Disaster Resilience & Planning Intern

AtkinsRéalis; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Explore intern development program

Mentorship and professional growth

Client Site Visits and Lunch & Learns

Tuition reimbursement opportunities

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis in Atlanta, Georgia is seeking a Resilience and Emergency Management Intern to join our REM team. This internship provides hands-on experience supporting resilience, emergency management, disaster recovery, grants, planning, and infrastructure initiatives for public-sector clients.

You will assist on projects through research, data collection, document development, meeting coordination, and deliverables such as maps, reports, and briefing materials.

Qualifications

• Completion of at least 60 credit hours toward a degree from an accredited college or university by the start of the internship.
• A Master's degree may substitute for experience.

Responsibilities

• Support resilience, emergency management, disaster recovery, grant, and planning projects through research, data collection, document development, meeting coordination, and follow‑up activities.
• Review, organize, track, and maintain grant applications, reimbursement requests, plans, project records, and related documentation in accordance with program requirements and quality standards.
• Prepare correspondence, meeting summaries, presentations, maps, reports, briefing materials, forms, logs, and other project deliverables for internal and client use.
• Maintain project information, datasets, dashboards, SharePoint sites, databases, spreadsheets, and other systems of record to support project delivery and reporting.
• Conduct research and analysis, including data compilation, data visualization, mapping, GIS support, technical summaries, and reviews of program guidance, policies, and resilience‑related topics.
• Perform quality assurance and quality control reviews to ensure the accuracy, completeness, consistency, and compliance of project documents, datasets, and deliverables.
• Collaborate with grants specialists, planners, engineers, project managers, technical staff, clients, and stakeholders to support project execution, public engagement, site visits, planning activities, and funding programs, including FEMA, HUD, and state agencies.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned in support of project, client, office, and organizational needs

Skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Education

60 credits toward degree

Preferred fields: City & Regional Planning; Geography/GIS; Public Admin/Public Policy; Economics/Finance

Tools

Microsoft Office

SharePoint

ArcGIS

Power BI

Smartsheet

Adobe Acrobat

FEMA grant systems

Job description

AtkinsRéalis in Atlanta, Georgia is seeking a Resilience and Emergency Management Intern to join our REM team. This internship provides hands-on experience supporting resilience, emergency management, disaster recovery, grants, planning, and infrastructure initiatives for public-sector clients.

You will assist on projects through research, data collection, document development, meeting coordination, and deliverables such as maps, reports, and briefing materials.