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Job Description
The Fire Department of The City of New York (FDNY) is the largest Fire Department in the United States and universally is recognized as the world's busiest and most highly skilled emergency response agency. The Department's main goal is to provide fire protection, emergency medical care, and other critical public safety services to residents and visitors in the five boroughs. FDNY not only responds to more than a million emergencies every year, its personnel also strive to prevent them by continually educating the public in fire, life safety and disaster preparedness, along with enforcing public safety codes. Since its inception in 1865, FDNY has helped lead efforts to make New York the safest big city in the nation.
The Bureau of Fire Prevention cultivates a safer city for its citizens, visitors and first responders by preventing loss from fire and other emergencies. We accomplish this by identifying fire and life safety hazards; creating and enforcing fire safety laws; reviewing plans for systems designed to protect and alert building occupants; licensing qualified companies to install and service fire protection equipment and systems; certifying individuals to monitor fire safety conditions; educating individuals and businesses about fire safety; providing assistance and guidance to the Bureau of Fire Operations and Bureau of Fire Investigations during post - fire incidents and investigations; and coordinating with other City agencies on matters concerning fire and life safety.
The Fire Department, City of New York (FDNY), seeks a full-time Administrative Blasting Inspector in the Bureau of Fire Prevention. Reporting directly to the Chief Inspector of The Explosives Unit, the successful candidate will:
-Assist in directing the day to day operations including scheduling of sites and Inspectors for blasting, high and low explosives, escorts, special effects, pyrotechnics, fireworks, and storage of ammunition.
-Formulate policies and procedures.
-Design and implement Standard Orders and Procedures.
-Review all explosive plans and new product approvals.
-In the absence of The Director, manage all operations of The unit.
-Design criteria to conduct post inspection audits, enhanced inspections, and billing to ensure compliance with appropriate codes and reduce corruption detection.
-Determine sites with hazards throughout New York City to avoid massive damage to NYC residents and premises.
-Ensure best practices are performed as it relates to Absence Control guidelines, Bureau policies and procedures and directives.
-Create a standardized Training in tandem with the Bureau of Fire Prevention Training Unit.
-Represent the FDNY during community boards, industry groups, law enforcement/governmental agencies including DOB, DOT,MTA, DEP, Secret Service (Presidential visits), NYPD office of Counter Terrorism and related high level diplomatic visits.
-Provide technical expertise to city agencies.
-Conduct high level inspections and investigations on highly hazardous explosives projects including but not limited to the demolition of bridges, above and below ground blasting, fireworks, special effects and other critical explosive events.
-Make operational recommendations to Executive Staff.
Qualifications
1. Ten years of full-time, progressively responsible experience in the inspection and/or operation of a large-scale program involving blasting sites or special effects / fireworks display procedures, at least 18 months of which must have been in a managerial or administrative capacity and at least two (2) years of which must have been as a foreperson, inspector, or investigator in charge of a group of workers engaged in blasting operations or special effects / fireworks display operations and / or the regulation of explosives utilized by public works, industry, law enforcement, and fire service; or
2. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" above. Undergraduate or graduate education from an accredited university in explosives engineering, explosives technology, or mining engineering may be substituted for non-supervisory experience at a rate of 30 semester credits for 1 year of experience, up to a limit of 4 years. However, all candidates must have at least the 18 months of managerial or administrative experience and two years of experience as a foreperson, inspector, or investigator as described in "1" above.
License Requirement
A Certificate of Fitness as a Blaster (E-10) or Pyrotechnic Special Effects Operator (E-18) issued by the New York City Fire Department.
Additional Information
The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.
Job Description
The Fire Department of The City of New York (FDNY) is the largest Fire Department in the United States and universally is recognized as the world's busiest and most highly skilled emergency response agency. The Department's main goal is to provide fire protection, emergency medical care, and other critical public safety services to residents and visitors in the five boroughs. FDNY not only responds to more than a million emergencies every year, its personnel also strive to prevent them by continually educating the public in fire, life safety and disaster preparedness, along with enforcing public safety codes. Since its inception in 1865, FDNY has helped lead efforts to make New York the safest big city in the nation.
The Bureau of Fire Prevention cultivates a safer city for its citizens, visitors and first responders by preventing loss from fire and other emergencies. We accomplish this by identifying fire and life safety hazards; creating and enforcing fire safety laws; reviewing plans for systems designed to protect and alert building occupants; licensing qualified companies to install and service fire protection equipment and systems; certifying individuals to monitor fire safety conditions; educating individuals and businesses about fire safety; providing assistance and guidance to the Bureau of Fire Operations and Bureau of Fire Investigations during post - fire incidents and investigations; and coordinating with other City agencies on matters concerning fire and life safety.
The Fire Department, City of New York (FDNY), seeks a full-time Administrative Blasting Inspector in the Bureau of Fire Prevention. Reporting directly to the Chief Inspector of The Explosives Unit, the successful candidate will:
-Assist in directing the day to day operations including scheduling of sites and Inspectors for blasting, high and low explosives, escorts, special effects, pyrotechnics, fireworks, and storage of ammunition.
-Formulate policies and procedures.
-Design and implement Standard Orders and Procedures.
-Review all explosive plans and new product approvals.
-In the absence of The Director, manage all operations of The unit.
-Design criteria to conduct post inspection audits, enhanced inspections, and billing to ensure compliance with appropriate codes and reduce corruption detection.
-Determine sites with hazards throughout New York City to avoid massive damage to NYC residents and premises.
-Ensure best practices are performed as it relates to Absence Control guidelines, Bureau policies and procedures and directives.
-Create a standardized Training in tandem with the Bureau of Fire Prevention Training Unit.
-Represent the FDNY during community boards, industry groups, law enforcement/governmental agencies including DOB, DOT,MTA, DEP, Secret Service (Presidential visits), NYPD office of Counter Terrorism and related high level diplomatic visits.
-Provide technical expertise to city agencies.
-Conduct high level inspections and investigations on highly hazardous explosives projects including but not limited to the demolition of bridges, above and below ground blasting, fireworks, special effects and other critical explosive events.
-Make operational recommendations to Executive Staff.
Qualifications
1. Ten years of full-time, progressively responsible experience in the inspection and/or operation of a large-scale program involving blasting sites or special effects / fireworks display procedures, at least 18 months of which must have been in a managerial or administrative capacity and at least two (2) years of which must have been as a foreperson, inspector, or investigator in charge of a group of workers engaged in blasting operations or special effects / fireworks display operations and / or the regulation of explosives utilized by public works, industry, law enforcement, and fire service; or
2. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" above. Undergraduate or graduate education from an accredited university in explosives engineering, explosives technology, or mining engineering may be substituted for non-supervisory experience at a rate of 30 semester credits for 1 year of experience, up to a limit of 4 years. However, all candidates must have at least the 18 months of managerial or administrative experience and two years of experience as a foreperson, inspector, or investigator as described in "1" above.
License Requirement
A Certificate of Fitness as a Blaster (E-10) or Pyrotechnic Special Effects Operator (E-18) issued by the New York City Fire Department.
Additional Information
The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.
