Fire & Safety​/Emergency Management Specialist I or II

Fire & Life Safety / Emergency Management Specialist I or II

The University of Texas Permian Basin's Environmental Heath & Safety welcomes applications for the position of Fire & Life Safety / Emergency Management Specialist I or II

Salary Range

Fire & Life Safety / Emergency Management Specialist I

$72,000.00depending on qualifications
Fire & Life Safety / Emergency Management Specialist II

The Fire & Life Safety / Emergency Management Specialist I

The Fire and Life Safety and Emergency Management Specialist I is an experienced professional individual contributor responsible for advanced fire-prevention, life-safety, emergency-preparedness, business-continuity, response, and recovery activities across the University. Reporting to the Director of Environmental Health & Safety, the position independently conducts and coordinates inspections, life-safety system activities, permits, emergency plans, continuity planning, EOC readiness, exercises, incident support, training, vendor coordination, after-action improvement, and leadership reporting within approved policies and procedures.

The position provides technical recommendations and resolves recurring operational matters while final policy, procurement, contract, non-delegated Authority Having Jurisdiction, and institutional commitment authority remain with the Director and other authorized officials.
Fire and Life Safety Inspections, Systems, and Corrective Action

1. Conduct comprehensive fire and life safety inspections of University facilities, document deficiencies and recurring risks, and coordinate approved corrective actions with responsible departments.

2. Coordinate inspection, testing, preventive maintenance, repair, impairment response, fire watches, restoration, and documentation for fire alarms, sprinklers, pumps, hydrants, extinguishers, suppression systems, emergency lighting, exit signage, and other life-safety equipment.

3. Administer assigned fire and life safety permit and special-event review processes within approved standards and elevate exceptions requiring higher authority.

4. Coordinate fire and evacuation drills, evaluate performance, maintain documentation, and recommend corrective actions and follow-up.

Emergency Planning, Business Continuity, EOC, and Exercises

5. Develop, review, and maintain the University Emergency Operations Plan and hazard-specific annexes for Director and institutional approval and coordinate updates with campus partners.

6. Coordinate departmental Business Continuity Plans and Business Impact Analyses, including critical services, essential personnel, dependencies, vital records, recovery objectives, alternate procedures, and resource needs.

7. Maintain physical and digital Emergency Operations Center readiness, including equipment, communications, plans, supplies, forms, software, and contact information.

8. Design, coordinate, facilitate, and evaluate tabletop, functional, and full-scale exercises and maintain an assigned multiyear training and exercise plan.

Incident Response, After-Action, and Improvement

9. Respond to fire alarms, smoke reports, hazardous-material incidents, and other emergency service calls and coordinate with fire, EMS, law enforcement, and other response partners.

10. Participate in assigned on-call coverage and support incident command, EOC activation, briefings, situation reporting, resource tracking, logistics, documentation, and situational awareness.

11. Coordinate post-incident and post-exercise debriefings, prepare After-Action Reports and Improvement Plans, and track approved corrective actions through completion.

Regulatory, Vendor, Training, and Reporting

12. Monitor applicable fire codes, emergency-management standards, laws, regulations, and UT System requirements and recommend updates to facilities, procedures, plans, and training.

13. Coordinate assigned vendor and contract-performance activities involving fire-protection systems, emergency-management technology, inspections, testing, maintenance, and training while reserving procurement approval and contract signature for authorized officials.

14. Develop and deliver fire-prevention, evacuation, extinguisher, AED, emergency-preparedness, and related training and maintain required plans, permits, inspection, testing, training, exercise, incident, continuity, and compliance records.

15. Provide reports and briefings to University leadership and maintain effective working relationships with campus departments and local, regional,…