Primary Purpose
Our client in the Mining industry in DRC is looking to engage the services of a Technical Advisor for their Mining Fire Department, a professional Department located on the concession in DRC.

Essential Functions
• Develops, directs , informs and enforces policies and procedures for all personnel
• Mentors and develops supervisor team to meet the roles and responsibilities for typical industry emergency services standard operating procedures
• Develop a site First Responder program to provide appropriate entry level training to selected department employee on basic fire response.
• Manages training and drilling of First Responder personnel
• Prepares the department to meet all training needs
• Evaluates and reviews performance of assigned personnel
• Evaluates and reviews the performance of the organisation
• Ensures necessary safety procedures are in place and followed by department personnel
• Supports, coordinates, and interfaces with senior officers
• Conducts, attends and interacts in meetings with personnel, and supervision and management departments
• Reviews various materials for compliance with policies, government regulations
• Maintains authorised staffing levels
• Maintains positive working relationships with personnel
• Ad hoc duties

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
• Must possess a valid driver’s license
• Comprehensive knowledge of practices, regulations, methods, and equipment used in EMS, Command, Fire Suppression and Fire Codes
• Thorough knowledge of Government laws, rules and regulations as they pertain to Mining activities
• Working knowledge of Training techniques related to the field and human resources
• Must have ability to lead, motivate, train, coordinate and delegate and provide leadership
• Must have the ability to rapidly make critical decisions under emergency circumstances
• Must have the ability to write, communicate and report in descriptive detail
• Must have the ability to delegate, and organise multiple changing responsibilities
• Must have the ability to prioritize work to meet goals and objectives within acceptable time frames
• Must be able to plan , evaluate, assign and coordinate training activities performed by the department and First Responders
• Must have the ability to prepare technical and administrative reports
• Must have the ability to approach problem-solving as an innovative process
• Ten years in EMS/Fire service with minimum of three years in EMS/Fire Suppression Leadership role
• Operational and Administrative management
• Continuing education as needed to maintain CPR/AED certification and update knowledge and skills
• Completion of Incident Command courses or equivalent
• Multilingual with excellent French and English language skills
Physical Demand & Work Environment
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, walk , sit and talk or hear
• The employee must regularly lift and or move equipment and or persons weighing 100kgs and perform these tasks while wearing heavy fire protective turnout gear and self-contained breathing apparatus
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and the ability to adjust focus
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not hear from us within 7 working days, please consider your application to be unsuccessful. However, we will keep your CV on our database for any position that may become available