Fire Watch Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Phoenix Global is looking to hire a responsible safety driven professional as a Fire Watch Specialist to be responsible for continuously observing hot work activity to detect and respond to fires during hot work operations.

JOB FUNCTIONS :

• Ensuring firefighting equipment is ready
• Keeping the area free of combustible materials
• Watching for sparks, slag, or heat sources
• Warning workers if there's an excessive risk of fire
• Extinguishing small fires immediately
• Calling emergency services if necessary

Cross-training will be required to support other positions when needed. For example heavy equipment such as a bobcat, front-end loader, etc.

REQUIRED SKILLS

PHYSICAL DEMANDS / WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. The employee is required to use hands and fingers to feel, handle, or operate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. You may be required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, walk, sit, bend, stand, talk and hear. You must be able to endure extreme temperatures. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus .

The work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and / or humid conditions; and occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals.

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.