Senior Industrial Fire Chief for Refineries & Terminals

Texas International Terminals Inc.; Galveston (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas International Terminals Inc. in Galveston, TX is seeking a seasoned Fire Chief to provide senior technical and operational leadership for refinery and terminal firefighting and fire-response across our facilities.

You will support the Emergency Response Manager, serve as SME for fire protection systems, training, pre-incident planning, exercises, and mutual aid, and lead high-hazard response scenarios.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive fire service/emergency response experience.
• Significant refinery, petrochemical, or high-hazard industrial firefighting experience.
• Experience leading industrial fire brigades or ERTs.
• Strong knowledge of fire protection systems.

Responsibilities

• Serve as senior fire response expert for refinery and terminal operations.
• Develop site-specific fire response strategies and tactics for high-hazard operations.
• Provide technical and tactical direction during refinery, terminal, pipeline, and marine fire emergencies.
• Evaluate fire conditions, process hazards, firewater availability, foam requirements, exposure risks, access, weather conditions, and potential escalation.
• Provide the Incident Commander with timely technical recommendations regarding fire suppression, containment, exposure protection, evacuation, resource requirements, and escalation.
• Lead or direct fire response operations within the Incident Command System when assigned.
• Maintain readiness to respond to significant emergency events and provide senior fire expertise during off hours as required.
• Provide technical expertise regarding firewater, foam, hydrants, monitors, fire pumps, fixed suppression systems, apparatus, and other fire protection resources.
• Develop and maintain fire specific pre-incident plans for tanks, refinery, process areas, loading facilities, docks, pipelines, and other high-hazard areas.
• Identify deficiencies affecting fire response capability, recommend corrective actions and drive them to completion.
• Develop and maintain the technical content of the Company’s industrial firefighting, ERT training program in coordination with the ERM.
• Conduct fire drills, tabletop exercises, and full-scale emergency exercises.
• Develop realistic refinery fire scenarios and evaluate response performance.
• Maintain ERT competency and readiness.
• Incident Command and tactical command training.

Skills

Firefighting leadership

Incident Command

Emergency response planning

Training program development

Crisis management

Job description

Texas International Terminals Inc. in Galveston, TX is seeking a seasoned Fire Chief to provide senior technical and operational leadership for refinery and terminal firefighting and fire-response across our facilities.

You will support the Emergency Response Manager, serve as SME for fire protection systems, training, pre-incident planning, exercises, and mutual aid, and lead high-hazard response scenarios.