Dudek

Wildfire Resilience Planner

Dudek
Posted 10/19/2026full-timeCalifornia • United StatesSeniorLead💰 $120,000 - $140,000 per yearWebsite
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Demonstrates expertise in wildfire resilience planning, project management, and community engagement, with a strong focus on developing and implementing comprehensive planning documents and strategies. Proficient in technical writing, GIS interpretation, and facilitating stakeholder collaboration to enhance community preparedness and risk mitigation.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Wildfire Resilience PlanningProject ManagementTechnical WritingGIS InterpretationCommunity Engagement

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead preparation of CWPPs, WRAs, VMPs, and other wildfire resilience, hazard mitigation, and implementation-focused planning documents
  • Develop project approaches, scopes of work, schedules, staffing plans, labor estimates, and budgets
  • Monitor RFPs and other opportunities; support capture planning, teaming, proposal development, interviews, and contract negotiations
  • Serve as project manager and primary client contact with responsibility for scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, and delivery
  • Supervise, mentor, and coordinate multidisciplinary teams
  • Conduct or direct wildfire risk and community resilience assessments using field observations, GIS data, existing plans, stakeholder input, and technical studies
  • Translate technical findings into recommendations for vegetation management, community preparedness, public education, resilient infrastructure, emergency access, and long-term program implementation
  • Design and facilitate engagement with agencies, local governments, utilities, community organizations, property owners, and other interested parties
  • Lead quality assurance and quality control for technical analyses, plan documents, maps, graphics, cost estimates, and implementation strategies
  • Present methods, findings, and recommendations to clients, agencies, community groups, governing bodies, and decision-makers
  • Support grant applications, funding strategies, monitoring frameworks, and implementation road maps
  • Maintain awareness of wildfire policy, planning guidance, funding programs, and industry practices

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor’s degree in urban or regional planning, environmental planning, forestry, fire science, fire administration, natural resources, geography, public administration, emergency management, or a related field; equivalent relevant professional experience may be considered
  • At least 8 years of progressively responsible professional experience in wildfire resilience, community planning, hazard mitigation, forestry, fire protection planning, or a closely related field
  • Demonstrated experience leading the preparation of CWPPs and substantial plan documents such as WRAs, VMPs, hazard mitigation plans, wildfire adaptation plans, or comparable resilience plans
  • Proven project management experience, including responsibility for scopes, schedules, multidisciplinary teams, project budgets, financial performance, and client communication
  • Experience pursuing RFPs and developing competitive proposals, including technical approaches, staffing plans, schedules, and fee estimates
  • Ability to supervise and mentor staff, delegate work effectively, review technical products, and maintain consistent quality across concurrent projects
  • Strong technical writing, facilitation, presentation, research, and analytical skills
  • Ability to communicate wildfire risk and resilience concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences
  • Ability to interpret maps, GIS products, technical data, regulatory requirements, and agency or community input
  • Knowledge of CEQA/NEPA as related to implementation of wildfire risk reduction measures
  • Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test and background check
  • U.S. work authorization required

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • 100% employee-owned firm
  • Equal employment opportunities and inclusive workplace commitment

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Hard Skills
CWPP PreparationWRA DevelopmentVMP CreationHazard Mitigation PlanningBudget ManagementProposal DevelopmentRisk AssessmentData AnalysisQuality AssuranceTechnical Analysis
Soft Skills
LeadershipMentoringCommunicationFacilitationCollaboration
Industry Keywords
CEQANEPAWildfire PolicyCommunity ResilienceEmergency ManagementNatural ResourcesUrban PlanningFire ScienceStakeholder EngagementFunding Strategies