Full-Time Fire/Life Safety (Fls) Inspector And Emergency Management Coordinator - United States

About dss+

At dss+, you don't just deliver projects - you help save lives, improve performance, and build a more sustainable future.

We are a purpose-led global consultancy partnering with organisations in high-risk and asset-intensive environments to solve complex operational challenges across safety, operational excellence, and sustainability.

With a heritage rooted in DuPont's industrial operations, we combine deep expertise, practical problem-solving, and digital innovation to deliver measurable and lasting impact for our clients.

Why this role

For this position, you will be assigned to our Transportation team. dss+ Transportation specializes in providing high impact and high value risk-based system safety, system security, emergency management, and fire/life safety consulting services. Our transportation clients include a mix of Federal, State and Local government agencies as well as private sector corporations.

We are currently searching for a Full-Time Fire/Life Safety (FLS) Inspector and Emergency Management Coordinator to join our team in the San Francisco/Oakland Area (Bay Area). In this position, the successful candidate will be primarily responsible for supporting our Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system client and serving as an extension to the BART Department for Fire Life Safety team.

Besides local travel in the Bay Area, additional travel is not expected to for this position.

Required Skills and Qualifications

The FLS Inspector and Emergency Management Coordinator will be required to demonstrate the following qualifications to include:

• 5+ years relevant experience.

• A bachelor's degree in a related field (a substitution of additional relevant experience or certifications may be considered on a case-by-case basis).

• Documented experience, knowledge, training and/or certifications supporting FLS facility inspections and planning/scheduling/supporting emergency management activities and/or FLS programs similar to those required by BART.

• Knowledge of the Bay Area jurisdictions BART operates in.

• Experience planning, scheduling and supporting all aspects of emergency management and response functions.

• Experience working positively with local first responders and agencies in the Bay Area.

• General knowledge in other skills related to FLS and Emergency Management (i.e., System Safety, Risk Management, Systems Security, Construction, Operations, etc.).

• Basic computer skills mandatory (Microsoft Suite, Outlook, Sharepoint, etc.).

• Excellent organizational skills especially related to scheduling, coordinating, documenting findings/minutes, contract/project management.

• Must be able to work well in a team environment but also have self confidence in your abilities to be productive alone.

• Job may require visits to active construction work sites, maintenance facilities, rail yards, tracks/right of way, etc. that involves walking on uneven surfaces and climbing stairs.

• Must be able to drive and be comfortable working from different locations within the Bay Area.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen and be able to pass a both a dss+ and BART Security background investigation.