What are the responsibilities and job description for the Chemical Incident SME position at Culmen International, LLC?
| ID | 2024-3356 |
Established in 2004, Culmen International is committed to enhancing international security, strengthening homeland defense, optimizing government operations and providing humanitarian assistance around the world. We provide technical and management expertise, develop innovative technology solutions, and deliver youth care services, logistics, training and language services worldwide. With experience in over 126 countries, Culmen supports our clients to accomplish critical missions in challenging environments.
Culmen International LLC is seeking a Senior Subject Matter Expert (SME) to serve on a team supporting the Department of Homeland Security Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (DHS CMWD) Office. The SME shall work with state and local organizations responsible for preparing, preventing, and responding to domestic chemical incidents, interfacing directly with emergency management officials and first responders at all levels within a community to build a community-wide approach to enhancing critical decision making prior to, during, and after a chemical accident or incident.
- Facilitate collaboration among various first responder agencies across the U.S., promoting effective communication and coordination and helping improve the efficiency and effectiveness of a chemical incident response.
- Work closely with communities to identify and catalog resources crucial for chemical incident preparedness, acknowledging that some information may not be available electronically, could be held by the private sector, or may not currently exist.
- Develop a system engineering approach with tools to help local response assets better understand their unique chemical risks and assess their current capabilities and greatest needs.
- U.S. citizenship.
- Secret security clearance
- Master's degree in chemical engineering, emergency management, or a related field. Additional years of experience will be considered in lieu of an advanced degree.
- 10 years of experience working at the state and local level as a recognized chemical defense (prevention, preparedness, and response) subject matter expert.
- Experience in performing technical risk assessments to determine a jurisdiction's capabilities and gaps to adequately respond to chemical threats, accidents, and incidents, and how to properly address those gaps.
- Experience supporting the development and execution of training and exercises at the local jurisdictional level that address capability gaps and provide lessons learned for continuous improvement.
- Prior experience at the DHS CWMD Office
At Culmen International we are committed to creating, promoting, and sustaining a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our commitment to these values is unwavering across all our work around the world. We include and celebrate employees of diverse races, genders, religions, sexual orientations, ethnicities, nationalities, socioeconomic statuses, languages, (dis)abilities, ages, and religious commitments. These differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our employees and clients. Culmen is an equal opportunity employer.
Analytic Strategies, LLC dba PlanetRisk Federal Services is committed to fostering an inclusive environment that appreciates and leverages the diversity of our team. We provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, ethnicity, gender, age, national origin, religion, marital status, veteran status, physical or other disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.
