Fire Crew Chief

About the role

Amentum is seeking a Fire Crew Chief to lead fire fighting personnel for a U.S. Navy program on Diego Garcia. The role oversees fire suppression, rescue, prevention, and emergency response activities across structural fires, aircraft emergencies, and hazardous material incidents.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and supervise fire fighting crews during structural, aircraft, hazardous‑materials, rescue, and emergency response operations.
• Direct fire ground operations including attack, confinement, salvage, overhaul, ventilation, and rescue.
• Ensure fire fighters, vehicles, equipment and response systems are operational, inspected and ready for immediate deployment.
• Assess emergency scenes, document conditions and provide accurate information for incident reporting.
• Train, mentor and develop assigned fire fighters to maintain operational readiness.

Required profile

• Minimum six years of professional fire service experience.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Demonstrated leadership of fire fighting crews and emergency response operations.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.
• Must meet all contract medical, physical, deployment and credentialing requirements, including possession of a valid passport.

Required skills

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and electronic reporting systems.