Senior Emergency Management Specialist / Planner
Employment Type - Full-Time, Exempt | W-2 Permanent Employee
Location - New Braunfels, TX (Hybrid) with periodic deployment to Joint Field Offices and affected jurisdictions
Compensation $125,000 base plus performance bonus and deployed uplift when deployed
Permanent Position: This is a full-time permanent W-2 position anchoring PSCG's core team. The role is not tied to any specific task order and provides stability, institutional ownership, and leadership across PSCG's portfolio of federal disaster response engagements.
ABOUT PSCG
Essential Healthcare Solutions LLC is supporting Pinnacle Solutions & Consulting Group (PSCG), an SBA-Certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) headquartered in New Braunfels, Texas, in its search for motivated, solution-driven team players eager to embrace the responsibilities of working in a dynamic and professionally rewarding environment.
PSCG is an SDVOSB delivering federal disaster response, emergency management, and recovery consulting. We place our people at the center of active response operations and deliver the planning products that move disaster recovery forward.
THE ROLE
PSCG is seeking a Senior Emergency Management Specialist to serve as our lead planner across active task orders in federal disaster response and recovery. The role combines reach-back planning work from our New Braunfels office with periodic deployment to JFOs, RFOs, and state emergency operations centers in direct support of prime contractor missions.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
• Develop Incident Action Plans, Situation Reports, and Planning Section products using ICS and NIMS doctrine.
• Support ESF coordination (ESF 3, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14) at JFOs and state EOCs.
• Produce damage assessment reports, mission assignment documentation, and RFI responses.
• Coordinate directly with FEMA FCO staff, state coordinating officer staff, and local emergency management.
• Author deployed situation reports and after-action documentation.
• Advise PSCG and prime contractor teams on Stafford Act authorities and PA program scope.
• Mentor mid-level emergency management specialists assigned to task orders.
• Deploy as required for 30- to 90-day rotations to active disaster sites.
WHAT YOU NEED
• Bachelor's degree in emergency management, public administration, homeland security, or related discipline.
• Eight or more years of emergency management experience at federal, state, or local level.
• Direct disaster response experience on at least one Stafford Act declared disaster.
• ICS 100, 200, 300, 400; IS-700; IS-800 complete.
• U.S. Citizenship; ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance.
• Current U.S. passport and medical fitness for deployment.
WHAT WE'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE
• Active Public Trust or Secret clearance.
• Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) certification.
• FEMA Public Assistance Coordinator certification (IS-1000 series).
• Prior JFO, state EOC, or USACE Recovery Field Office experience.
• Pacific, Caribbean, or Gulf region disaster response experience.
WHAT WE OFFER
• Competitive base salary with deployment uplift (30 percent+ OCONUS).
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Defense Base Act insurance for all deployed assignments.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Professional development budget including FEMA training.
• Meaningful hands-on disaster response work.
HOW TO APPLY
Send resume and a brief note on why this role fits to patricia.hughes@essentialhcsolutions.com Reference position code SR-EM in the subject line.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY & FEDERAL CONTRACTING COMPLIANCE
PSCG is committed to recruiting, hiring, and retaining the best talent regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. As a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, PSCG especially encourages veterans, transitioning service members, and military spouses to apply. PSCG participates in E-Verify and maintains a drug-free workplace per the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988. All employment offers are contingent on successful background investigation, citizenship verification where required, and confirmation of non-debarment via SAM.gov
Essential HealthCare Solutions, LLC is a national healthcare consulting, and management company. The core services include providing clinical and non-clinical resources for federal, state, and local governments. Our team has extensive experience in providing services to all types of health plans including network development, provider relations, contract negotiations, contract execution, credentialing support as well as healthcare consulting and management services.
Our approach involves:
Provider Speed to Market – We have developed statewide and national provider networks that can meet nearly any requirement
High Performing Networks – Network status visibility and prioritization with competitive negotiations, well priced networks and ability to monitor goals
Market Penetration – Engagement of providers and facilities in the market area quickly to establish value proposition and relationships for network growth and sustainability as well as filling in gaps needed to meet network adequacy requirements
Credentialing Verification – We use a credentialing verification management system that performs primary source verification for state licensure, background checks, malpractice history and verification to ensure the safety of those that are served.
We are confident in our abilities to bring contracted providers to any network and can build a robust network based on any timeline and within budget
