Fire Lieutenant

Industrial Fire Lieutenant - Volkswagen, Chattanooga, TN

IMMEDIATELY HIRING! Industrial Fire Lieutenant FULL-TIME Opportunity

Salary: EMT $16.23 per hour / $54,013 annual

Work Hours: 48/96 shifts, A-B-C Schedule

We are hiring an Industrial Fire Lieutenant with a passion for firefighting and a demonstrated commitment to cultivating a positive, collaborative work environment.

Job Summary

The Fire Lieutenant will direct and coordinate the activities of an assigned shift. They will be responsible to ensure that appropriate fire/ems support is provided in the controlling and extinguishing of fires; rescuing persons endangered by structural fires; preventing fire by reducing or eliminating potential fire hazards; responding to and providing assistance for medical aid calls, vehicle accidents, and Hazmat incidents.

This is considered a safety sensitive position and is subject to both, the Company’s and the Client’s Industrial Drug and Alcohol Testing Policy, which includes: pre-employment testing, post-accident testing, random testing, reasonable suspicion testing, return to duty testing and follow-up testing.

Examples Of What You Will Do

• Supervises subordinate personnel in their assigned duties.
• Provides effective leadership for all personnel necessary to carry out the business and mission of the Department.
• Maintains discipline and ensures that personnel follow department rules and regulations. Renders corrective action per company policy/procedures.
• Implements department goals and objectives, establishes work priorities, schedules and coordinates work to be accomplished per shift. Responsible for daily log, emergency calls and reports, overtime and injury reports.
• Response to alarms as an officer of a firefighting company (shift); performs variety of firefighting and EMS (if applicable) functions, including Incident Command Officer.
• Participates in daily training exercises and classroom lectures and prepares and conducts trainings for the department when assigned.
• Conducts fire inspections, supervises shift inspections, assigns work projects and approves completed work.
• Participate in the development and implementation of continuous quality improvement (CQI) programs.
• Conducts demonstrations, tours, participates in providing training/lectures on fire safety, fire prevention, CPR, fire extinguishers, first aid and other subjects.
• Will stay up-dated on latest Fire Department/EMS standards and trends and evaluate possible implementation.
• Provide expertise in fire prevention, fire suppression and fire investigation strategies.
• Ensure safe and effective command of incident operations.
• Assigns personnel and equipment to such duties and uses as the Department requires.
• Responsible for cleanliness of station and maintenance of apparatus, tools, equipment and all other Fire/EMS equipment/supplies.
• Performs other duties as required by superiors.
• Projects a positive attitude and image to the client as a fire service professional to meet the client’s needs.
  
  

Minimum Required Qualifications

Certifications

• Valid state Driver’s License, DUI within last 5 years is disqualifying.
• Current NFPA 1001 Firefighter II with Hazardous Materials-Operations (State, IFSAC, or Pro-Board issued).
• Current Advanced - EMT certification (State or National Registry issued).
• Current CPR/AED
• Completion of NIMS ICS-100, 200, 700, and 800 at time of hire.
  
  

Experience

• Must be able to work any shift assigned, including nights, holidays and weekends to include scheduled and unscheduled overtime and as needed on an emergency basis.
  
  

Education

• Must be a high school graduate or possess a GED certificate.
  
  

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