Job description

The Manager – Fire and Rescue Prepare (Manager-Prepare) at Red Sea Global (RSG) manages Fire and Rescue Prepare functions under the Senior Manager of the Prepare & Support Service function to deliver high-standard risk and resource planning that supports and enhances firefighting and rescue capabilities across all RSG assets. The role assists in the establishment and operation of the Red Sea Fire & Rescue Prepare & Support Services team, acts as the Prepare representative on the Red Sea Fire and Rescue Service Prepare and Support Services Management Team, and is responsible for the effective and efficient delivery of all Prepare functions. Core domain responsibilities include risk planning and horizon scanning to identify risks to life, property, and the environment; developing risk profiles to illustrate distinct risk levels across RSG assets; coordinating closely with the risk and resilience department in Riyadh and on site to ensure a seamless approach to risk management, resilience, and business continuity; and ensuring destinations’ emergency arrangements meet best practice. The role creates, manages, tests, maintains, and improves site- and asset-specific emergency response plans and ensures a properly prepared and practiced site-specific Major Emergency Plan aligned to asset development stages and the availability and competence of resources from all emergency services. It supports silver and gold level managers (Executive Team and Heads of Division/Departments) with emergency/crisis management advice, training, and coaching on response responsibilities and team arrangements, and manages cross-site working groups to resolve significant issues spanning overall emergency planning, mitigation, and response. Exercising and testing accountabilities include planning realistic scenarios, simulating emergencies, evaluating response capability and coordination of emergency and support service teams, publishing reports with corrective actions, and following up to closure, as well as coordinating the Business Resilience Silver Group and managing entire-site Emergency Simulation Exercises. The role also provides organizational oversight on operational policies, ensuring a suite of simple, effective, and compliant policies reflect best practice and changes to local and international risk profiles. It supervises the Prepare Department tactically (team planning, training, workload, development), manages Prepare databases and mailboxes, distributes and directs daily workloads, develops performance indicators for the department, deputizes for the Senior Manager when required, follows functional policies, processes, SOPs and instructions, prepares accurate and timely functional MIS statements and reports, and applies safety, quality, and environmental management policies to ensure employee safety, legislative compliance, high-quality service delivery, and a responsible environmental attitude. Continuous improvement responsibilities include identifying opportunities to align to international best practice, improve processes, reduce cost, and enhance productivity through planning/construction, testing, and steady-state phases, while representing RSFRS and RSG at local risk, contingency, and operational policy programs.