Senior Climate Resilience Consultant (Transportation)

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.

Are you ready for challenging but rewarding work?  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.

Bot and Third-Party Applications

Please note that this application must be submitted directly by the applicant for consideration. Failure to do so may result in the application being excluded for consideration.  Applicants needing an accommodation for disability or religious purposes in connection with the application process should contact Candidateaccommodation@icf.com for assistance.

Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position.

The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is: