CITY EMPLOYEES ONLY - Fire Marshal

City of Colorado Springs (CO) • Colorado Springs, CO

351d

About The Position

The Fire Marshal will plan, organize, manage, supervise, and direct the Division of the Fire Marshal staff and work groups to perform a multitude of duties. This includes managing Fire Code Enforcement, engaging in Fire Protection Engineering principles, regulating Hazardous Materials, overseeing community risk reduction (CRR), and managing relationships with federal, state and local agencies. The Fire Marshal also oversees the Wildfire Mitigation program and strategic planning. Finally, the Fire Marshal also provides the City with strategic direction on future fire prevention and community loss control decisions as related to the enforcement of fire code and provide legal interpretation.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in business administration, public administration, fire protection engineering, or a related field
• Five (5) years of full-time responsible fire service supervisory and administrative experience including two years of inspection experience
• Must be a current City of Colorado Springs (City) municipal employee who works in this department or has been in your current position for at least one year to be considered for this position

Nice To Haves

• Five (5) years of supervisory experience

Responsibilities

• Plan, direct, and manage by conducting technical, professional, and statistical reviews of various journals, publications, and statistics for all areas within the DFM (Division of the Fire Marshal)
• Maintain availability to staff for complex problems and decisions which could result in economic impact on projects, companies, or the community itself
• Discuss outcomes and processes with supervisors to see how they and their staff are accomplishing and evaluating the quality of various decisions within DFM
• Provide regular division and supervisor meetings to maintain on course and in tune with operations within DFM
• Monitor section reports within DFM to monitor progress and evaluate progress towards targets and objectives, reviews fire reports for quality control and consistency and provides training and direction when needed
• Monitor and evaluates staff managers and supervisors on their interaction and ability to meet objectives and motivates and engages staff
• Provide input on behalf of the Mayor representing the National League of Cities (NLC) on the federal Wildland Fire Leadership Council (WFLC)
• Evaluate, review, and interpret code and policy implementation by monitoring technical work product (plan reviews, construction inspections, final project results, and customer feedback on deadlines and problems)
• Periodically oversee or conduct plan reviews on technical issues, as well as observes or provides follow-up visits to ensure inspections are handled appropriately
• Answer complaints or concerns regarding fires, code enforcement, and reports
• Provide feedback to national and state organizations, as well as national companies, on questions that are asked regarding input on practice or procedures that they seek guidance on
• Collaborate with staff on grant funding, status, and opportunities; and attends various state OEM and Fire Marshal organization meetings to help direct state and local level activities
• Manages planning and command functions with various events, fires, and catastrophes by coordinating and providing planning functions for various community sponsored events
• Oversee the development, implementation and evaluation of the fire department's community risk reduction plan
• Serve as Plan Chief or Incident Commander during major community events, disasters, or investigations
• Respond to emergency scenes and works with incident commanders, fire investigations, and the Police Department on various high-profile cases
• Other duties as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees