HomeMy WebLinkAboutGIII_Supply-Maintenance Unit Leader_2015Beaumont Fire/Rescue Services
Detailed Job Descriptions
Grade: III
Classification: Captain
Section: Logistics
Assignment: Supply/Maintenance Unit Leader
Reports to: District Chief—Support Branch Director
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Distinguishing Features:
This position exists to protect life and property through the effective and efficient logistical
support of fire department operations through effective resource management, and the coordination of
maintenance of fire department equipment and facilities.
Competencies:
Competencies are a set of identified behaviors, knowledge, skills, and abilities that directly and
positively impact the success of employees and the organization. Competencies can be observed and
measured. When consistently demonstrated, competencies make employees particularly effective in their
work. Competencies help lay out a roadmap to career success. Beaumont Fire/Rescue Services’
established competencies for all positions include:
• Understanding our Business
• Achieving Technical and Functional Expertise
• Serving our Customers
• Getting Results
• Working as a Team
• Exhibiting Interpersonal and Communication Skills
• Demonstrating Leadership and Personal Effectiveness
Position Essential Job Functions:
• Organize the initial response to an emergency situation by operating within the Incident
Management System and department standard operating guidelines–
• Gathering pertinent information;
• Applying the Risk Management Model to strategic and tactical situations;
• Confirming arrival and appropriate benchmarks and details of situation with
Command and/or the communications center;
• Ensuring the type and number of apparatus, equipment, and personnel responding
are adequate/appropriate and will effectively and safely mitigate the situation;
• Ensuring a system of accountability is established for all personnel working
within the hazard zone;
• Documenting the progress and evolution of the situation within the prescribed
system;
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• Maintaining communications under a systematic and sequential plan;
• Initiating, coordinating, and controlling mutual aid response and implementation
of emergency management plans on the emergency scene;
• Minimizing the loss of life and property in controlling the situation;
• Organizing and conducting post incident analysis and debriefings.
• Supervise personnel–
• Enforcing health and safety mandates and department policies and procedures;
• Inspecting personnel to ensure that all are in attendance and capable of
performing their duties;
• Ensuring personnel and crews are aware of procedural and policy requirements
and revisions;
• Ensuring department policies and guidelines are followed and that crews model a
professional image;
• Monitoring and documenting training and development activities of subordinates
so that they are completed and documented appropriately;
• Monitoring emergency scene evolutions and benchmarks to ensure that
department standard operating guidelines are adhered to;
• Ensuring compliance with all applicable traffic safety laws and departmental
driving policies;
• Providing leadership, coaching, and training to personnel;
• Providing feedback to crews and crew members on performance;
• Rewarding and recognizing individuals and crews;
• Counseling and recommending discipline for individuals and crews;
• Building effective teams so that high crew performance and morale levels are
established and maintained.
• Train personnel–
• Conducting post-incident evaluations with crews to identify and document
training needs;
• Observing and documenting personnel performance so that individual’s strengths
and weaknesses can be identified, and training requirements can be documented;
• Reviewing examination and training records so that training needs for individuals
and crew are identified, prioritized, and updated;
• Allocating in-service training time so that crews are allotted time each shift to
ensure meeting department standards;
• Arranging tours of priority locations so that tours reinforce training objectives
and learning, and provide real life examples of topics presented;
• Developing teaching plans to ensure that information presented is accurate,
comprehensive, and presented in the appropriate sequence;
• Selecting and employing training aids to insure learning is enhanced;
• Conducting training sessions in accordance with the established training schedule
so that personnel receive allotted training in the prescribed sequence for
maintenance and documentation of certifications;
• Demonstrating skills, procedures, and equipment so that standard operating and
safety guidelines are followed;
• Conducting and supervising drill and benchmark evaluations and skill
competitions to evaluate individual and team performance;
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• Preparing recommendations and action plans for additional training of members;
• Maintaining training records so that all training delivered is documented.
