related chemicals (e.g., fuels, coolants, lubricants, etc.); position requires frequent operation of vehicles, lifting of less than 25 pounds, and work around heavy, moving, dangerous equipment; often standing/walking, repetitive bending & stooping, lifting of 25-75 pounds, working with arms above shoulder level, and power gripping/squeezing (hand tools, levers, etc.); occasional work at heights, and work on electrical circuits; rare lifting of greater than 75 pounds, and stair climbing. Position will include wearing associated personal protective equipment

+ Dependability and schedule flexibility for after-hours response to major traffic incidents and special events. Normal work hours are Mon-Fri, 8-5 but can/will be adjusted as necessary to meet 24/7 response, as appropriate. This position is expected to respond to significant incidents afterhours and may be compensated with overtime or work hours adjusted.

+ Completion of NIMS Training will include at a minimum: ICS 100, 200, 300, 400 & 700

+ Completion of the Transportation Incident Management 4-hour training class

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Preferred Qualifications:

+ Prior HAZMAT response training / experience is a plus

+ Live within the geographical boundaries of the VDOT Northern Region Operations (The City of Alexandria, Arlington County, Fairfax County, Prince William County, Loudoun County, and the towns and cities within)

+ The Northern Region Operations Regional Incident Management Coordinator will provide guidance and will be the direct point of contact for daily work expectations. The Central Region Operations Manager will provide administrative oversight.

+ Build relationships with local responders, creating a cohesive, collaborative environment that will lead to quicker clearance of the roadways.

+ Coordinate with the Northern Region Operations (NRO) TOC

+ A vehicle fully equipped for the job will be assigned and will be a take home vehicle

+ Respond to significant incidents throughout the NRO area as directed

+ Assist outside of the NRO District as directed

**Additional Information**

+ Sponsorship Opportunities for US Employment Authorization are not available for this position.

+ Relocation benefits is not available for this position.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM! Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

Join us and let’s get started.

**ReqID:** J10079349

**Business Line:** Transportation

**Business Group:** DCS

**Strategic Business Unit:** East

**Career Area:** Operations & Maintenance