Fire Safety Specialist
Fire Safety Specialist
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Job Description
Position Function:
Responsible for providing staff support to the Universitys Environmental Health and Safety programs with a primary focus on Fire Safety. This position plays a key role in reducing fire and life safety risks across campus by coordinating inspections ensuring compliance with fire protection standards supporting emergency preparedness and maintaining critical fire safety infrastructure.
Salary Grade:12
Please see Staff Compensation Structure or Skilled Crafts and Service Maintenance Compensation Schedule for salary ranges. For salary grade UC these positions are Unclassified and salary ranges are determined by the hiring department.
Department Profile:
Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Assist with the planning and execution of fire drills across campus facilities including Residence Halls.
2. Conduct routine inspections test runs and maintenance of fire sprinkler systems at university facilities.
3. Coordinate the annual inspection of pressure vessels. Responsibilities include maintaining an uptodate inventory of all pressure vessels and ensuring each vessel is properly marked and tagged as certified.
4. Coordinate the inspections and cleanings of all fire suppression hoods. Including maintaining and uptodate inventory of all fire suppression hoods and ensuring each hood is properly inspected and cleaned.
5. Coordinate the inspections and repairs of fire extinguishers. Including maintaining and uptodate inventory of all fire extinguishers.
6. Assist with initial facility safety reviews and conduct followup reviews as needed.
7. Assist with managing the universitys Hot Work Program including performing site inspections to ensure compliance with safety protocols.
8. Support inspections related to fire and life safety systems in both renovation and new construction projects.
9. Provide training and outreach on relevant program areas to members of the university community including faculty staff and students.
10. Perform other related duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: High School Diploma
Experience: Two years of fire safety building construction or maintenance.
Substitution allowed for Experience:
Bachelors or Associate Degree in Fire Safety Construction Science Occupational Safety Industrial Technology Engineering Architecture or a related field
Preferred Qualifications:
NICET certification in waterbased fire suppression systems
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
Excellent computer skills including but not limited to Microsoft Excel Word PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat.
Excellent written or oral communication skills.
Ability to travel instate.
Working Conditions and Physical Effort
Must work with hazardous materials and be in areas where biological materials chemicals and/or radiation are present.
Frequent external imposed deadlines; set and revised beyond ones control; interruptions influence priorities; difficult to anticipate nature or volume of work with certainty beyond a few days; meeting of deadlines and coordination of unrelated activities are key to position; involves conflictresolution or similar interactions involving emotional issues or stress on a regular basis.
Job frequently requires walking sitting reaching talking hearing handling objects with hands.
Instructions for Applying:
Link to apply: via
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
Mississippi State University is an equal opportunity institution. Discrimination is prohibited in university employment programs or activities based on race color ethnicity sex pregnancy religion national origin disability age sexual orientation genetic information status as a U.S. veteran or any other status to the extent protected by applicable law. Questions about equal opportunity programs or compliance should be directed to the Office of Civil Rights Compliance 231 Famous Maroon Band Street P.O. 6044 Mississippi State MS 39762 (662).
What do I do if I need an accommodation
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Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
