Resilience & Emergency Planning Intern

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

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Mentorship and professional growth

Tuition reimbursement

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

Disability benefits

401(k) with matching

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid Time Off

Flexible work options

Leaves of absence options

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Resilience and Emergency Management Intern to join our Atlanta, Georgia office, supporting public‑sector resilience initiatives across FEMA, HUD, and state agencies. You’ll work on grant tracking, data collection, dashboards, GIS, and documentation for project delivery.

The role emphasizes learning, collaboration with engineers and planners, and exposure to multiple project systems within a leading engineering firm.

Qualifications

• Completion of at least 60 credit hours toward a degree from an accredited college or university by the start of the internship.
• Preferred fields include: City and Regional Planning, Geography/GIS, Public Administration/Public Policy, Economics/Finance.
• 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

Microsoft Office

AI-enabled productivity tools

Data analysis

Data visualization

Communication

Organizational skills

Education

60 credit hours toward a degree

Preferred: City and Regional Planning

GIS/Geography background

Master’s degree may substitute for experience

Tools

SharePoint

ArcGIS

Power BI

Smartsheet

Adobe Acrobat

FEMA grant systems

Job description

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Resilience and Emergency Management Intern to join our Atlanta, Georgia office, supporting public‑sector resilience initiatives across FEMA, HUD, and state agencies. You’ll work on grant tracking, data collection, dashboards, GIS, and documentation for project delivery.

The role emphasizes learning, collaboration with engineers and planners, and exposure to multiple project systems within a leading engineering firm.