UNIV - Program Manager II - Fire and Life Safety Programs
About The Position
The Program Manager II is responsible for developing, implementing, and managing comprehensive fire and life safety programs for the Medical University of South Carolina. The position serves as the designated Charleston Division Fire Marshal and technical authority for fire and life safety compliance across Charleston Division facilities. It ensures compliance with Joint Commission Life Safety and Environment of Care standards, CMS requirements, applicable codes, and other local, state, and federal regulations. The role directs fire and life safety compliance and operations, including inspections, corrective actions, protection-system oversight, fire drills, emergency planning, incident reviews, vendor contracts, performance reporting, regulatory readiness, and construction and renovation reviews. It administers the Charleston Division Fire and Life Safety Management Plan and advises Environment of Care, Safety, Emergency Management, and Executive Leadership committees. The position also supervises and develops fire and life safety personnel. Work may take place in academic facilities, research laboratories, clinical areas, administrative offices, and other healthcare settings. Some travel to off-site clinics and facilities may be required. The employee must be available for on-call duty and to respond to fire emergencies outside regular working hours. The role is scheduled for 40 hours per week on the day shift.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree.
- Four years of relevant program experience.
- Availability for on-call duty and response to fire emergencies outside regular working hours.
- Ability to perform the listed physical functions, including frequent upright, seated, and mobile work; continuous indoor work; and occasional outdoor work in weather and temperature extremes, work in confined spaces, kneeling, squatting, and handling objects up to 15 pounds.
- Ability to meet the stated vision, hearing, dexterity, sensory, and motor-function requirements.
Responsibilities
- Serve as Charleston Division Fire Marshal and provide technical authority for fire and life safety compliance activities across division facilities.
- Direct and administer the Charleston Division Fire and Life Safety Program, establishing goals, priorities, policies, standards, and performance measures.
- Provide leadership for fire prevention, life safety, code compliance, and regulatory readiness activities, and liaise with relevant operational and executive groups.
- Oversee fire and life safety inspections and ensure deficiencies are documented, prioritized, assigned, tracked, and resolved.
- Review inspection data, identify trends, and develop corrective action strategies to reduce organizational risk.
- Guide fire and life safety repairs, barrier management, fire door compliance, and corrective maintenance activities.
- Oversee inspection, testing, maintenance, and compliance for fire alarm, sprinkler, suppression, standpipe, extinguisher, and passive fire protection systems.
- Direct fire drill and evacuation exercise programs and oversee facility-specific fire response plans and evacuation procedures.
- Lead or coordinate reviews of fire and life safety incidents, assess trends, recommend improvements, and coordinate reporting as appropriate.
- Develop, administer, and monitor related vendor contracts; evaluate vendor performance and assist with budget planning and resource allocation.
- Establish and maintain performance metrics, compliance dashboards, records, reports, and presentations for leadership and governing committees.
- Serve as the subject matter expert on applicable NFPA codes and standards, International Fire and Building Codes, Joint Commission standards, and other regulations; provide technical consultation.
- Coordinate regulatory inspections, surveys, audits, and readiness activities involving Joint Commission, CMS, the State Fire Marshal, local fire departments, and other agencies.
- Review construction, renovation, occupancy, and space-use change projects for fire and life safety compliance, collaborating with project teams through planning, construction, and occupancy.
- Administer the Charleston Division Fire and Life Safety Management Plan, conduct annual program evaluations, and recommend improvements.
- Advise Environment of Care, Safety, Emergency Management, and Executive Leadership committees and coordinate initiatives across healthcare, academic, research, and administrative settings.
- Oversee fire and life safety components of Environment of Care rounds and compliance assessments, ensuring deficiencies are reconciled in a timely manner.
- Supervise, mentor, and develop fire and life safety staff; establish priorities, staffing plans, performance expectations, and workload processes; conduct evaluations and support succession planning.
- Ensure staff maintain required certifications, competencies, and regulatory knowledge, and foster accountability, customer service, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
