{"id":1140274,"url":"https://alion.io/job/altagas-wgl-senior-advisor-incident-emergency-management","title":"WGL - Senior Advisor, Incident & Emergency Management","company":{"id":1065185,"name":"AltaGas","domain":"altagas.ca","url":"https://alion.io/company/altagas","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":null},"role":"Legal","role_family":"Legal","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Springfield, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":114700,"max":166450,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":166450},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":8,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-21T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-21","last_verified_at":"2026-09-23T19:04:20Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":2,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":2},"description":"Job Description\nWashington Gas is seeking a Sr. Advisor, Incident & Emergency Management to serve as a subject matter expert responsible for strengthening the organization’s emergency preparedness, incident response, and operational resilience.\nIn this role, you will lead and support the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of emergency management programs and provide technical expertise during significant incidents, Emergency Operations Center (EOC) activations, severe weather events, infrastructure disruptions, and other emergency situations.\nYou will partner closely with Operations, Engineering, Pipeline Safety, Security, Environmental, Regulatory Affairs, Customer Operations, Public Affairs, Legal, and business leadership to ensure WGL is prepared to effectively respond to and recover from significant events.\nWhat You’ll Do\nLead the development and continuous improvement of WGL’s Incident & Emergency Management program.\nDevelop and maintain emergency response plans, procedures, playbooks, tools, and supporting documentation.\nProvide subject matter expertise and guidance to leadership on emergency preparedness, response strategies, and operational readiness.\nCoordinate and support response activities during utility emergencies, operational incidents, severe weather, security events, and infrastructure disruptions.\nSupport EOC and Incident Command System (ICS) activations and serve in designated leadership roles as assigned.\nLead emergency exercises, tabletop simulations, drills, training, and readiness assessments.\nConduct preparedness assessments, risk and hazard analyses, and identify opportunities to strengthen organizational resilience.\nLead after-action reviews and ensure lessons learned and corrective actions are incorporated into emergency plans and practices.\nBuild relationships with emergency management agencies, regulators, public safety organizations, mutual aid partners, and other external stakeholders.\nProvide leadership with emergency preparedness updates, metrics, briefings, and recommendations.\nWhat You’ll Bring\nBachelor’s degree in Emergency Management, Homeland Security, Public Safety, Safety, Security, Environmental Science, Utility Operations, Business Continuity, Public Administration, Engineering, or a related field. An equivalent combination of education and relevant experience may be considered.\n8-10 years of progressively responsible experience in emergency management, utility or industrial operations, public safety, military operations, crisis management, business continuity, security, or a related field.\nExperience supporting emergency response operations, preparedness programs, exercises, and incident investigations.\nWorking experience within Incident Command System (ICS) and Emergency Operations Center (EOC) environments.\nExperience coordinating cross-functional teams during complex operational or emergency events.\nStrong communication, facilitation, problem-solving, program management, and stakeholder engagement skills.\nAbility to remain effective in high-pressure situations and provide clear, timely recommendations to leadership.\nPreferred Qualifications\nNatural gas utility, energy, critical infrastructure, or industrial operations experience.\nExperience supporting multi-state or multi-jurisdictional operations.\nCertified Emergency Manager (CEM), FEMA Professional Development Series, or relevant business continuity certification.\nAdvanced ICS training, including ICS-300 and ICS-400.\nExperience with EOC activations, large-scale emergency exercises, disaster response, mutual assistance, or utility restoration activities.\nAdditional Requirements\nThis role requires flexibility to support emergency incidents and significant operational events outside of normal business hours. Travel to operating locations, emergency sites, and regional response activities may be required, as well as extended hours during emergencies, severe weather, or operational disruptions.\nWe offer a competitive salary range of $114,700 to $166,450 per year, commensurate with experience, education, and skills. In addition, we provide a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off.\nThe Company values diversity in its workforce and encourages United States military veterans and service members who meet the qualifications to apply.\nWhy work at AltaGas?\nAltaGas is a North American energy infrastructure company with a focus on owning and operating assets that provide affordable energy to our customers. AltaGas assets include Washington Gas/WGL, SEMCO, and Petrogas. Our talented team, nearly 3,000 strong, leverages the strength of our assets and expertise along the energy value chain to connect customers with premier energy solutions - from the well sites of upstream producers to the doorsteps of homes and businesses to new markets around the world.\nWe deliver clean and affordable natural gas to approximately 1.7 million customers’ homes and businesses through regulated natural gas distribution utilities across four jurisdictions in the United States and two regulated natural gas storage utilities in the United States. Learn more about our team, vision, and strategy.\nTo learn more about our mission: https://youtu.be/k1mrKDdsYW8?si=y1k3NOyHxgf4emdL\n#LI-TM1\nFor Canadian hires: AltaGas hires personnel on the basis of job-related qualifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to a person's ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, record of offences, marital status, family status or disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.\nFor U.S. hires: WGL/SEMCO/AltaGas offers a total rewards package that includes competitive pay, incentive bonus plans, holiday pay, 401K matching and a wide array of benefits. These benefits including medical, dental and vision coverage are designed to help you and your family stay healthy. We also have paid time off (PTO) to balance the demands of your work and personal life. Available benefits vary depending upon the specifics of the role.\nU.S. affiliates of AltaGas are committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. 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