Fire Chief / Safety Advisor

Responsible for coordinating with various Safety Wing & Fire Squadron Commanders on all matters relating to airworthiness fire and safety, to ensure appropriate recommendations and remedial actions are provided to the RSAF.

Responsible for matters relating to directing, planning, and coordinating fire operations, training, maintenance, engineering, logistics and contractual issues arising within Fire Squadron commander as required, whilst providing impartial advice within maintenance and engineering in support of the RSAF strategic mission statement.

Provide a principal point of contact for RSAF-HQ, MODSAP, USMTM and private companies in respect of programs and proposals, negotiations, and their implementation, whilst ensuring all relevant information is reported to RSAF-HQ Director of Safety/Fire Protection.

Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of aviation and structural fire protection management activities.

Fully conversant with fire protection concepts of maintainability using International References, and a comprehensive knowledge of fire service maintenance and engineering practices.

Managed numerous multi-disciplined and multi-national teams in a variety of complex problems and situations across a wide spectrum of aviation fire protection activities, having adopted a systematic approach to problem solving.

Develop, maintain, and manage key relationships with RSAF Base Safety Wings, Fire Squadrons, the Fire Training Centre and HQ Directorates to facilitate effective development, and delivery of agreed objectives.

Establish, develop, implement and continually review organizational and management structures to ensure the effective delivery of fire protection underpinning this activity with effective communication processes.

Coordinate the review, the progress of technical submissions, Statements of Work for Fire Protection and Safety Projects within the RSAF requirement.

Conduct analysis of the effectiveness of the fire protection and safety programs and provide recommendations on policies by which Fire and Safety Squadrons are maintained, ensure that the policies are implemented, controlled, and maintained to approved standards.

Able to think strategically and communicate a strategy / vision effectively, and lead a team towards goals and objectives and provide in-depth specialist advice to support RSAF strategic decision making.