Fire Safety Officer 6-E7
Northville, MIFull-time$21.64–29.93/hrPosted 5 days agoStill listed 4 days ago
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Job overview
The Fire Safety Officer safeguards people and property at Walter P. Reuther Psychiatric Hospital. Duties cover facility security, communications, visitor and patient movement monitoring, transportation, and fire and occupational safety. The position is for the 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. shift. Applicants must submit an online application, resume, and official transcripts; the appointed candidate is subject to drug and alcohol testing and employment background checks.
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Full job description
The MDHHS mission is to provide opportunities, services, and programs that promote a healthy, safe, and stable environment for residents to be self-sufficient. We are committed to ensuring a diverse workforce and a work environment whereby all employees are treated with dignity, respect and fairness. For more information, please visit our MDHHS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Plan.(Download PDF reader)(Download PDF reader)(Download PDF reader)
Employee is responsible for safeguarding people and property at the Walter P. Reuther Psychiatric Hospital (WRPH) buildings, facilities and grounds. Duties include operating central communication, monitor & maintain front lobby, monitoring the and security cameras, patient ground movement, and visitor monitoring. Transportation of patients to court, medical appointments and other facilities. Patrol the grounds/parking areas and building rounds including the activity bldg. Overall fire safety and occupational safety responsibilities for a 24- hour, 7 day a week department.
The preferred and appointed candidate will be subject to pre-employment, random, post-accident, reasonable suspicion, return-to-duty and follow-up drug and/or alcohol testing.
To be considered for this position you must:
- Apply for this position online via NEOGOV; click on "Apply" in the job posting for instructions in submitting your electronic application. Hard copy applications are not accepted.
- Attach a resume identifying specific experience and dates of employment. Dates of employment should include month and year and hours per week.
- Attach a copy of an official transcript(s). We accept scanned copies of official transcripts. We do not accept web-based, internet, or copies of unofficial transcripts. Official transcripts provide the name of the institution, confirmation that a degree was awarded and on what date, and the registrar's signature.
Failure to complete any of the above items may result in your application not being considered. See instructions for attaching files here: Instructions (Download PDF reader) (Download PDF reader) (Download PDF reader)
Accepting Applications for the PM Shift Only: 3:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Education Educational level typically acquired through completion of high school.
Experience
Fire and Safety Officer 6 One year of experience in a security guard or public safety occupation.
Fire and Safety Officer E7 One year of experience equivalent to a Fire and Safety Officer 6. Absence of a criminal record of felony convictions which would prohibit the applicant from receiving, possessing, and carrying a firearm. Possession of a valid driver’s license.
See individual position descriptions for other requirements.
View the Job Specification at: Fire and Safety Officer 6-8 View the position description at: FSO 2nd Shift
Your application for any position does not guarantee that you will be contacted by the Department/Agency for further consideration. Only those applications interviewed will be notified of the results.
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) software of any kind is prohibited in all areas of the selection process, including, but not limited to, responses to application questions, and responses to interview questions or exercises.
As a Condition of Employment: this position requires successful completion of a background investigation and a criminal record check.
The Department of Health & Human Services reserves the right to close this posting prior to its original end date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.
If you previously held status in this classification and departed within the last three (3) years, please contact Human Resources regarding your interest in a potential reinstatement. Reinstatement is not guaranteed or required.
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Inquiries regarding this posting should be sent to [email protected].
How this job compares
Set against the 2,413 open Security Officer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$21.64–29.93/hr
- Michigan median$19/hr46 hourly ranges
- US median$20/hr1,539 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $25.79/hr, is 36% above the Michigan median midpoint ($19/hr) — in the top quarter of Security Officer hourly ranges in Michigan.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 67 open Security Officer jobs in Michigan and 2,413 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Michigan
- Teachout Security Solutions14 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Security Officer postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (624 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 1,187 of the 2,413 open Security Officer jobs (49%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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