Harvey Cleanup: Lots Of New FEMA Jobs Available In Houston

HOUSTON, TX — The cleanup efforts following Hurricane Harvey is expected to take more than six months, a time frame that Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner calls unacceptable. Turner believes the city can clean up much quicker. FEMA has posted positions that pay up to $34 per hour, and Patch's partner ziprecruiter.com has posted more than 80 new jobs to help the recovery and rebuilding process.

Ziprecruiter.com has listed jobs in categories from project managers to administration. Last week, Patch Houston editor Bryan Kirk touched on FEMA hiring all kinds of positions from engineers to counselors to nurses.

Here are 10 FEMA-related positions in the Houston area:

FEMA Field Inspections NEW!, Innovative Inspections, Houston

FEMA-Disaster Response Debris Specialists - Houston NEW!, Dewberry, Houston

FEMA Recovery Program Manager (Project Manager, Construction Manager) NEW!, ATCS, P.L.C., Houston

FEMA Public Assistance Specialist NEW!, iParametrics, LLC, Houston

FEMA-Disaster Assistance Engineer (Nationwide Opportunities) NEW!, CDM Smith, Houston

Disaster Recovery Specialist- Public Assistance - Hurricane Harvey Recovery NEW!, Witt O'Brien's - On-Call/Temporary, Houston

Program Deliver Manager NEW!, Fluor, Houston

Disaster Recovery Specialists NEW!, Oneida Business Enterprises Inc, Houston

Flood Estimator/Inspector NEW!, Lutech Resources, Houston

FEMA Recovery Program Manager NEW!, Institute for Building Technology and Safety, Kemah

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Top image: Volunteers from Performance Contractors help co-worker Cornell Beasley recover from damage to his home after torrential rains caused widespread flooding during Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey on September 1, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Harvey, which made landfall north of Corpus Christi on August 25, dumped around 50 inches of rain in and around areas of Houston and Southeast Texas.

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