Manager - Fire and Safety

Job Requisition : R

Job Category:
Professional and Technical

Organization:
Fac Services – Emergency Management & Life Safety

Location:

Main Campus Jackson

Job Title:

Manager – Fire and Life Safety

Responsible for supervising all UMMC safety programs and staff ensuring activities are safely performed and in a safe environment in accordance with UMMC procedures, regulatory requirements, joint commission, Mississippi department of health, and other state and federal accrediting organization standards and regulations. Reviews, formulates, and recommends policy and organizational changes as appropriate.

Required:

Degree (Associate’s or Bachelor’s) and four (4) years of work experience in safety, health regulations, or industrial hygiene.

Required:

Certified Healthcare Safety Professional from the International Board for Certification Services and Management required post-hire within three (3) years.

• Healthcare Environmental Manager certification
• Experience in a healthcare setting
• Knowledge

• Knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local laws, ordinances, statutes, regulations, rules, policies, and procedures.
• Skill in accident/incident investigation and reporting protocols.
• Verbal and written communication skills.
• Interpersonal skills to interact with a wide range of constituencies.
• Ability to gather data, compile information, and prepare reports.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Ability to train, motivate, and supervise employees.

• Establishes, maintains, and ensures adherence to policies and procedures related to fire and life safety.
• Acts as a subject matter expert for EHS on various hospital committees and assures compliance and preparedness for Joint Commission Accreditation and other inspections as required.
• Serves as the designee for the State Fire Marshall’s Office as it relates to UMMC operations.
• Develops and oversees the implementation of effective staff safety training.
• Coordinates the UMMC hazardous waste management program, including proper methods of storing and handling of hazardous materials with departments in conjunction with campus environmental services.
• Oversees the investigation of accidents, spills, losses, thefts, unauthorized receipts, uses, transfers, disposal, mis‑administrations, and other deviations from approved safety practice and recommends appropriate action in order to prevent future occurrences.
• Conducts building inspections to identify hazardous conditions and practices in order to help identify training and education that will assist in prevention of worker injuries, and report same to hospital administration as needed.
• Reviews and interprets code revisions, moratoriums, or equivalencies for applicability to UMMC and hospital-specific policies and procedures, and compliance.
• Ensures contractor code compliance by managing the interaction between departmental personnel and contractors, facility planning and physical plant personnel.
• Manages vendor relations and contracts to ensure fulfillment of duties.
• Responds to and mitigates on and off-campus disasters.
• May require extended travel and/or overnight stays.
• Collaborates with disaster management in the development of the hospital Emergency Operations Plan.

Requires occasional exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold, constant handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment, constant exposure to biohazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals…