Project Manager

IEM is searching for a Full Time Project Manager to join our team of Hazard Mitigation professionals. 

Primary Location:

• Live anywhere in the United States, including Puerto Rico
• Work from a personal office / at home location
• Preferred candidates will reside in Tallahassee, Florida 

Travel Requirements:

• This position may require travel to complete work assignments or attend meetings, specifically in Tallahassee, Florida. 

Essential Functions:

• Serve as project manager responsible for the overall management, coordination, and successful execution of all HMA grants management activities.
• Provide consultation to Local/State/Tribal leadership and maintain senior-level interface to ensure contract objectives, timelines, and service levels are consistently achieved.
• Organize, direct, and oversee the daily operations, and performance of all personnel assigned.
• Formulate work standards and ensure the implementation of quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) procedures for all HMA grant lifecycle activities, including sub-application review, project management, reimbursement validation, and closeout documentation.
• Ensure timely completion of sub‑application intake, screening, RFIs, documentation preparation, and tracking through required review milestones, in accordance with HMA program requirements
• Provide high‑level oversight for post‑award project management, including financial management, grant monitoring, compliance, time extensions, reimbursement review and processing, payment packages, and project closeouts
• Develop priorities, assign tasks, and oversee production metrics to ensure that throughput, timeliness, and quality standards are consistently met across all grant lifecycle functions
• Serve as primary point of contact between client stakeholders and project teams providing regular written and oral reports, status updates, production dashboards, and issue escalations
• Lead meetings with client program managers, mitigation leadership, subrecipients, and other stakeholders involved in HMA application development, project implementation, and grant oversight\
• Oversee the preparation and submission of all contract‑required reports and compliance‑ready documentation
• Direct and support staff training on HMA program requirements, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and required grants management systems
• Evaluate recurring operational issues, identify risk areas, develop corrective actions, and coordinate solutions to ensure uninterrupted workflow and compliance
• Support outreach and coordination with subrecipients, local governments, and other stakeholders to facilitate effective hazard mitigation project development, monitoring, and closeout activities
• Provide oversight of all administrative and programmatic tasks necessary to support the lifecycle of HMA grants, including application development, financial review, eligibility assessments, and documentation compliance

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience: Ten (10) years of experience executing FEMA HMA Grant Programs, this should include management of at least three concurrent (3) projects of similar size and complexity (large, multi-discipline engagements).
• Experience in formulating organizational strategy and directing major strategic initiatives, ensuring that goals and objectives are accomplished within budgetary parameters.
• Experience in developing and maintaining customer relationships.
• Experience allocating financial and human resources and material assets.
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Degree: Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field such as operations, homeland security, or emergency management. Experience working with the State of Florida’s HMA programs.
• Experience: experience deploying for response and recovery clients. Experience managing project teams & writing proposals.
• Professional Registration or Certification, including Professional Engineer (PE), Registered Architect, Project Management
  

Benefits and more: 

• Starting salary based on location and experience: $100,000 to $120,000
• 10paid Holidays
• Vacation Pay
• Sick Pay
• 401 (K) plan with matching
• Company paid STD and LTD 

Additional Information: 

• Remote Locations: All remote work environments require the ability to maintain minimum Internet speeds of 25 Mbps upload and 3 Mbps download, as well as a ping rate of 100 ms or less during working hours, regardless of the type and number of devices using your Internet connection. You must also have account privileges and access to your Internet service provider account during working hours for the purposes of maintaining the Internet connection, if needed.   

Equal Employment Opportunity. All IEM employment decisions, including recruiting, hiring, placement, training availability, promotion, compensation, evaluation, disciplinary actions, and termination of employment, if necessary, are made without regard to an individual’s race, color, religion, creed, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression), national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship or immigration status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. 

Reasonable Accommodation. IEM is committed to providing reasonable workplace accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance or reasonable accommodation during any part of the application or employment process, please email [email protected] with specific details about the requested accommodation. All accommodation requests are reviewed case-by-case in compliance with applicable law.