Fire EMS Supervisor

Required Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• This position requires knowledge of Firefighting, Pre-Hospital Emergency Medical Care, Fire Prevention, Emergency Management, and areas related to these functions.  The incumbent must be able to reason with co-workers and others to successfully complete tasks in these areas. This position must be able to effect change in staff and peers to efficiently achieve objectives.
• This position requires skills to effectively solve a wide range of problems utilizing solutions guided by standing policies and guidelines, training, and experience.
• This position will be accountable for actions that have a critical impact on company operations.  The incumbent must have the ability to use training, experience, and education within the framework of policies, procedures, and guidelines to achieve goals and objectives.
• Demonstrated supervisory experience and skills including, but not limited to, personnel scheduling, training, leadership in emergency conditions, progressive discipline, task prioritization and delegation, motivation of staff, and related functions.
• Demonstrated ability to use a computer and the Microsoft Office suite of programs to receive/transmit, analyze, manipulate, format, and process data.  Ability to effectively use a computer to research information regarding codes, training, equipment, and other relevant information.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively and efficiently manage multiple concurrent priorities, often under stressful or emergency conditions.  Ability to make life-saving decisions under stressful or emergency conditions.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively and efficiently communicate in written, electronic, and verbal formats.  Also must be able to effectively utilize, computers, two-way radios, smart-phones, and other electronic devices.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively and efficiently operate and manipulate various tools and equipment in support of the position’s responsibilities.  This includes but is not limited to; hand tools, power tools, computers, communication devices, various forms of personal protective equipment, high-volume hose lines, medical equipment, hydraulic rescue equipment, ladders, and various vehicles.
• Candidate must be mentally and physically able to operate effectively and efficiently in various spaces and environments including but not limited to; confined spaces, underground, uneven terrain, close to heavy machinery & equipment, and at heights in excess of 100 feet.
• Candidate must pass an initial and ongoing comprehensive medical examination and history, as well as a physical agility test.
• This position is responsible for personnel working 24/7; as such, this position is responsible for monitoring emails and other communications at appropriate intervals at all times (on-duty and off-duty).
• This position requires the ability to work various length shifts on a 24/7 rotating basis, with the possibility for short notice modification and adjustment of work schedule and assignment, mandated or hold-over staffing and coverage, emergency call-in and response, participation in off-hours call-in/on-call list or schedule, and deployment to anywhere within the MTA operating area.  This includes nights, weekends, and holidays in all weather conditions.

Required Education and Experience:

• Associate’s degree in Fire/Life Safety, Emergency Management, or a related field. Demonstrated equivalent experience, education, and/or technical credentials to include two (2) additional years of related experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience as a Firefighter, Emergency Medical Technician, and/or Public Safety Dispatcher, at least two (2) of which in a supervisory capacity.
• Volunteer Fire/EMS experience will be counted at a 50% basis (e.g., 2 years of active volunteer fire or EMS experience counts as 1 year paid experience).
• Must at the time of hire hold valid certification as a New York State Emergency Medical Technician Basic Level or Higher (this certification must expire more than 12 months from the date of hire, unless already member of Fire Brigade)
• Must hold NIMS / ICS Certificates ICS-100, ICS-200, ICS-300, ICS-700, and ICS-800.
• Possession of NYS Firefighter 1 & 2 or NYS OFPC/NFPA-approved equivalent.
• Successful completion of coursework and exams/testing for FDNY COF – Fire Life Safety Director NYS Hazardous Materials Operations.
• NYS Division of Code Enforcement, Building Safety Inspector (or must be achieved within 12 months of hire).

The following is/are preferred, but other satisfactory combinations of relevant experience, education, and/or technical credentials will be considered:

• Knowledge of the Grand Central Terminal complex.
• Knowledge of railroad operations and procedures.
• Prior experience in a high-volume paid or volunteer Fire/EMS agency
• Prior training/experience in technical rescue disciplines; confined space, high-angle, trench, structural collapse.
• Prior experience reading blueprints, plans, and construction/building specifications.
• NYS Fire Officer 1.
• NYS Hazardous Materials Technician.
• Bachelor’s degree in Fire/Life Safety, Emergency Management, or a related field.

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