• Maintain professional currency–
• Remaining current with new legislation and regulation affecting department
operations;
• Participating in-service training activities;
• Reviewing professional publications and web-sites for current developments,
procedures, and techniques;
• Attending courses, seminars, and workshops to recommend and implement
improvements to operations;
• Participating in professional associations to interact and network with peers and
provide opportunities for improvements to operations;
• Participating in staff meetings to keep others up-to-date by providing input
relative to current and improved emergency services operations;
• Developing a network of professional contacts with other emergency services
organizations so that information regarding programs, procedures, and techniques
are shared and peer support is provided;
• Researching and reviewing manufacturers existing and new products, equipment,
and systems to evaluate and recommend system improvements;
• Touring high risk sites so that pre-incident planning can be reviewed and
modified, and so that personnel can be updated on the status of the site.
• Perform public education and information activities–
• Providing public assistance;
• Conducting station tours or safety programs;
• Making presentations and/or performing demonstrations for community groups
or interested parties;
• Participating in special activities;
• Projecting a professional image to enhance the public’s perception of the
department and emergency services;
• Assist with resolving problems or questions referred by staff, department or City
administrators or employees, City Council persons, or the public.
• Participate in physical fitness activities to maintain physical conditioning.
• Demonstrate continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times,
streamline work processes, and work cooperatively and jointly to provide seamless
customer service.
• Direct, manage, coordinate and liaison effectively with others to achieve effectiveness
and efficiency in all operations, support and administrative programs.
Assignment-Specific Job Functions:
• Enhance operations through effective and efficient logistical support–
• Ordering, receiving, storing and distributing equipment and supplies;
• Maintaining an accurate inventory and usage of supplies and equipment;
• Developing systems to reduce over-ordering of supplies to maintain efficiency;
• Organizing the physical layout of the Company Store;
• Assisting in the development of and following procedures for operations of the
Company Store;
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• Insuring the security of the Company Store and developing systems to minimize
shrinkage;
• Testing, servicing and/or properly documenting activities associated with non-
expendable supplies, tools and equipment;
• Coordinating testing, maintenance, replacement and required documentation of
personal protective equipment;
• Coordinating maintenance of facilities;
• Coordinating activities of Supply Group members and service workers.
• Documenting maintenance and unit activities appropriately in prescribed
systems.
• Resolving problems or questions referred by staff, department or City
administrators or employees, City Council persons, or the public.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge of...
• Current industry standards and best practices of progressive emergency services
organizations;
• The geographical layout of the City of Beaumont, street names and numbers, and hydrant
locations;
• The operation and maintenance of various types of apparatus and equipment used by the
department;
• Generally accepted and department-specific practices, techniques, methods, instruments,
and equipment;
• The laws, regulations, policies, and procedures relevant to emergency services response
activities;
• Organizational philosophy and ethical policies that direct all managers in the discharge of
their duties;
• Business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation,
human resources modeling, leadership technique, and coordination of people and
resources;
• Accepted management and supervision processes and techniques;
• Principles and procedures of developing and implementing training programs;
• Structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of
words, rules of composition, and grammar;
• Human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and
interests; learning and motivation.
Skill at...
• Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for
the job;
• Making quick and accurate assessments of emergency situations, and determining
appropriate mitigation actions;
• Using logic and reasoning to identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions,
conclusions, or approaches to problems;
• Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate
options and implement solutions;
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• Determining how a system should work, and how changes in conditions, operations, and
the environment will affect outcomes;
• Adjusting actions in relation to others’ actions or situational requirements;
• Communicating effectively, both orally and in writing, as appropriate for the needs of the
audience;
• Giving full attention to what people are saying, taking time to understand the points being
made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Ability to...
