Fire and Life Safety Manager/Fire Marshal

Essential Job Duties:
The primary purpose of this position is to serve as the administrator of the Fire and Life Safety section of Emergency Preparedness and Strategic Initiatives Department. The program manager is expected to oversee fire and life safety professionals, manage compliance programs in efforts to minimize impacts on life and property in the university community, provide emergency response and promote fire and life safety best practices and compliance.

Duties include:

• Have full responsibility for fire and life safety programs for the university, including regulatory and compliance obligations.
• Serve as the Authority Having Jurisdiction official for fire and life safety roles.
• Independently manage emergency scenes using the ICS structure, including emergency and non-emergency calls, complying with applicable laws and department policies.
• Represent all fire/life safety concerns during review of all university construction and renovation documents, ensuring compliance with applicable state/national fire and building codes.
• Direct fire and life safety programs, including regulatory and compliance obligations, manage team members.
• Analyze incident reports, inspection reports and other documentation for trends, reporting obligations and program improvements.
• Respond/assist with medical calls at the N.C. EMT-B level.
• Serve as designee for Campus Fire Safety Right to Know Act.
• Develop fire/life safety educational programs. Engage campus stakeholders on training needs and recommend new programming with industry best practices, compliance updates or new practices.
• Ensure completion of program elements, including facility inspections, fire extinguishers/ AED inspections and other activities; Conduct or coordinate life safety inspections for all NC State locations; review and advise on shared OSFM inspection documentation maintained by Facilities Division.
• Reviews construction plans, facility modification and fire protection systems for compliance and assist with testing for readiness. Ensures that all new and renovated projects are in compliance with State Construction Guidelines, NFPA, N.C. Building and Fire Code and University Guidelines.
• Audit programs, analyze incidents, track findings and recommend corrective actions.
• Assist with inspections conducted by regulatory agencies (SCO, OSFM, DOL, OSHA, Department of Education); documents required actions and respond accordingly.
• Conduct reviews of fire detection and suppressions systems prior to and at time of building start-up/acceptance testing.
• With campus partners, maintain program operation guidelines for Plan Review, State Construction Office Acceptance Inspections, Fire Alarm Testing, Hydrostatic Testing of Sprinkler Systems and Underground Hydrostatic Testing and Water Supply programs to staff to ensure each program manual can be used by staff to have a full understanding of the programs.
• With campus partners, manage the Fire Alarm Testing program for code compliance, university guideline compliance and has the authority to decide / make changes to the fire alarm testing guidelines.
• With campus partners, manages the hydrostatic testing for above ground and below ground sprinkler systems.
• Coordinate fire and life staff, ensuring credentials and certifications are maintained.
• Coordinate part time and special event staffing. Ensure performance management obligations are met and adjudicate grievances or performance concerns.
• Ensure compliance and completion of activities in fire and life safety programs, procedures and practices. Establish annual goals and objectives for programs, determining program growth and improvement areas.
• Manage budget/financial responsibilities of Fire and Life Safety group, to include opportunities for staff professional development.
• Evolve fire/life safety program with needs of the campus community.
• Recommend, develop and implement programmatic changes to meet fire and life safety/emergency medical best practices.

Other Work/Responsibilities:

• Other tasks and responsibilities may be assigned based on the needs of the organization and evolving priorities.

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