Manager Climate Resilience Planning

The MTA is seeking a Manager for Climate Resilience Planning in New York, NY. This role involves contributing to the MTA's climate resilience and risk mitigation efforts as part of a multi-billion dollar Capital Plan. Responsibilities include developing strategies for integrating climate resilience into MTA assets, managing projects, researching best practices, and utilizing data analysis tools. Candidates should have a relevant Bachelor's degree and at least six years of experience.
Job Overview and Responsibilities
The Manager, Climate Resilience Planning, will help shape the future of the greater New York region by substantially contributing to the MTA's climate resilience and risk mitigation efforts. More specifically, this position will contribute to the development and execution of a multi-billion dollar 5-year MTA Capital Plan that identifies critical investments necessary to ensure the continued mobility of the region as climate change causes more intense and frequent extreme weather events. For more information on MTA's climate programs, visit new.mta.info/climate.

Responsibilities
The Manager, Climate Resilience Planning will advance strategies that integrate climate resilience priorities and practices into the MTA's capital assets, including rail facilities, stations, tracks, structures, signals, communications, power, and yards that together make up the millions of components that enable the MTA to move millions of New Yorkers every day.
Responsible for contributing substantially to all of the following core Planning activities:
Track progress on programs and initiatives that make the New York City region and the MTA itself more resilient to climate change.
Develop and implement MTA's Capital Plan and Climate Resilience Roadmap.
Research best practices in the field of climate risk mitigation for new ideas that might be relevant for the MTA.
Work with senior staff on developing, comparing and prioritizing multiple climate resilience proposals and initiatives.
Develop and manage scopes, budgets, and work plans for various in-house and consultant-led projects.<br>Quantify the benefits of approaches to climate resilience, including models to estimate the magnitude of avoided losses through proactive planning and design requirements.
Work with in-house technical teams and consultants, reviewing deliverables and providing timely and thoughtful feedback that improves the quality of deliverables.
Develop and enhance asset planning tools and strategies, particularly those that inform the prioritization of climate resilience actions within the MTA Capital Plan.
Utilize and create significant databases for tracking information, including climate risk and impact data, climate risk protections and investments, asset assessments, asset inventories, regional planning information, transit usage, and socio-economic and demographic information to inform prioritization with the MTA's capital strategies.
Create maps, charts, graphics, and presentations to support coordination with MTA staff, operating agencies, the public, and non-MTA agencies.
Review and finalize technical documents, especially those focused on climate resilience issues within the transportation sector, including design guidelines, scopes of work, and engineering standards.
Use GIS to analyze contexts and implications of improvements and outstanding vulnerabilities to climate risk, and use PowerBI to visualize these findings.
• Qualifications and Requirements*
A Bachelor's in Urban Planning, Engineering, Public Administration, Environmental Sciences, or a related field.
Must have a minimum of six (6) years of relevant experience, preferably in transportation.
Master's degree preferred.
AICP or PE certification/license is a strong plus.
Understanding of and fluency with climate modelling, resilience initiatives, and risk-based decision-making.
Proficiency in climate policies, meteorology, data analytics, visualization tools, and spatial analysis.
Ability to perform in-depth qualitative and quantitative analyses using a variety of tools and datasets.
Substantial time and task management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines and maximize the output of a small staff.
Effective communication, written, verbal, and presentation skills.
Knowledge of the MTA regional network and operating context, as well as local, state, and federal transportation and policies.
The ability to work with both senior-level staff and technical personnel on a diverse array of issues.
The ability to interface with public stakeholders, including senior political and business representatives.
• *Pay and Benefits **
$91,990 to $119,698