Lead Fire And Safety

Adani Group; Khoraj; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Adani Group in India seeks a senior leader to head fire safety policy, compliance, and risk management across its diversified businesses. You will shape strategy, standardize safety practices, and drive innovative solutions to protect lives and assets.

The role requires strategic vision, regulatory know-how, and cross-functional leadership across manufacturing, logistics, and infrastructure. The incumbent will lead group-wide safety initiatives, oversee incident investigations, and engage with

Responsibilities

• Understand Adani's overall strategy and plan for the Fire and Safety function; provide inputs for strategy.
• Establish and implement a comprehensive fire safety strategy aligned with group goals.
• Evaluate and integrate business-specific fire safety requirements into group frameworks.
• Drive periodic reviews with business heads to assess safety alignment with priorities.
• Develop risk assessment framework for identifying and mitigating fire risks across diverse industries.
• Establish protocols for continuous monitoring of fire risks in high-risk sectors.
• Deploy risk control measures tailored to business needs with minimal disruption to operations.
• Design and test group-wide fire emergency response and incident management plans.
• Lead cross-functional crisis teams during fire emergencies and ensure coordinated response.
• Oversee post-incident investigations and implement corrective actions.
• Ensure compliance with national and international fire safety regulations across all group businesses.
• Audit fire safety measures and report improvements across businesses.
• Represent the group in regulatory forums and advocate for standards.
• Drive standardization of fire safety compliance across businesses.
• Stay at frontier of fire prevention technologies and AI-based risk prediction.
• Lead pilots for IoT-enabled sensors and other innovative fire safety solutions.
• Establish R&D initiatives to continuously enhance fire safety standards and practices.

Job description

Job Description:

About Business:

Adani Group: Adani Group is a diversified organisation in India comprising 10 publicly traded companies. It has created a world-class logistics and utility infrastructure portfolio that has a pan-India presence. Adani Group is headquartered in Ahmedabad, in the state of Gujarat, India. Over the years, Adani Group has positioned itself to be the market leader in its logistics and energy businesses focusing on large-scale infrastructure development in India with O & M practices benchmarked to global standards. With four IG-rated businesses, it is the only Infrastructure Investment Grade issuer in India.

Job Purpose:

To lead, strategize, and oversee fire safety policies and compliance across all group businesses, ensuring risk mitigation, regulatory adherence, and innovation in fire safety practices while fostering a culture of safety and resilience.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Lead- Fire Safety

Strategic Roles and Responsibilities:

Understand Adani's overall strategy and plan for the Fire and Safety function, and provides inputs for strategy formulation, with the aim of supporting functional goals

Establish and implement a comprehensive fire safety strategy aligned with the group’s longterm vision and operational goals across all the Adani businesses.

Evaluate and integrate businessspecific fire safety requirements into groupwide frameworks, ensuring contextual relevance and scalability.

Drive periodic reviews with business heads to assess the alignment of fire safety measures with organizational priorities.

Risk Management and Mitigation:

Develop and operationalize a risk assessment framework for identifying, evaluating, and mitigating firerelated risks across diverse industries.

Establish protocols for continuous monitoring of fire risks, including highrisk industries such as manufacturing, logistics, and infrastructure.

Deploy risk control measures tailored to businessspecific needs, ensuring minimal disruption to operations.

Crisis and Incident Management:

Design, implement, and test groupwide fire emergency response and incident management plans to ensure preparedness for critical situations.

Lead crossfunctional crisis management teams during fire emergencies, ensuring a coordinated response and safeguarding lives and assets.

Oversee postincident investigations, ensuring comprehensive root cause analysis and implementation of corrective measures.

Compliance and Governance for All Group Businesses:

Ensure compliance with national and international fire safety regulations across all group businesses, maintaining a centralized compliance dashboard that can be shared with leadership team.

Audit fire safety measures and systems to identify gaps, ensure adherence, and recommend improvements across businesses tailored to thier secotral needs

Represent the group in regulatory forums, advocating for policies and standards that align with business needs.

Drive standardization of fire safety compliance across businesses, ensuring seamless reporting and transparency.

Research and Innovation:

Stay at the frontier of emerging technologies in fire prevention, detection, and suppression.

Lead pilots for innovative fire safety solutions, such as IoTenabled sensors or AIbased risk prediction.

Establish R&D initiatives to continuously enhance fire safety standards and practices.

Key Stakeholders - Internal

• Group Security Team
• Plant , Site Security Heads
• Adani Environment, Health, Safety and Governance (AESG) Team
• IT and Digital Transformation Teams
• Technocommercial Team

Key Stakeholders - External

• Law Enforcement Agencies
• Third Party Service Providers , Security Agencies
• Emergency Response Services
• Government Regulatory Bodies
• Legal Consultant
• Industry Asscociations and Security Forums
• Vendor and Solution Providers
• System Integrators
• Audit Firms

Requirements: