Fire, Life & Safety Manager

Engineering Department

We have a great opportunity for an experienced Fire, Life & safety Manager to join the team in our Engineering Department. The successful applicant will join a dynamic team of engineering professionals.

What are we looking for?

• Knowledge on Handling and Testing the Fire, Life Safety equipment including Smoke Compartmentation.
• Certified Health & Safety Officer.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience as a Fire & Life Safety Manager.
• Experience in Hospitality industry will be an added advantage.
• An Efficient person with Attention to detail.
• A warm and friendly character with Problem Solving skills.
• Lives and breathes the Shangri-La values.

What will you do?

• Implement and maintain Health and Safety standards and promote safety initiatives.
• Supervises all specialist contractors, testing of systems identified, in accordance with the standard monthly checklist.
• Maintains all records of testing, maintenance, and remedial work for all Life Safety equipment & system.
• Promotes safety awareness for all hotel employees together with Fire, Life and Safety officer.
• Ensuring training of the Emergency Response Team is to a high standard and includes hands on use of all relevant fire-fighting equipment.
• Participates in the Training and Fire Drills conducted by Abu Dhabi Civil Defence Department.
• Carrying out fire drills in accordance with the guidelines and recommends methods for improving performance & responses.
• Maintains records of all Training, Fire Drill tests, and recommendations for improvement.
• Initial detailed familiarization of fire & smoke compartmentation requirements in the hotel.
• Subsequent supervision & monitoring of any breaches in these equipment and reports to relevant authority.

Shangri-La Hotel, Qaryat Al Beri, Abu Dhabi

The hotel comprises 213 luxurious guestrooms and suites and 6 four-bedroom villas with private pools, all furnished to the highest standards in a modern Arabic style. To meet the needs of long-staying guests, the hotel offers 161 fully furnished spacious serviced apartments ranging from studios to four-bedroom units. The hotel is located within the acclaimed Qaryat Al Beri complex, on a one-kilometre stretch of private beach overlooking the strait that separates Abu Dhabi Island from the mainland. The hotel is conveniently located next to a souk, offering a variety of shops under one roof. It is only a ten-minute drive from the city’s international airport, five minutes from the golf course and the Convention Centre, and 15 minutes from the Corniche and the city centre.

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