• Understand and operate within the Incident Management System;
• Learn and apply emergency services principles, practices, methods, techniques, and
equipment to work situations;
• Identify critical incident scene safety factors and address them appropriately;
• Maintain control under extremely stressful conditions;
• Make life and death decisions during emergency situations;
• Observe people’s behavior to determine compliance with prescribed operating or safety
standards, or to assess patient condition;
• Observe equipment or personnel to determine compliance with prescribed operating or
safety standards;
• Operate equipment at maximum operating efficiency consistent with needs, safety, and
mechanical limitations of the equipment;
• Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense;
• Combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a
relationship among seemingly unrelated events);
• Tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong– recognize potential problems;
• Shift back and forth between two more activities or sources of information– multi-task;
• Understand the effects of fire involvement and spread as related to the rescue of
firefighters and civilians;
• Work at heights greater than ten feet frequently; work at heights of up to 100'
occasionally;
• Move objects 40-60 pounds short distances (30 feet or more) frequently; hold 80-100 lbs.
frequently; carry 50-150 lbs infrequently; lift or drag in excess of 150 lbs. of force
occasionally;
• Perform duties requiring frequent pulling of 40 pounds or more, such as removing hose
from apparatus, pulling ceilings, starting power equipment, and opening doors on
apparatus, as required;
• Bend, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, stand, walk, push, pull, lift,
grasp, and perform repetitive motions repeatedly or continually over time to perform
emergency medical services, fire ground, or other response-related duties;
• Lift arms above shoulder level to cut vent holes with an axe or force entry into vehicles
using specialized tools;
• Travel across wet, slippery, rough, uneven or rocky surfaces;
• Use self-contained breathing apparatus and protective clothing to prevent exposure to
hazardous materials and infectious diseases;
• Tolerate extreme fluctuations in temperature while performing job duties;
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• Work for long periods of time, requiring sustained physical activity and intense
concentration;
• Work in a variety of weather conditions with exposure to outdoor elements;
• Within accepted safety practices, rely on sense of sight, hearing, touch, and smell to help
determine the nature of an emergency and make operational decisions;
• Understand apparatus and equipment limitations as related to response and emergency
scene activities;
• Learn job-related material through structured lecture, reading, and computer-based
instruction, through oral instruction and observation, and through hands-on activities;
• Instruct, train, and develop employees in emergency services related disciplines;
• Communicate ideas orally and in writing in the English language so that others will
understand;
• Understand and follow oral and written instructions in the English language;
• Comprehend and make inferences from written material in the English language;
• Produce written documents with clearly organized thoughts using proper English
sentence construction, punctuation, and grammar;
• Arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a rule or specific set of
rules (e.g. logic or mathematical operations);
• Gather and interpret data, reach logical conclusions, and present findings and
recommendations;
• Work cooperatively with other City employees and the public;
• Continue to learn new technical and management methods to improve effectiveness and
efficiency of operations;
• Exercise a high degree of self-discipline;
• Perform a broad range of supervisory responsibilities over others;
• Work safely without presenting a direct threat to self or others.
Additional Requirements:
• Some assignments will require performance of other essential and marginal functions
depending on work location, assignment, or shift.
• Some assignments require the use of City vehicles on City business. Individuals must be
physically capable of operating the vehicles safely, possess a valid Class B driver’s
license, and have an acceptable driving record.
• Employees in this class may be required to relieve an officer of higher rank and, when so
assigned, are responsible for the duties and job requirements of that position until
relieved of those duties.
Minimum Acceptable Experience, Training, and Certification:
• Meet requirements for promotion to Grade III – Captain.
• Certified as Structure Firefighter – Basic, by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection.
• Certified as Emergency Care Attendant, by the Texas State Department of Health
Services.
• Certified at the Operations Level for Hazardous Materials response, by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency standard.
• Certified as a Hazardous Materials Incident Commander, by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency standard, within one year of promotion.
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Preferred Experience, Training, and Certification:
• Texas Commission on Fire Protection certifications preferred:
• Structure Firefighter – Intermediate or above
• Fire Service Instructor – I or above
• Fire Officer I
• Driver/Operator
• Hazardous Materials Technician
• Texas State Department of Health Services certification preferred:
• Emergency Medical Technician – Intermediate or above
• Completion of an accredited associate’s degree program in one of the following areas:
• Fire Protection Technology
• Emergency Medical Services
• Occupational Safety and Health
• Homeland Security
• Mid-Management
• Adult Education