Wildfire Behavior Specialist I-II

Salary Range:  $71,894 - $107,173
Close Date: 4/30/2026 at 3:00 pm CST
Relocation: No

About Us:  

Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, headquartered in Dallas, is a regulated electricity transmission and distribution business that uses superior asset management skills to provide reliable electricity delivery to consumers. Oncor (together with its subsidiaries) operates the largest transmission and distribution system in Texas, delivering power to nearly 4 million homes and businesses and operating more than 144,000 miles of transmission and distribution lines in Texas.

Position Summary

This position provides expert analysis and guidance on wildfire potential, behavior and impacts across Oncor’s territory.  This role supports operational decision-making, wildfire mitigation strategies, and emergency response by assessing fuels, topography and weather interactions.  

This position will lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of Oncor’s wildfire behavior analysis and wildfire mitigation program. This role will be responsible for building and managing the systems, tools, and strategies that forecast wildfire behavior, support wildfire mitigation planning, and strengthen Oncor’s operational readiness.  The incumbent will work across departments and with external partners to ensure that fire behavior modeling and fire planning are effectively integrated into Oncor’s broader wildfire mitigation, emergency response, and asset protection efforts.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

Directly or through others, the incumbent:

• Perform and oversee wildfire behavior analysis using fuels, topography, and weather data to inform long-term, near-term and real-time wildfire mitigation strategies.
• Performs analysis of wildfire hazard and risk as a function of fuel, weather, topography, and susceptibility of valued resources and assets.
• Characterize fuels (fuel types, loadings, moistures) across the Oncor territory.
• Observe the fire environment and the resulting fire behavior to understand critical factors and validate assumptions, inputs, and conclusions from analyzes and forecasts.
• Contribute to the Company’s wildfire seasonal outlook meetings and long-term planning.
• Utilize and manage wildfire modeling tools (e.g., Technosylva) to produce wildfire spread predictions and scenario analyses.
• Support Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) decision-making with wildfire behavior analysis, consequences, and real-time fire environment analysis.
• Translate wildfire behavior forecasts into actionable planning products to inform mitigation projects, emergency response strategies, and infrastructure protection plans.
• Research and help develop refined wildfire behavior decision support tools, methodologies and visualization platforms to enhance situational awareness.
• Support Oncor’s incident management team during wildfire events by providing fire behavior projections and risk assessments.
• Assist in delivering daily and event-driven fire weather briefings to internal stakeholders, including fire behavior assessments, and meteorological summaries.
• Develop program strategies that align fire behavior analysis with wildfire mitigation priorities, operational needs, and regulatory requirements.
• Assist in providing technical support to internal stakeholders on interpreting wildfire modeling outputs and applying planning strategies.
• Participate in operational briefings, and other meetings as directed.
• Tracks results and measurements upon completion of projects and initiatives.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

• Familiarity with current industry used operational fire behavior modeling (e.g., Rothermel's surface fire spread model with standard or custom fuel models, with canopy fuel characteristics in forest settings).
• Knowledge of wildfire behavior prediction, fuels management, wildland fire planning principles, and wildfire modeling tools (e.g., Technosylva).
• Regional understanding of vegetation/fuel types and their interaction to the fire environment.
• Knowledge of regional fire weather patterns such as the Southern Great Plains Wildfire Outbreak pattern.
• Experience in Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping, scenario planning, and risk analysis related to wildfire events.
• Knowledge of the Scott & Burgan’s fire behavior fuel models.
• Proven track record of working collaboratively across departments.
• Excellent communication and team-building skills for effective relationships with internal and external customers.
• Ability to work under pressure during high-impact weather and wildfire events.

Education

• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent is required.
• Applicants with a Bachelor’s degree in Fire Science, Forestry, Natural Resources or a related field are encouraged to apply.
• Applicanys with the following qualifications are encouraged to apply: National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG), Fire Behavior Analyst (FBAN) or Long Term Fire Analyst (LTAN).

Experience

• Wildfire Behavior Specialist I: Applicants with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in wildfire behavior prediction, fire management, or related applied science, are encouraged to apply.
• Wildfire Behavior Specialist II: Applicants with a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience preferred in wildfire behavior prediction, fire management, or related applied science, are encouraged to apply.

Measures of Success

• Accuracy and timeliness of fire behavior analyses and briefings.
• Effective integration of wildland fire behavior science into PSPS and emergency operations.
• Demonstrated contributions to reducing wildfire ignition and spread risk associated with utility infrastructure.
• Development of trusted relationships with internal teams and external agencies.
• Development of decision-support tools, dashboards, or GIS datasets that enhance situational awareness.
• A successful candidate will bring strong program management skills combined with technical knowledge in fire behavior analysis and forecasting, wildfire science, and mitigation planning.

Benefits:  

At Oncor, we offer a comprehensive set of benefits, compensation and performance management programs designed specifically to attract, retain, motivate and reward our high-performing workforce. Our supportive and inclusive culture allows every team member the opportunity to thrive and make a difference. We invest in our employee’s success and well-being by offering such things as:

• Annual incentive program
• Competitive health and welfare benefits (medical, dental, vision, life insurance)
• Ability to earn wellness incentives (up to $2,300 in 2026 as an Employee only) and other wellbeing resources.
• 401k with dollar-for-dollar company match up to 6%
• 401k match for student debt program
• Cash balance pension plan
• Adoption Assistance
• Mental health resources
• Employee resource groups
• Tuition reimbursement
• Competitive vacation, 10 company holidays and 2 personal holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Salary continuation for up to 6 months for approved employee illness or injury
• Other perks such as commuter benefits, electric vehicle incentive program, appliance purchase plan

Participation in benefit programs for employees in collective bargaining units is subject to the applicable collective bargaining agreement.