Emergency Management Manager

Under the direction of the Central Dispatch Director and Deputy Director, the Emergency Management Manager serves as the County Emergency Services Manager in accordance with Public Act 390 of 1976. This position manages and coordinates the County’s emergency management, homeland security, disaster recovery, and emergency response planning functions. The Coordinator oversees preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation programs, ensuring compliance with local, state, and federal requirements. This role directs and coordinates the efforts of local governments, public and private first responders, County departments, media, and community organizations to ensure effective collaboration during emergencies and large-scale incidents. The Coordinator also serves as Chair of the Eaton County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) and ensures the County and its municipalities meet all planning responsibilities related to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and natural hazard events. **Starting pay is dependent on an****applicant's****relevant experience.** **** **\*\*Applications are accepted until there are sufficient numbers of qualified applications or a qualified candidate is identified. This position could close at any time.\*\*** The essential functions of this position include, but are not limited to, the following: 1. Develops and administers emergency preparedness and response policies and procedures. Serves as Chair of the Eaton County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC), ensuring that all local units of government and covered public and private entities fulfill their obligations under the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1987 (EPCRA), relevant provisions of the Homeland Security Act, and provisions of the Emergency Management Act (PA 390 of 1976). 2. Collects and analyzes data to identify industrial, agricultural, commercial, educational, medical and other facilities throughout the county that comprise potential sources of chemical and other hazardous materials releases. 3. Revises the Hazard Identification and Vulnerability Analysis, as mandated. 4. Collaborates with local, regional, state and national emergency management/homeland security teams and committees in the development of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) threats response plans. 5. Collaborates with County Information Technology, voice and data communications providers and broadband and wireless service providers to develop emergency communications protocols and disaster recovery plans. 6. Coordinates the design, development and establishment of, and oversees the maintenance and operations of the Emergency Operations Center for all county entities. 7. Designs, develops, implements, updates and tests the operational validity of standard operating procedures for the county Emergency Operations Center. 8. Coordinates exercises to evaluate the emergency response capability of participating agencies and entities, developing the emergency exercise, coordinating the mock event and evaluating response performance. 9. Assists local units of government, public safety and emergency response agencies, County departments, and participating private and public entities in identifying funding opportunities and developing funding proposals; combines local proposals into a master funding request for Eaton County. 10. Coordinates planning and reporting activities of all covered entities in the County. 11. Evaluates the emergency response capability of participating public and private agencies and facilities, and identifies training, equipment, communications, planning and other necessary improvements. 12. Assists covered facilities and participating local jurisdictions in developing effective emergency action plans for responses to, mitigation of and recovery from chemical and other hazardous material releases. 13. Develops and delivers training and i…