Talent.com
This job offer is not available in your country.
Senior Manager : Fire Engineering & Compliance

Senior Manager : Fire Engineering & Compliance

V&A WaterfrontZA
7 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Job title : Senior Manager : Fire Engineering & Compliance

Job Location : Western Cape, Deadline : January 12, 2025 Quick Recommended Links

  • Jobs by Location
  • Job by industries

The following job objectives were found to be relevant to this job :

Input & Execution of Strategy

  • Provides fire engineering and compliance input to the operations strategy
  • Translates the operations strategy into operational plans for the fire engineering and compliance
  • Develops, implements and monitors measurement mechanisms to ensure success and value add to the operational plans
  • Maintains customer relationship with internal and external stakeholders across the V&A W departments, handling complaints received from customers and tenants.
  • Budget / Financial Management

  • Sets Repair & Maintenance, Planned Maintenance and CAPEX budgets for fire systems
  • Controls budget and checks variance against actual, ensuring mechanical department remains within budget
  • Ensures compliance with procurement policy / s
  • Assists procurement with technical knowledge regarding procurement policy / s
  • Prepares expenditure application, supporting details and costing for motivation above R1m to the Property Committee and / or Board
  • Ensures and tracks purchase orders placed by procurement
  • Fire Engineering Design and Integration

  • Carry out design work for fire engineering services associated with projects
  • Provides conceptual design input and technical inputs to relevant stakeholders regarding fire engineering services and fire installations to projects at all stages from inception to completion
  • Determine scope of projects required which pertain to fire engineering
  • Contributes to the development of briefs for external consultants / contractors in respect of fire
  • Undertake feasibility studies in respect of proposed projects and provide concept layouts to relevant stakeholders where required
  • Conduct fire risk assessments for buildings and sites, identifying hazards, evaluating risks, and recommending appropriate solutions
  • Provide expert advice on fire prevention, fire safety measures, and emergency response planning
  • Attend to breakdowns and ensure that identified problems are solved within realistic timelines
  • Develop engineering standards and specifications as well as the continual development of such as and when technology improves or regulations change, ensuring compliance with latest standards or regulations.
  • Develop plans to support maintenance as well as Health and Safety initiatives, communicating to relevant stakeholders.
  • Management of Consultants & Contractors

  • Reviews consultants’ designs, and ensuring project / s within budget and to agreed specifications
  • Manages contractor / s responsible for repairs & maintenance, planned maintenance and / or CAPEX
  • Drawing up of SLAs, ensuring agreement is received and forwarded to legal team
  • Negotiates long term agreements with service provider / s
  • Holds regular project meetings to plan and execute works
  • Keeps Retail and / or Commercial informed of planned maintenance, ensuring communication with the tenants
  • Monitors progress and quality of the project / s and ensures delivery within budget, on time and to the necessary standard
  • Repairs and Maintenance

  • Develops, implements, coordinates and monitors a preventative maintenance plan for all fire infrastructure and plant
  • Co-ordinates the integration of the preventative maintenance plan with the overall operational plan
  • Ensures scheduled maintenance is performed according to scheduled operational plan
  • Ensures that break-downs and problems identified are solved as quickly as possible (within required timelines and requirements)
  • Escalates any constraints to the Executive Manager : Operations
  • Project Management

  • Undertakes feasibility, conceptual designs and / detail design for fire services as and may be required for refurbishment or to assist Development and / or TI Team / s
  • Advises Development and assists with product and / service specifications as required including the necessary liaison with the professional team
  • Check and approve installations on completion and ensure commissioning and hand-over documents are provided to V&A Waterfront in accordance with standard procedures.
  • Review and facilitate handover of “as-built” documentation and “O&M” Manuals to V&A Waterfront.
  • Maintain records of fire safety inspections, assessments, and system performance.
  • Safety, Health & Environment

  • Ensures compliance with regards to fire installations and fire safety equipment.
  • Assist the health and safety department with regards to safety audits where required.
  • Duty Manager

  • Responsible for entire complex when on standby / weekend duty, every 9 to 10 weeks, ensuring all problems, i.e. lift stoppages, breakdowns, parking boom failures and leaks are solved timeously
  • Represents the Executive Manager : Operations outside working hours and hands / takes over to the Night Manager when on duty
  • Requirements were found to be relevant to this job :

  • Relevant Engineering Degree (NQF 7)
  • Professional Registration with the Engineering Council of SA (ECSA)
  • Security / Safety  jobs