Fire Chief
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Job Location:
Battle Creek, MI - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 109452 - 142287
Posted on:
10 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The City of Battle Creek (The City) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability genetic information marital status amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal state and local laws. The City complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.
The City expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race color religion gender sexual orientation national origin age genetic information disability veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. Improper interference with the ability of the City employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.
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Description
The City of Battle Creek is looking for a Fire Chief to work on planning organizing and administrating the operations of the fire department. Work involves setting policies and goals under the direction of the City Manager. Supervision exercised over all personnel within the department.
Essential Functions
- Plans directs and manages a twenty-four-hour Fire Department operation by coordinating functions and activities with subordinate officers. Supervises administrative activities of the department including assignments of personnel and equipment requisitioning material supplies and equipment and preparing departmental budget correspondence records and reports.
- Directs programs for training firefighting personnel in the proper methods of firefighting Hazmat the use of equipment and on fire prevention to include inspection investigation and enforcement of Federal State and local laws.
- Maintains and establishes effective controls for enforcing laws and ordinances. Ensures departmental compliance with Federal State and local laws and regulations. Develops long term plans to improve and maintain effective operations and recommends policies. Directs investigations into the causes of fires; coordinates with Emergency Service Director.
- Directs the maintenance repair improvement and replacement of equipment radio equipment station houses and other property of the Fire Department.
- Attends City Commission and other meetings as necessary to clarify/explain programs/activities. Participates on specialty boards at the State and local level as a City representative.
- Selects assigns supervises trains promotes evaluates and issues discipline to assigned personnel as necessary and in accordance with PA 78 Administrative Code collective bargaining agreement and Affirmative Action Plan.
- Handles citizen inquiries comments and complaints regarding departmental activities; conducts activities in the development of good public relations and promotes good will including the making of public addresses appearances and other activities. Reviews and responds to employee grievances and takes action as appropriate.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors degree with coursework in fire administration public administration or related field.
- 10 years experience in fire or emergency services management.
- Possess Fire Officer I II III Certification or equivalent executive level training upon hire.
- Valid drivers license in the State of Michigan.
- EMS License is desirable.
Physical Requirements/Working Conditions
This work requires the occasional exertion of up to 10 pounds of force; work regularly requires sitting bending reaching hand dexterity (grasping holding keyboarding repetitive movements) reading writing eye-hand coordination seeing (near and/or far color depth field of vision) hearing using the telephone contact with government officials and the general public working overtime and working inside and alone.
Required Experience:
Chief
Key Skills
- Mold Remediation
- Succession Planning
- Employee Evaluation
- Basic Math
- Host/Hostess Experience
- Restoration
- Restoration Industry Experience
- Water Damage Restoration
- Emergency Management
- Auto Restoration
- Fire Restoration
- Financial Report Interpretation
