Manager - Fire and Life Safety

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Job Requisition ID:

R00054507

Job Category:

Professional and Technical

Organization:

Fac Services - Emergency Management & Life Safety

Location/s:

Main Campus Jackson

Job Title:

Manager - Fire and Life Safety

Job Summary:

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.

Education & Experience

Education and Experience Required:

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

Certifications, Licenses, or Registration required:

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

Preferred Qualifications:

Healthcare Environmental Manager certification, Experience in a healthcare setting

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

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.

Responsibilities

• 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 recommend 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.
• Ensure 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.
• The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.

Physical and Environmental Demands

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 which mandate attention to safety considerations, frequent working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours, occasional travelling to offsite locations, occasional activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, frequent work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality, occasional bending, occasional lifting and carrying more than 100 pounds, occasional climbing, occasional crawling, occasional crouching/stooping, constant driving, occasional kneeling, occasional pushing/pulling, constant reaching, constant sitting, frequent standing, frequent twisting, and frequent walking (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more).

Time Type:

Full time

FLSA Designation/Job Exempt:

Yes

Pay Class:

Salary

FTE %:

100

Work Shift:

Day

Benefits Eligibility:

Grant Funded:

No

Job Posting Date:

10/9/2026

Job Closing Date (open until filled if no date specified):