Environmental Health and Safety Specialist, Fire Safety – Environmental Health & Safety

NYU Abu Dhabi is pioneering a new model of higher education
for a global world, dedicated to excellence in teaching and
research and to advancing cooperation and progress on humanity?s
shared challenges. Drawing on the strengths of the NYU global
network, it offers an outstanding liberal arts and sciences
education to students from the United Arab Emirates, the United
States, and around the world, with a distinctive focus on
intercultural understanding and leadership. It supports innovative
research and graduate education programs that push forward the
frontiers of knowledge and respond in powerful and
interdisciplinary ways to vital global and local
challenges.

Position Summary

UAE nationals are encouraged to apply

New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) seeks to appoint a
Environmental Health and Safety Specialist, Fire Safety reporting
to the Director, Environmental Health and Safety.

The Environmental Health and Safety Specialist, Fire Safety will
develop, implement and maintain NYUAD’s fire and life safety
program. The Specialist serves as the fire and life safety subject
matter expert and must ensure that the university is compliant with
local fire and life safety laws, regulations and codes of practice.
This involves conducting fire emergency planning, safety
inspections, risk assessments, training of employees and students,
auditing the inspection, maintenance and testing of fire and life
safety systems, planning and conducting fire and emergency drills,
the investigation of fire situations to ensure non-reoccurrence and
recommend standards and policies to reduce vulnerability to
fires.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct, record and follow-up on fire risk assessments, audits,
inspections and investigations
• Develop, implement and maintain NYUAD’s fire and life safety
program. Work closely with faculty, staff and service providers to
ensure the program remains current and is implemented. Manage the
fire warden and first aid program
• Review permits to work, fire impairment, management of change,
construction plans and other adhoc requests and provide fire and
life safety recommendations and approval when necessary
• Develop and conduct fire and life safety training, fire drills
and other EHS related drill
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with Abu Dhabi
Civil Defense and other regulatory agencies
• All other duties as assigned by the director

Required Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in fire engineering, fire safety or closely
related degree
• Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS)

Preferred Education:

• CSP, CRSP, CMIOSH
• ISO:45001, 14001 auditor

Required Experience:

• 5+ years of fire and life safety experience in an operational
or consultancy environment
• Knowledgeable in the interpretation and application of NFPA,
UAE laws, regulations, codes of practice and international best
practices
• Excellent communicator with the ability to deliver complex
verbal and written reports in a meaningful way
• Superior negotiation skills, diplomacy, competency in
analytical and problem-solving skills
• Committed to working as a member of a team

Preferred Experience:

• 5+ years of fire safety experience in an academic or research
institution

Other Information About NYUAD

NYU Abu Dhabi is a degree-granting research university with a fully
integrated liberal arts and science undergraduate program in the
Arts, Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities, and Engineering. NYU
Abu Dhabi, NYU New York, and NYU Shanghai, form the backbone of
NYU’s global network university, an interconnected network of
portal campuses and academic centers across six continents that
enable seamless international mobility of students and faculty in
their pursuit of academic and scholarly activity. This global
university represents a transformative shift in higher education,
one in which the intellectual and creative endeavors of academia
are shaped and examined through an international and multicultural
perspective. As a major intellectual hub at the crossroads of the
Arab world, NYUAD serves as a center for scholarly thought,
advanced research, knowledge creation, and sharing, through its
academic, research, and creative activities.