Chief Fire Officer

3 weeks ago


Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Mondi Merebank Full time

Let's Grow, Create and Inspire Together. An exciting opportunity awaits you at Mondi South Africa.

The Central Maintenance team is searching for a Chief Fire Officer to join our business located in Richards Bay, KZN. Reporting to the Technical & Risk Manager, the Chief Fire Officer is required to plan, organize, manage, and implement fire prevention measures, taking command of fire and emergency situations.

The successful incumbent will need to take responsibility for the overall contractual management of the fire operations, emergency medical, and fire maintenance vendors via the senior officers who report to him/her.

Duties & Responsibilities

The Chief Fire Officer is responsible for the planning and management of the following inter alia activities:

  1. Respond to and manage fire, Hazmat, and medical incidents/emergencies on the site, deploying internal and external resources where required.
  2. Fixed and portable fire equipment inspections/maintenance including risk mitigation.
  3. Fire investigations.
  4. High fire risk maintenance work mitigations.
  5. Operational and maintenance expenses related to the emergency team.
  6. Job observations/behavioral-based audits/engagement board sessions.
  7. Planning of actions derived from drills/audits/incidents.
  8. Review and continuously improve existing emergency procedures and policies.
  9. Review and update emergency training requirements for the mill and department as required.
  10. Legal compliance of emergency equipment.
  11. Plan emergency response drills and training exercises.
  12. Emergency equipment licenses and certifications.
  13. Capital equipment replacements and upgrades related to the emergency team as well as fixed fire systems within the mill.
  14. Engagements with local authorities and industries for cross training/drills.
  15. Accountable for the readiness of the emergency response team.
  16. Accountable for the readiness of emergency response equipment and installations.
  17. Accountable for emergency response/readiness engagements with local authorities and neighboring communities.
  18. Accountable for the implementation of fire prevention strategies inter alia including hot work control.
Desired Experience & Qualification

Qualifications & Expertise

  1. National diploma in Fire Engineering or related field.
  2. Intermediate Life Support Paramedic (advantageous).
  3. Basic life support paramedic (minimum).
  4. Supervisory or Management Qualification.
  5. Registered with the HPCSA– BLS Paramedic.
  6. C1 Drivers License.
  7. Professional Driving Permit.
  8. Fire Prevention and Safety Strategies.
  9. Incident Commander.
  10. Snake identification/bite treatment and snake handling.
  11. Advanced Industrial Fire Fighting.
  12. Computerized maintenance management system such as SAP.
  13. Fixed fire detection/suppression system testing/inspection/maintenance regimes.
  14. MS Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.
  15. Familiarity with ISO (advantageous).

Job Experience

  1. 10 years experience in industrial/municipal fire services in a supervisory/management capacity.
  2. 5 years experience performing an emergency response function – firefighter/paramedic.
  3. Experience in manufacturing and public services.
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