Fire Lieutenant

Company: Rural Metro
Location: Lemont
Posted on: July 17, 2025

Job Description:

Job Description: Industrial Fire Lieutenant – Citgo Petroleum Refinery, Lemont, IL IMMEDIATELY HIRING! FULL-TIME Opportunity Salary: $21.29 hourly / $70,881 annual Work Hours: 24-hour shifts working A-B-C schedule We are hiring a Fire Lieutenant with a passion for firefighting and patient care combined with the drive to succeed and deliver high-quality care. Job Summary: The Fire Lieutenant directs the activities of all Fire personnel during an assigned shift. Responds to emergencies and performs fire suppression/EMS activities, rescue, damage control and property preservation. Maintains a state of readiness of facilities and equipment by scheduled inspections, testing and maintenance. Promotes the health and safety of the department. Although firefighting and rescue work are the most difficult and responsible areas of activity, the major portion of time is spent drilling and studying methods, techniques, and organization, and in routine duties in the care and maintenance of customer property and equipment. This is considered a safety sensitive position and is subject to both, the Company’s and the Client’s Industrial Drug and Alcohol Testing Policy, which includes: pre-employment testing, post-accident testing, random testing, reasonable suspicion testing, return to duty testing and follow-up testing. Responsibilities: · Supervises subordinate personnel in their assigned duties. · Provides effective leadership for all personnel necessary to carry out the business and mission of the Department. · Maintains discipline and ensures that personnel follow department rules and regulations. Renders corrective action per company policy/procedures. · Implements department goals and objectives, establishes work priorities, schedules and coordinates work to be accomplished per shift. Responsible for daily log, emergency calls and reports, overtime and injury reports. · Response to alarms as an officer of a firefighting company (shift); performs variety of firefighting and EMS (if applicable) functions, including Incident Command Officer. · Participates in daily training exercises and classroom lectures and prepares and conducts trainings for the department when assigned. · Conducts fire inspections, supervises shift inspections, assigns work projects and approves completed work. · Participate in the development and implementation of continuous quality improvement (CQI) programs. · Conducts demonstrations, tours, participates in providing training/lectures on fire safety, fire prevention, CPR, fire extinguishers, first aid and other subjects. · Will stay up-dated on latest Fire Department/EMS standards and trends and evaluate possible implementation. · Provide expertise in fire prevention, fire suppression and fire investigation strategies. · Ensure safe and effective command of incident operations. · Assigns personnel and equipment to such duties and uses as the Department requires. · Responsible for cleanliness of station and maintenance of apparatus, tools, equipment and all other Fire/EMS equipment/supplies. · Performs other duties as required by superiors. · Projects a positive attitude and image to the client as a fire service professional to meet the client’s needs. Minimum Required Qualifications: · Class B- Non CDL license (State of Illinois) · IL EMT-Basic or Paramedic · CPR/AED · IL OSFM Basic Operations Firefighter (BOF) or Fire II (FF II) · IL OSFM Hazmat Ops (if FF II only) · IL OSFM Rope Ops (within 12 months of hire) *Get paid to work with your friends! GMR is looking for people like you! GMR Employees, if you know someone like you, have them add your name to their application and receive a Referral Cash Bonus! WeAreGMR referralbonus hiring firefighter industrialfire ruralmetro firehire EEO Statement: Global Medical Response and its family of companies are an Equal Opportunity Employer, which includes supporting veterans and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with a disability. More Information about this Job: Check out our careers site benefits page to learn more about our benefit options.

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