Emergency Preparedness Manager
Listed on 2026-03-02
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Management
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Government
Emergency Crisis Mgmt/ Disaster Relief
Emergency Preparedness Manager
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
Salary: $ - $ Annually
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: 26-CK-26-00022
Closing: 3/3/2026 11:59 PM Pacific
Location: CA , CA
Department: System Safety & Security Admin.
Division: System Safety & Security
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) is seeking an experienced Emergency Preparedness Manager to lead the planning, mitigation, and response to all hazards, emergencies, significant events, and disasters affecting the agency and the communities it serves.
Under general direction, this role oversees VTA's Emergency Management program, including staffing, policies, and procedures in compliance with federal, state, and local requirements. The Emergency Preparedness Manager serves as a key advisor to executive leadership and partners across the organization and with external agencies to strengthen organizational resilience, support initiatives such as EOC development, continuity of operations planning, hazard mitigation, and large‑scale event coordination, and ensure effective response and recovery efforts.
Aboutthe Emergency Management Department
Our Emergency Management Department will consist of four sections comprised of the administrative staff, emergency preparedness managers, and specialists that work with enterprise‑wide VTA departments, multi‑jurisdiction municipalities, and an array of emergency management offices in the region to ensure that VTA and its employees have the resources and information they need to prepare, mitigate, respond to and recover from all‑hazards, emergencies, significant events, and disasters.
Major upcoming projects: EOC Development, Hazard Mitigation Plan, COOP, and managing the new Training and Exercise Contract.
Who We Are
- Professionals trained to educate our community about emergency management principles.
- Coordinators and implementers of training programs to enhance VTA resiliency.
- Providers of emergency notifications, updates, and alerts.
- Information analysts who provide key decision‑makers with situational awareness.
- Developers of VTA's emergency management plans, including their maintenance and evaluation.
Under general direction, the Emergency Preparedness Manager plans, organizes, directs, and coordinates VTA incident, emergency, and disaster response activities.
Distinguishing CharacteristicsThe Emergency Preparedness Manager is responsible for directing standardization and implementation of Homeland Security best practices and procedures in VTA's incident, emergency, and disaster response procedures and practices. The incumbent provides direction and interfaces with executive management and local, state, and federal agencies related to emergency management issues.
The Ideal CandidateThe ideal candidate is an experienced Emergency Preparedness Manager with a proven record of leading all‑hazards emergency management programs within a public‑sector, transportation, or critical infrastructure environment. They possess extensive knowledge of federal, state, and local emergency management requirements and demonstrate the ability to apply Homeland Security, NIMS, and SEMS principles to incident response, Emergency Operations Center (EOC) operations, and agency‑wide emergency planning.
This individual has experience overseeing emergency management staffing, policies, and procedures and is comfortable serving as a key advisor to executive leadership during both planned events and emergency incidents. They are skilled at maintaining situational awareness, making informed decisions under pressure, and coordinating response and recovery efforts with local, state, and federal partners, including emergency management agencies and public safety stakeholders.
The ideal candidate brings hands‑on experience with developing, maintaining, and exercising Emergency Operations Plans (EOP), Continuity of Operations Plans (COOP), and hazard mitigation strategies, and understands the complexities of protecting public transportation systems and critical infrastructure. They are adept at facilitating interdepartmental collaboration, managing training and exercises, and leveraging…
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