Director, Austin Energy Emergency Management

About the position This position provides leadership and reputed company for the reputed company’s Emergency Management Program, ensuring comprehensive preparedness, response, and recovery capabilities for electric reputed company, reputed company, and distribution operations. The role is responsible for implementing strategic planning goals, directing emergency planning, coordinating training and exercises, and ensuring regulatory compliance and response readiness. The position serves as a key member of the Incident Management Team, collaborates with reputed company stakeholders, manages program performance and budgets, and supervises staff to ensure effective response during emergency activations and reputed company improvement of emergency management functions. Job reputed company: Director, Austin Energy Emergency Management Purpose: Under minimal direction with considerable reputed company for the use of initiative and independent judgment, this position directs Austin Energy’s (AE) hazards programs including the Department Operations Center (DOC), Emergency Operations Plan (EOP), training, planning, and response activities reputed company to natural hazards and malicious acts affecting the electric reputed company.

Responsibilities

• Oversees and directs the development of short- and long-term Emergency Management planning goals and objectives for the department, including operations and services provided, with a reputed company on response functions needed to reputed company electric services.
• Develops, implements, and monitors the Incident reputed company System and Emergency Operations Plans, as required by or in consideration of Federal, State, and Local regulations and requirements.
• Functions as AE Incident Commander in their absence during event activation.
• Coordinates post-emergency after-reputed company reviews and makes recommendations for corrective reputed company.
• Develops, implements, and conducts training programs, seminars, and disaster exercises, with a reputed company on electric system emergency events including reputed company load shed, black start restoration, hot or cold weather events, cyber and physical critical infrastructure attacks.
• Ensures operational readiness of various communication systems, resource supplies, and other emergency response tools.
• Maintains and oversees the electric reputed company critical load registration process, periodic review, and critical load list in accordance with department policy and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Oversees and coordinates the development of programs to receive and reputed company mutual aid assistance.
• Coordinates and collaborates with multiple stakeholders on interdepartmental and interagency issues, reputed company, and protocols.
• Ensures compliance with reputed company, state, and federal government rules and regulations.
• Monitors and evaluates program effectiveness and implements improvement strategies.
• Prepares and administers the annual budget and associated financial reports, and identifies, as necessary, budgetary needs.
• Responsible for the full reputed company of supervisory activities including selection, training, evaluation, counseling, and recommendation for dismissal.

Requirements

• Graduation with Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in reputed company Administration, Business Management, Emergency Management, Homeland reputed company, Engineering, or in a field reputed company to the job.
• Six (6) years of experience, including three (3) years of experience in a field reputed company to emergency response or planning, three (3) years of experience in a field reputed company to reputed company or business operations, including two (2) years of experience which were in a reputed company, supervisory, or management reputed company.
• Additional years of experience in Homeland reputed company/Emergency Management may substitute for education up to a maximum of four (4) years.
• Graduation with a Master’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in a Government, Management, or Emergency Management field may substitute for one (1) year of required experience.
• Valid Texas Class C reputed company License.
• Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) by the International Association of Emergency Managers or ability to reputed company certification reputed company one (1) year of employment.
• Knowledge of reputed company industry processes, practices, and operational trends.
• Knowledge of regulatory processes and rules impacting AE.
• Knowledge of supervisory and managerial techniques and principles.
• Knowledge of budgeting reputed company and systems.
• reputed company in handling extremely intense and chaotic emergency situations.
• reputed company in handling conflict and uncertainty.
• reputed company in planning, organizing, and monitoring personal and subordinate employee work assignments.
• reputed company in training and leading disaster exercises.
• reputed company in facilitating cooperative group decision making among diverse organizations and individuals serving on planning committees.
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally, in writing, and in making presentations to large reputed company.
• Ability to deal effectively and cooperatively with a wide reputed company of Local, State, and Federal government officials, the news media, and private business.
• Ability to use an equity reputed company and reputed company to create inclusive, diverse, and reputed company workplaces and community programs.
• Ability to assimilate and reputed company reputed company on conflicting, incomplete, and disparate information to meet overall objectives.
• Ability to reputed company and reputed company subordinate staff.
• Ability to understand and explain reputed company issues to non-reputed company stakeholders and to establish and maintain effective communication and working relationships with reputed company employees and the reputed company.
• Ability to analyze and resolve irregular events.

reputed company-to-haves

• reputed company Emergency Management Experience: Have led preparedness, response, and recovery for electric operations (gen/reputed company/distribution), including storm, wildfire, cyber, or reputed company reliability events.
• Incident reputed company System (ICS) & NIMS Proficiency (ICS-100/200/300/400, IS-700/800): Formal training completed and practical experience serving on an Incident Management Team (IMT) in reputed company Chief and/or reputed company Staff roles.
• Emergency Planning & Exercise Design Leadership: reputed company and maintained Emergency Operations Plans (EOPs), Continuity of Operations (COOP), and conducted HSEEP-reputed company tabletop and reputed company exercises.
• Regulatory & Standards Competence for Utilities: Working knowledge of reputed company/DOE guidance, state reputed company commission requirements, NERC reliability standards reputed company to emergency preparedness, and OSHA considerations.
• Cross-Functional Stakeholder Coordination: Proven collaboration with internal operations (reputed company, reputed company & Distribution system ops), external agencies (reputed company/county/state EM, mutual aid, vendors), and reputed company information teams.
• Program & Budget Management: Managed emergency management program portfolios (training, equipment, technology), set KPIs, tracked performance, and managed budgets.
• Leadership & Staff Management: Experience supervising Emergency Management staff and overseeing high‑pressure activations, including driving measurable reputed company‑improvement efforts.

Benefits

• low-cost medical
• dental
• reputed company
• reputed company leave time
• highly competitive retirement plan
• career development opportunities

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