#25-228 - Battalion Chief / Site Supervisor

Industrial Battalion Chief (Non-Exempt) – Citgo - LCMC

IMMEDIATELY HIRING! Industrial Battalion Chief FULL-TIME Opportunity  

Salary: $47.25 per hour, ($98,280/average annual compensation) 

Work Hours: Monday through Friday 6:30 A.M – 4:30 P.M. with one (1) hour unpaid lunch)

Rural Metro Fire is seeking an Industrial Battalion Chief who brings not only operational expertise but also a passion for mentorship and team development. We’re looking for someone who: Leads with integrity and confidence in a command role, thrives in dynamic, fast-paced environments, Is a natural teacher and coach, committed to building a collaborative and motivated team, and Instills pride, ownership, and professionalism in every crew member.

Job Summary:  

Reporting to the Regional Director and/or Citgo’s Emergency Planning and Response Manager, the Industrial Battalion Chief leads Rural Metro fire/EMS operations, training, and safety at the Citgo LCMC site. This role requires strong leadership, refinery experience, and a proactive, safety-first mindset. You'll serve as a liaison with client staff and ensure operational excellence across all shifts. 

This is considered a safety sensitive position and is subject to both, the Company’s and the Citgo’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:  

• Responsible for all services including fire response, training, EMS, and basic safety duties as outlined in the scope of work.
• Interact with client supervision and management for work assignment and other pertinent short- and long-term planning.
• Maintains a competent and motivated work force, with emphasis on first-line supervisor accountability, through work assignments, performance evaluation, counseling, training, and managing member performance improvement actions.
• Plans and oversees quality of the operations and field crews, including monitoring of work standards, productively, acceptable work quality and service.
• Incident command trained and has refinery experience acceptable to CITGO.
• Maintains clear, timely, and accurate communications between company/customer management, administration staff, and personnel to ensure that standby services and support activities achieve company objectives.
• Maintains safetyas the number one objective for all personnel. Enforces common safety standards and demonstrates that the belief that all accidents and injuries are preventable and unacceptable.
• Able to meet the physical requirements required to perform firefighting tasks. 
• Remains skilled in and properly applies modern fire suppression tactics, methods, and procedures at training drills and emergency Incidents. 
• Projects a positive attitude and image to the client as a fire service professional to meet the client’s needs. 
• Works effectively in following policies and procedures. 
• Performs additional duties as required.

Minimum Required Qualifications:   

• At time of Hire:
  • Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)
  • Firefighter II (FF2) with HazMat-Operations
  • LA EMT Basic or higher (Paramedic preferred)
  • CPR/AED for the Healthcare Professional
  • NIMS 100, 200, 700, 800 at time of hire.

• Ability to obtain the certifications below within the indicated time frame
  • Scott Airpack Service Technician Certificate (within 6 months of hire date)
  • LA Boaters Education Card (within 6 months of hire date)
  • Hazmat Technician (within 12 months of hire date)
  • Fire Instructor I or higher (within 12 months of hire date)
  • Fire Officer I or higher (within 12 months of hire date
  • Rope Ops certification (within 12 months of hire date)
  • NIMS 300, 400 (within 12 months of hire date)