Fire Safety Specialist - Facilities Management - FT - Day

Stormont Vail Health • Topeka, KS

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Provides fire protection/general safety support for the medical center and all associated clinics/buildings by performing the following duties. This role involves assisting in the development and implementation of safety policies and procedures, conducting site inspections, maintaining documentation, and potentially developing and conducting training programs. The specialist will escort outside agencies during safety tours and inspections, observe and coordinate repairs for installed equipment and systems, and perform routine building maintenance. Additionally, the role includes on-call responsibilities, snow removal, and the ability to assume supervisory responsibilities in emergency situations.

Requirements

• High School Diploma / GED
• 2 years Life Safety / Fire Safety or related experience.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Must have a good working rapport with fellow employees.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Nice To Haves

• Ability to assume supervisory responsibilities in the event of fire, hazard materials accident, or other safety accidents.
• Can serve in a supervisory capacity in the absence of a supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Assists in development and implementation of safety policies and procedures.
• Assists in implementation of programs relating to general safety and fire protection.
• Conducts periodic site inspections to assess compliance with inhouse and outside agency safety regulations.
• Maintains documentation of inspections and follow-up.
• May develop and conduct formal training programs.
• Escort outside agencies on safety-related tours and inspections.
• Observes functioning of installed equipment or system to detect hazards and need for adjustments, relocation, or replacement.
• Repairs or coordinates the repair of faulty equipment or systems.
• Must be able to perform routine building maintenance without supervision.
• Will be required to be on call during designated times.
• Shovels snow from walks and driveways; push snow with truck or tractor.
• Spreads salt on public passageways to prevent ice build up.
• Be on call during designated times.
• Ability to assume supervisory responsibilities in the event of fire, hazard materials accident, or other safety accidents.
• Can serve in a supervisory capacity in the absence of a supervisor.

Benefits

• The company is an equal opportunity employer and adheres to the philosophy and practice of providing equal opportunities for all employees and prospective employees, without regard to the following classifications: race, color, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, uniformed service, disability or genetic information. This applies to all aspects of employment practices including hiring, firing, pay, benefits, promotions, lateral movements, job training, and any other terms or conditions of employment. Retaliation is prohibited against any person who files a claim of discrimination, participates in a discrimination investigation, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment act based upon the above classifications.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED