Senior Climate Resilience Consultant (Transportation)

ICF Olson; United States; Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

ICF is seeking a Senior Climate Resilience Consultant (Transportation Focus) to lead vulnerability assessments and develop resilience plans for transportation infrastructure. This role requires guiding projects, mentoring junior staff, and managing client relationships in a hybrid NYC or Arlington-based setup.

The successful candidate will help clients build business cases for resilience investments and ensure timely, on-budget delivery.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of climate change, resilience, and/or sustainability experience with transportation projects.
• Experience managing tasks, budgets, schedules, deliverables, and client relationships.
• Experience mentoring junior staff.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office in a professional environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead state-level or regional transportation vulnerability assessments and develop Resilience Improvement Plans.
• Develop adaptation plans and mainstream resilience into asset management or capital planning processes.
• Help public agencies build the business case for investing in resilience; create design guidelines.

Skills

Project management

Client relationships

Mentoring staff

Budget management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Outlook

GIS

R

Python

Job description

Senior Climate Resilience Consultant (Transportation Focus) Location:

This position is eligible for a hybrid work arrangement, with a requirement to work from either our New York City, NY or Arlington, VA office two days per week. A fully remote work option may be considered for highly qualified candidates.

ICF is an industry leader in supporting government and private sector clients in understanding their risks from climate change and developing solutions to increase their resiliency. ICF is hiring a manager-level position to support our clients in enhancing their infrastructure climate change resiliency. This position will work in a larger team to help steer projects to meet the ultimate goals of our clients. The successful hire will be responsible for overseeing junior staff, interacting with clients, managing projects and budgets, and ensuring exceptional services and products for our clients.

Collaborate with our team on projects that include:

• Conducting state-level or regional transportation vulnerability and risk assessments and developing Resilience Improvement Plans.
• Conducting vulnerability assessments of municipal infrastructure and developing adaptation plans. This may include mainstreaming resilience into their processes like their asset management or capital planning process or developing adaptation pathways.
• Helping public agencies build the business case for investing in resilience. Creating climate resilience design guidelines/manuals to guide infrastructure project development.

Minimum Qualifications to Apply:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in transportation planning, environmental studies, public policy, engineering, urban planning, climate sciences, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience supporting or leading climate change, resilience, and/or sustainability, AND transportation-related projects.
• Experience managing project tasks, budgets, schedules, deliverables, and client relationships.
• Experience overseeing, mentoring, or developing junior staff.
• Demonstrated experience using Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook in a professional work environment.

Preferred Qualifications to highlight in your resume:

• Experience in the transportation sector, such as previous employment with a DOT or MPO, or a related consultancy.
• Background in engineering Comfort working with GIS, R, and/or Python.
• Experience developing climate adaptation and resiliency plans.
• Ability to keep a team on strict schedules and within budget.

Additional Skills:

• Understanding of transportation system operations, design, engineering, or planning.
• Ability to develop conceptual design solutions for climate change risks and develop order-of-magnitude cost estimates.
• Familiarity with flood risk modeling.
• The ability to understand the bigger picture goals of a project and then break down the work into logical and manageable steps.
• Comfort working with data and scientific information.
• Excellent communication skills, including to be able to synthesize detailed and complex information, identify salient points, and explain it in clear language.
• Experience facilitating efficient and effective meetings.

Compensation:

Although the posted range below is broader, this position is anticipated to offer a base salary from $100,000 - $120,000. Actual compensation may vary based on the candidate’s experience, education, and other relevant factors.

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Working at ICF

ICF is a global advisory and technology services provider, but we’re not your typical consultants. We combine unmatched expertise with cutting-edge technology to help clients solve their most complex challenges, navigate change, and shape the future. We can only solve the world's toughest challenges by building a workplace that allows everyone to thrive. We are an equal opportunity employer. Together, our employees are empowered to share their expertise and collaborate with others to achieve personal and professional goals. For more information, please read ourEEO policy. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Reasonable Accommodations are available, including, but not limited to, for disabled veterans, individuals with disabilities, and individuals with sincerely held religious beliefs, in all phases of the application and employment process. To request an accommodation, please [e-mail] we will be happy to assist. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations. Read more aboutworkplacediscriminationrights or our benefit offerings which are included in theTransparency in (Benefits) Coverage Act.

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At ICF, we are committed to ensuring a fair interview process for all candidates based on their own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to generate or assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is not permitted. This policy is in place to maintain the integrity and authenticity of the interview process. However, we understand that some candidates may require accommodation that involves the use of AI. If such an accommodation is needed, candidates are instructed to contact us in advance [e-mail]. We are dedicated to providing the necessary support to ensure that all candidates have an equal opportunity to succeed.

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The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is: $81,499.00 - $167,644.00 Nationwide Remote Office (US99)

About ICF

ICF is a global consulting and technology services company with approximately 9,000 employees, but we are not your typical consultants. At ICF, business analysts and policy specialists work together with digital strategists, data scientists and creatives. We combine unmatched industry expertise with cutting-edge engagement capabilities to help organizations solve their most complex challenges. Since 1969, public and private sector clients have worked with ICF to navigate change and shape the future. Learn more at icf.com.