Assistant Fire Chief
Start Date: May 20, 2025 | End Date: July 16, 2025
County: York County
Job Type: Public Safety - Fire
Maine’s premier City to work and live is becoming Maine’s premier municipal employer - welcome to Biddeford, Maine, where citizens are proud of their community and employees thrive!
The City of Biddeford, a beautiful, resurgent, coastal Maine community, is seeking dynamic people to join our award-winning team of professionals. As an employee in one of Maine’s youngest communities, you can become part of a team that is guiding its economic revival. You will need to be highly motivated, talented, with a strong desire to make a difference in the daily lives of citizens.
The City of Biddeford greatly values employee wellness and work/life balance. Many of our positions, including all positions in City Hall, have a four-day, 40-hour work week (Fridays off!) with flexible scheduling and remote opportunities one day per week.
Biddeford’s Fire Department is looking for an Assistant Fire Chief with experience as a fire officer and EMT, with progressive supervisory experience within a Fire Department. This position is best suited for a leader with a vision for community engagement, active and collaborative leadership, and innovative thinking toward managing today’s fire and emergency medical services. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate proven leadership through a high level of uniformed experience in the management of fire departments (deputy, captain, or lieutenant), offer a record of accomplishments in technical skills and have outstanding communication skills to develop and retain credibility, respect, and trust within the Department and throughout the community. The successful candidate will have strong in-depth operational and administrative knowledge in fire, rescue, prevention and fire-based EMS at the Advanced Life Support level along with the demonstrated ability to lead and inspire staff, effectively manage projects, initiatives and resources within the confines of an approved annual operating budget. Our Department is very fast paced, responding to over 5,500 emergency calls annually within the 39 square miles of Biddeford’s rural and urban settings.
Responsibilities
- Involved in the day-to-day administrative and emergency operations of the Fire Department
- Will be on call every three weeks
- Assists the Fire Chief with oversight of staff, including 48 full-time EMS Firefighters, 1 full-time nonunion Deputy Chief, 1 Office Manager, 25 on-call company members, 1 call company Division Chief and District Chief.
Required Qualifications
- 3 years of fire service supervisory experience
- 8 years of experience as a career firefighter
- High School education (or equivalent)
- Advanced-EMT certification
- Firefighter II Certification (from state of Maine or state with reciprocity)
- Valid Driver’s License
- A willingness to demonstrate a commitment to the City of Biddeford's work around diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion
Finalists may be required to pass background check and physical/psychological exam
Preferred Qualifications
- Paramedic Certification
- Certified Fire Officer I & II
- Associate’s degree (or higher)
Equal Opportunity Employer
The City of Biddeford’s mission is to cultivate and sustain a diverse, inclusive, equitable, welcoming, and belonging-based workplace where employees actively practice solidarity for the greater good of the work environment and employee experience.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the City of Biddeford shall employ, develop, and work to maintain the best qualified person(s) available without discrimination to: age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, dimensions of gender, disability, citizenship, veterans’ status, ancestry, national origin, and/or political affiliation or any other status protected by law.
Equitable access to services and employment is available and those applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for this application and/or the interview process should notify the Deputy Director of Human Resources at 207.286.0589.
Job Type: Full-Time
Salary: $94,248 - $124,372
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid bereavement leave
- Paid parental leave
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Retirement plans w/ employer match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Schedule: Monday – Tuesday, 7am – 5pm // Wednesday – Thursday, 8am – 4pm
Work Location: In-person
To apply, please choose ONE of the following:
Human Resources Department
205 Main Street
Biddeford, ME, 04005
- Please include copies of your current EMS license, Firefighter II & Fire Officer certifications, HS diploma (or equivalent), and any additional Fire/EMS certifications and/or credentials.
We will begin reviewing applications on May 30, 2025, and the position will remain open until filled.
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