Senior Manager: Fire Engineering & Compliance at V&A Waterfront

The following job objectives were found to be relevant to this job:

Input & Execution of Strategy

• Provides fire engineering and compliance input to the operations strategy
• Translates the operations strategy into operational plans for the fire engineering and compliance
• Develops, implements and monitors measurement mechanisms to ensure success and value add to the operational plans
• Maintains customer relationship with internal and external stakeholders across the V&A W departments, handling complaints received from customers and tenants.

Budget / Financial Management

• Sets Repair & Maintenance, Planned Maintenance and CAPEX budgets for fire systems
• Controls budget and checks variance against actual, ensuring mechanical department remains within budget
• Ensures compliance with procurement policy/s
• Assists procurement with technical knowledge regarding procurement policy/s
• Prepares expenditure application, supporting details and costing for motivation above R1m to the Property Committee and/or Board
• Ensures and tracks purchase orders placed by procurement

Fire Engineering Design and Integration

• Carry out design work for fire engineering services associated with projects
• Provides conceptual design input and technical inputs to relevant stakeholders regarding fire engineering services and fire installations to projects at all stages from inception to completion
• Determine scope of projects required which pertain to fire engineering
• Contributes to the development of briefs for external consultants / contractors in respect of fire
• Undertake feasibility studies in respect of proposed projects and provide concept layouts to relevant stakeholders where required
• Conduct fire risk assessments for buildings and sites, identifying hazards, evaluating risks, and recommending appropriate solutions
• Provide expert advice on fire prevention, fire safety measures, and emergency response planning
• Attend to breakdowns and ensure that identified problems are solved within realistic timelines
• Develop engineering standards and specifications as well as the continual development of such as and when technology improves or regulations change, ensuring compliance with latest standards or regulations.
• Develop plans to support maintenance as well as Health and Safety initiatives, communicating to relevant stakeholders.

Management of Consultants & Contractors

• Reviews consultants’ designs, and ensuring project/s within budget and to agreed specifications
• Manages contractor/s responsible for repairs & maintenance, planned maintenance and/or CAPEX
• Drawing up of SLAs, ensuring agreement is received and forwarded to legal team
• Negotiates long term agreements with service provider/s
• Holds regular project meetings to plan and execute works
• Keeps Retail and/or Commercial informed of planned maintenance, ensuring communication with the tenants
• Monitors progress and quality of the project/s and ensures delivery within budget, on time and to the necessary standard

Repairs and Maintenance

• Develops, implements, coordinates and monitors a preventative maintenance plan for all fire infrastructure and plant
• Co-ordinates the integration of the preventative maintenance plan with the overall operational plan
• Ensures scheduled maintenance is performed according to scheduled operational plan
• Ensures that break-downs and problems identified are solved as quickly as possible (within required timelines and requirements)
• Escalates any constraints to the Executive Manager: Operations

Project Management

• Undertakes feasibility, conceptual designs and/detail design for fire services as and may be required for refurbishment or to assist Development and/or TI Team/s
• Advises Development and assists with product and/service specifications as required including the necessary liaison with the professional team
• Check and approve installations on completion and ensure commissioning and hand-over documents are provided to V&A Waterfront in accordance with standard procedures.
• Review and facilitate handover of “as-built” documentation and “O&M” Manuals to V&A Waterfront.
• Maintain records of fire safety inspections, assessments, and system performance.

Safety, Health & Environment

• Ensures compliance with regards to fire installations and fire safety equipment.
• Assist the health and safety department with regards to safety audits where required.

Duty Manager

• Responsible for entire complex when on standby / weekend duty, every 9 to 10 weeks, ensuring all problems, i.e. lift stoppages, breakdowns, parking boom failures and leaks are solved timeously
• Represents the Executive Manager: Operations outside working hours and hands/takes over to the Night Manager when on duty

Requirements were found to be relevant to this job:

• Relevant Engineering Degree (NQF 7)
• Professional Registration with the Engineering Council of SA (ECSA)