Program Manager-Emergency Prep Planning

Augusta, ME - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 113000 - 142000

Posted on: 08-11-2025

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Program Manager - Emergency Prep Planning

Reporting to: Director Emergency Preparedness

Location: Rochester or Binghamton NY; Orange CT; Portland or Augusta ME or Boston MA

Work Type: Office

The base salary range for this position is dependent upon experience and location and includes up to 16% bonus

In Maine & New York: $113000 to $142000

In Connecticut: $125000 to $157000

In Boston: $131000 to $164000

Summary:

The Emergency Preparedness Planning Program Manager is responsible for developing and maintaining Emergency Plans for Avangrid. You will work closely with leaders and individuals from across the companies to ensure plans are up-to-date and available for training exercises and real-world events. This position is a key member of the Emergency Preparedness staff at Avangrid. It reports directly to the Director of Emergency Preparedness and will work closely with other members of the Emergency Preparedness team who are responsible for developing emergency preparedness training exercises tracking corrective actions and supporting emergency response operations. As the lead for all our Emergency Preparedness Planning program you will work with stakeholders from across all our Avangrid companies to ensure Emergency Response Plans are up-to-date and meet all compliance requirements. A successful applicant for this position will have demonstrated experience leading cross functional teams to develop emergency plans. They will need to be familiar with the deliberate planning process either through use of the FEMA Comprehensive Planning Guide or a similar standard and have strong organizational communications (verbal and written) and facilitation skills.

Key Responsibilities

Planning Expert: Be able to execute a deliberate planning process to update existing plans or develop new plans. Understands how to design plans that are effective for training but are also executable during an emergency.
Training on Plans and Continuous Improvement: Works with training exercise and operations staff to ensure plans are trained too and evaluated for updates during exercise or after real world events. Updates plans based on lessons learned and corrective actions.
Plan Management: Tracks and manages inventory of plans and plan maintenance schedules to ensure external compliance due dates and internal planning requirements are met.
Facilitation of Workshops and Meetings: Planning requires bringing variety of experts together to solve a problem. As the lead planner you will need to facilitate cross functional teams by hosting workshops leading discussions and facilitating planning sessions.
Project Management: The candidate must have well-developed project management skills and be able to multitask in a fast-paced environment. The candidate will need to handle multiple projects at once and be effective at working with a variety of stakeholders to accomplish program goals.
Budget and Contract Management: The candidate shall be responsible for the preparation and management of budgets contracts and expenses for their program area.
Communications Skills: The candidate will need to be an effective communicator who can adapt their communication approach to a variety of audiences from technical to executive leadership. They should be able to develop effective clear and easy to understand materials and presentations to accomplish their goals. Collaboration: The candidate will need to work collaboratively with other program staff and is expected to support the team in other areas when needed.
Hours of Work: Available and on-call to respond to emergencies that include working outside of normal business hours (nights weekends and holidays).
Travel as needed to support day-to-day operations and emergencies throughout companies.

Required Qualifications

Bachelors degree 7 years experience or Associates degree 10 yrs experience
7 years relevant experience required
Experience facilitating cross functional teams through a planning process
Strong experience with project management

Preferred Qualifications

Emergency Management experience in Utility or Critical Infrastructure setting
Masters degree preferred in Planning or Emergency Management
Use of the FEMA Comprehensive Planning Guide
Completion of the Homeland Security courses: ICSpreferred.
Incident Commander or other position ICS command and general staff qualifications preferred.
Understanding and experience implementing programs that follow National Standards for Emergency Management (e.g. FEMA NIMS ICS)
Experience working in utility regulatory environment

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Company:

CENTRAL MAINE POWER CO

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Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut Maine Massachusetts and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Power.

Avangrid employees may also be assigned a NERC Reliability Standards compliance role supporting Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and/or Operations and Planning (O&P) responsibilities. This is applicable to employees that will work in electric transmission operations and cyber security business areas in Connecticut Maine Massachusetts and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate business areas. NERC Reliability Standards compliance roles and responsibilities may include additional access protections training audit engagement and required evidence retention and will be communicated by the employees management.

Job Posting End Date:

November

Required Experience:

Manager

Program Manager - Emergency Prep PlanningReporting to: Director Emergency PreparednessLocation: Rochester or Binghamton NY; Orange CT; Portland or Augusta ME or Boston MAWork Type: OfficeThe base salary range for this position is dependent upon experience and location and includes up to 16% bonusIn ...