Urban Planner

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts – planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers – leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.

AECOM has an immediate opening for an Urban Planner III in our Germantown, MD office.

This position seeks to extend the planning skills above to a federal contract. The incumbent must have familiarity with FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance grant programs, non-governmental mitigation and resiliency grant programs, and knowledge of how states develop, manage, and implement these grants. This position provides contract based technical support functions to our principle client. The incumbent will possess the skills necessary to conduct extensive policy research and development, excellent oral/writing skills, and have significant experience with hazard mitigation, risk reduction, resiliency initiatives and other related activities.

Overall Planning Skills/Experience:

• Manages complex planning studies, development applications and reviews.

• Conducts research and prepares statistical reports on hazard mitigation, risk reduction, nature based solutions, land use, physical, social and economic issues.

• Provides professional planning assistance to our principle client on varied mitigation, resiliency, risk reduction, environmental, land use and grants implementation projects.

• Develops plans, studies and analyses on complex mitigation policies and initiatives.

• Works in regional program areas relating to hazard mitigation, risk reduction, resiliency planning, natural/water resources planning, community development, hazard mitigation, coastal zone management, and others.

• Conducts meetings and presents reports and other findings to staff with advisory boards and officials

Minimum Requirements :

• Bachelor’s Degree in Planning, Urban Planning, Emergency Management, Public Administration, Public Policy, Environmental Planning, or related degree, with 4 years of experience in Planning, Public Administration, Environmental Planning, Hazard Mitigation, Emergency Management, Floodplain Management or directly related field

• Due to the nature of the work U.S. Citizenship is required

Preferred Qualifications :

• Master's Degree preferred

• 5 Years of experience in Planning, Public Administration, Environmental Planning, Hazard Mitigation, Emergency Management, Floodplain Management or directly related field is preferred

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

• Relocation is not available for this position.
• Sponsorship is not available for this position.

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM! Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

Join us and let’s get started.