CAMPUS LIFE SAFETY MANAGER

Bowie State University; Bowie (MD); On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Prescription coverage

Long-term disability

Life insurance

Paid sick leave

Annual leave

Personal leave

12 paid holidays per year

Tuition remission

Employer-funded pension

Job summary

Bowie State University is seeking a Campus Life Safety Manager to lead life-safety, emergency preparedness, and risk-management efforts on campus. This role supports NFPA 101 compliance and collaborates with Facilities, EHS, Public Safety, Emergency Management, Residence Life, and Risk Management to ensure a safe environment for students and staff.

The position focuses on implementing safety programs, conducting inspections, coordinating corrective actions, and maintaining compliance records

Qualifications

• Three years of experience in fire/life safety or safety management.
• Working knowledge of NFPA 101 Life Safety Code and applicable life-safety requirements.
• Experience conducting life-safety inspections, testing, and preventive maintenance.
• Experience coordinating contractors, corrective actions, and compliance documentation.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain the Campus Life NFPA 101 Life Safety Program.
• Conduct and coordinate life-safety inspections of facilities, laboratories, student spaces, and event areas.
• Monitor means of egress, emergency exits, corridors, stairs, fire doors, exit signage, emergency lighting, and other life-safety features.
• Identify deficiencies and coordinate corrective actions.

Skills

NFPA 101 knowledge

Life safety inspections

Contractor coordination

Emergency management

Documentation and recordkeeping

Job description

Job Posting:

JR102129 CAMPUS LIFE SAFETY MANAGER (Open)

Department:

Buildings & Maintenance, PM

Position Type:

Regular

Open Date:

10-09-2026

Close Date:

$65,000 - $75,000

Job Description:

The Campus Life Safety Manager provides leadership and operationaloversight for life safety, emergency preparedness, safetycompliance, and risk-management activities supporting campus-lifefacilities, programs, events, and student services.

A primary responsibility of the position is to support theuniversity's implementation and operational compliance with theNFPA 101, Life Safety Code, as adopted and applied by theuniversity and applicable authorities having jurisdiction.

The Manager works collaboratively with Facilities, EnvironmentalHealth and Safety, University Police/Public Safety, EmergencyManagement, Residence Life, Risk Management, and other campuspartners to identify life-safety concerns, coordinate correctiveactions, improve emergency preparedness, and promote a safeenvironment for students, employees, and visitors.

The position serves as a campus-life subject-matter resource forlife-safety practices and helps ensure that safety requirements areincorporated into daily operations, building use, studentactivities, and special events.

Responsibilities:

• NFPA 101 & Life Safety
• Implement and maintain the Campus Life NFPA 101 Life SafetyProgram.
• Conduct and coordinate life‑safety inspections of facilities,laboratories, student spaces, and event areas.
• Monitor means of egress, emergency exits, corridors, stairs, fire doors, exit signage, emergency lighting, and other life‑safety features.
• Identify deficiencies and coordinate corrective actions.

Compliance & Reporting

Maintain life‑safety inspection, testing, PM, drill, andcorrective‑action records. Monitor overdue inspections andunresolved deficiencies and elevate significant concerns. Prepare periodic life‑safety compliance reports for Campus Life leadership. Support inspections by Fire Marshal personnel, Facilities,Environmental Health and Safety, and applicable authorities.

Laboratory Life Safety

Coordinate life‑safety inspections and corrective actions inresearch and instructional laboratories. Identify concerns involving egress, fire protection equipment, combustible materials,emergency access, and laboratory emergency procedures. Coordinatetechnical laboratory and hazardous‑material concerns withEnvironmental Health and Safety.

Life Safety Equipment

Maintain an inventory and schedule for required life‑safety inspections, testing, certifications, and preventive maintenance. Schedule and coordinate inspections and PMs for fire alarms,sprinklers, fire extinguishers, emergency lighting, exit signs,fire doors, emergency communication systems, and other applicablelife‑safety equipment. Track completion, deficiencies, repairs,retesting, and overdue activities. Maintain inspection reports,service records, certifications, and corrective‑actiondocumentation.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Three years of experience in fire/life safety, safetymanagement, facilities operations, emergency management, or arelated field.
• Working knowledge of NFPA 101, Life Safety Code andapplicable fire/life‑safety requirements.
• Experience conducting or coordinating life‑safety inspections,testing, and preventive maintenance.
• Experience coordinating contractors, corrective actions, andcompliance documentation.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Working knowledge of NFPA 101, Life Safety Code and applicable fire/life‑safety requirements.
• Knowledge of life‑safety systems, inspections, testing, andpreventive maintenance.
• Ability to identify deficiencies and coordinate correctiveactions.
• Ability to manage inspection and preventive‑maintenance schedules.
• Knowledge of emergency evacuation, fire prevention, andlife‑safety practices.
• Ability to assess campus facilities and laboratories forlife‑safety concerns.
• Strong organizational, documentation, communication, andrecordkeeping skills.
• Ability to coordinate with Facilities, Environmental Health and Safety, Fire Marshal, Public Safety, and contractors.
• Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, and exercise soundjudgment during emergencies.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

Candidates selected for employment may be subject to medicalinquiries and/or medical examinations to determine ability to perform the job. Valid Maryland Non-commercial Class C orequivalent driver’s license may be required.

This position is an essential function/employee position. Employeesin this classification will be required to report to work or remainat work during inclement weather and/or other campus events oremergencies.

Union Position.

Additional Job Information:

Benefits include medical, dental, prescription, long-termdisability, accidental death and dismemberment insurance and lifeinsurance; paid time for paid sick leave, annual leave, andpersonal leave; 12 paid holidays per year, tuition remission;employer-funded pension and supplemental retirement accounts.

Bowie State University shall not discriminate against anyindividual on the basis of race, color, religion, age, ancestry ornational origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, maritalstatus or veteran status. All policies, programs, and activities of Bowie State University are and shall be in conformity with allpertinent Federal and state laws of nondiscrimination including,but not limited to: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, asamended, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the EqualPay Act of 1963, the Age Discrimination Act, Sections 503 and 504of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with DisabilitiesAct of 1990, Federal Executive Order No. 11375, and Article 49B ofthe Annotated Code of Maryland. This commitment applies in allareas and embraces faculty, staff, and students.

Equal opportunity of access to academic and related programs shallbe extended to all persons. Bowie State University shall have asits firm objective equal opportunity in recruitment and hiring,rate of pay, all other promotions, training, retention anddismissals, for all employees and applicantsfor employment. TheUniversity will stress equal access for employees and applicantsfor employment to all programs and services provided by theUniversity both on and off campus. TheUniversity will also provideequal opportunity and an atmosphere of nondiscrimination withrespect to women and members of minority groups in all itsoperations. In addition, theUniversity shall promote equalopportunity and equal treatment through a positive and continuingAffirmative Action Program.

TheUniversity makes, and will continue to make, reasonableaccommodations to promote the employment of qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans, unless such accommodations would impose an undue hardship on the University's business.

In addition, employees and applicants will not be subjected toharassment, intimidation, threats, coercion, or discrimination because they have engaged in, or may have engaged in, activitiessuch as filing a complaint, assisting or participating in aninvestigation, compliance review or hearing, or opposing any act orpractice made unlawful, or exercising any other right protected bySection 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended or theVietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, asamended.