Fire Safety Manager

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Date: 31 Jan 2025

Location: Jeddah, SA

Company: Abdul Latif Jameel Company Limited

Abdul Latif Jameel comprises diversified businesses with deep roots in the Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey (MENAT region). Strong networks and long-established relationships make us a powerful partner, opening doors for those who want to do business in the region.

Our businesses represent some of the world’s leading brands, earning us their trust and building long-lasting and mutually beneficial relationships. Our commitment to anticipate and support our partners’ needs has driven our success.

From our modest beginnings 75 years ago as a small trading business and then a Toyota distributorship in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, we have established an extensive operations infrastructure, built the largest vehicle distribution network in Saudi Arabia, and, along the way, we have accumulated comprehensive automotive expertise throughout the region.

Applying our vast experience in the automotive sector, we’ve used our expertise and operations infrastructure to diversify into new sectors that contribute to the ‘infrastructure of life’ in the MENAT region.

Financial Job Dimensions

N/A

Degree of supervision

General supervision over operational activities

Level of Authority

General Authority over daily functional operation

Purpose of the Job

Apply relevant Fire safety standards to ensure compliance to local legislation and ALJ Motors standards (NFPA). Provide guidance on the development of ALJ Motors Fire Safety policies and procedures. Undertake physical Fire Safety Risk Assessments to determine the level of compliance with standards to achieve short, medium and long term strategic and operational fire risk reduction including assisting in the mitigation of identified fire safety hazards and risks. To ensure ALJ Motors Fire safety issues are resolved within agreed timelines with the Operational business units and Director ESSR

Key Accountabilities: Description

To review design drawings to ensure all modifications to, or new fire suppression and detection systems meet the KSA Fire Safety Standards. To Undertake Physical assessments as part of a team to ensure all ALJM facilities are visited twice a year. To assist the business to mitigate issues identified as part of the assessment process. each assessment undertaken produce two non-specialist checkli.

Key Accountabilities: Performance Indicators

Review of design drawings. No of Assessment reports. 90% of issues to be resolved. No of Checklists

Major Activities

1. Application of relevant fire safety standards.

2. Provide support to ALJ Motors with the implementation applicable Fire Safety Policies and Procedures where required.

3. Monitor level of compliance with all Fire Safety Policies and Procedures for ALJ Motors facilities.

4. Follow the fire safety inspection program as required to meet ESSR requirements and complete non specialist checklists and

others as required

5. Comply with the distributed fire safety inspection program to ensure targets are met and assist where necessary to ensure

ALJ Motors operational management achieve desired mitigation plans.

6. Present training to associates on fire safety matters, the undertaking of inspections and associated administration in

accordance with fire safety policy.

7. Where required provide consultation to assist associates with the implementation and application of fire safety related

technical guides, policy and codes of practice.

8. Where required provide support to associates undertaking fire safety inspections and associated administration in

accordance with fire safety policy.

9. Undertake Ad-Hoc fire safety inspections and assessments as directed.

10. Maintain level of competence and keep up to date with Fire Safety Legislation trends and applications.

11. Apply Fire Safety Policies and Procedures in line with Legislation and International best practice.

12. Undertake physical Fire Risk Assessments as directed.

13. Monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) to achieve overall fire and associated risk reduction and improve efficiencies.

14. Maintain a high level of communication and transparency between the Fire Safety team and local ALJ Motors Operational

Management, ALJ Land holding and any other relevant stakeholders.

15. Review Fire Safety installations at 3. S and distribution facilities within ALJ Motors & ensure that legislation, codes and

standards as well as international best practice in Fire Safety are implemented

16. When directed review Project Designs to ensure that Fire Safety legislation, standards, policy and procedure, in line with

International best practice is adhered to prior to development projects being commenced or renovation work undertaken.

Job Context

•The job requires advanced knowledge of Fire Safety & Legislation and of Health & Safety best practices.

•The job has direct impact over ensuring applying relevant fire safety standards across ALJM

•The job holder has direct impact over ensuring ALJM Fire safety issues are resolved within agreed timelines with the Operational business units and Director ESSR.

•The job ensures following regulations and communicating any updates to the ALJM management

Framework, Boundaries & Decision Making Authority

•The job holder has the freedom to develop ALJ Motors Fire Safety policies and procedures

Organizational / Functional Strategic Focus

•The job holder has a crucial role in managing all identified hazards including visually identified electrical issues

•The job has a crucial role to identify operational fire risk assessment Ad Hoc physical inspections together with subsequent mitigation action plans, as well as the supervision of Fire Drills

•The job holder has a strategic role in developing and monitoring the team while developing a succession plan within the department

Minimum Qualifications

Diploma or Degree qualified in Engineering (fire, mechanical, civil or similar field)

Minimum Experience

3 Years

Job-Specific Skills

Visionary, business acumen, methodical, good leadership & communication skills

Languages

English / Arabic

Special Certifications / Membership

National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH), International General Certificate /International Fire Certificate or equivalent. NFPA Certified Fire Inspector and current relevant NFPA standards educational achievement for NFPA 4, 13, 20, 25 72 and 101 as relevant

Competencies

Adaptability (Individual Contributor)

Communication Individual Contributor

Development of Self & Others (Individual Contributor)

Guest First (Individual Contributor)

Innovation (Individual Contributor)

Problem Solving (Individual Contributor)

Collaboration (Individual Contributor)

Why Work for Us?

With a truly international footprint and more than three quarters of a century of commercial success behind us, we are today, not only a leading employer across the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT) region, but also offer exciting opportunities worldwide, from Chile to Japan, from the UK to Australia.

Our values guide the way we work with our business partners, within our communities, and with each other.

Through Respect, Innovation, a Pioneering Spirit, and Empowerment, we are proud of our culture which sees ideas blossom, people thrive and successes flourish.

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