Security Manager

Downer; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare discounts

Retail and car purchase savings

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Downer is seeking a Security Manager to join our Facilities Management team in Australia, overseeing security governance across Stockland assets and ensuring compliance with contractual and regulatory standards. The role requires a NSW Security License and experience across multi-site retail environments.

You will provide expert guidance on guarding, access control, CCTV, crowd management and incident response, while supporting mobilisations and site transitions across a broad portfolio.

Qualifications

• Proven security operations experience within retail, shopping centres, public-facing environments or large multi-site portfolios.
• Current NSW Security License and ability to obtain required security clearances.
• Knowledge of retail security risks, crowd dynamics, incident management, de-escalation, compliance and audit requirements.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and client advisory capabilities.
• Certificate IV or Diploma in Security Risk Management (desirable).

Responsibilities

• Lead security governance and ensure operations comply with contractual requirements, legislation, standards and Stockland security frameworks.
• Oversee guard licensing, competency, training, inductions, site accreditations, audits and corrective actions.
• Provide expert advice on manned guarding, concierge services, crowd management, access control, CCTV and incident response.
• Lead or support responses to serious security and public safety incidents, including reporting, escalation, root-cause analysis and corrective action.
• Support contract mobilisations, site transitions and new asset onboarding while improving service quality, consistency, technology use and cost effectiveness.
• Regularly travel across the Stockland portfolio, with after-hours availability for critical incidents.

Skills

Security operations

Stakeholder engagement

Incident management

Audits & compliance

Education

Certificate IV or Diploma in Security Risk Management

Tools

CCTV systems

Access control systems

Job description

We currently have an opportunity for a Security Manager to join our Facilities Management team, playing a key role across the Stockland portfolio.

At Downer we plan, create and sustain. Downer is the leading provider of integrated services in Australia and New Zealand. Through trusted relationships and world leading insight we work closely with our customers to design, build and sustain assets, infrastructure, and facilities.

What You'll Do

This role offers a broad scope, with key responsibilities including:

• Lead security governance and ensure operations comply with contractual requirements, legislation, standards and Stockland security frameworks.
• Oversee guard licensing, competency, training, inductions, site accreditations, compliance audits and corrective actions.
• Provide expert advice on manned guarding, concierge services, crowd management, access control, CCTV and incident response.
• Lead or support responses to serious security and public safety incidents, including reporting, escalation, root-cause analysis and corrective action.
• Support contract mobilisations, site transitions and new asset onboarding while improving service quality, consistency, technology use and cost effectiveness.
• Regularly travel across the Stockland portfolio, with after-hours availability for critical incidents.

What You'll Bring

• Proven security operations experience within retail, shopping centres, public-facing environments or large multi-site portfolios.
• A current NSW Security License and the ability to obtain and maintain required security clearances.
• Strong knowledge of retail security risks, crowd dynamics, incident management, de-escalation, compliance and audit requirements.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, communication, influencing and client advisory capabilities.
• A Certificate IV or Diploma in Security Risk Management or equivalent is desirable. Experience working with blue-chip property or asset owners will also be highly regarded.

More than anything, you'll bring a strong work ethic, a positive attitude, and a commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes for our clients.

Why Downer?

Downer plans, creates and sustains essential public services across Australia and New Zealand. From hospitals to data centres and defence partnerships, we manage critical infrastructure that keeps communities thriving.

What It Means to Belong at Downer

We're proud of our high-performance culture and commitment to diversity, offering:

• Training and development to support and diversify your career.
• With 30% of vacancies filled internally, you'll find real opportunities to advance your career.
• Perks@Downer: healthcare discounts, great savings on retail and car purchases.
• Employee Assistance Program: professional support for you and your family when you need it most.

You want your work to matter and so do we. With over 26,000 people across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, our team is made up of individuals with unique perspectives, backgrounds and ideas.

We're committed to building a team that reflects the diverse communities we serve and welcome people of all ages, genders, sexual orientations, cultures, abilities and lived experiences. We especially encourage applications from people whose voices have traditionally been underrepresented in our industry, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Māori and Pasifika Peoples, veterans, people with disability and neurodivergent individuals.

Even if your experience doesn't align perfectly with this role, we'd still like to hear from you. Potential counts, and so do you.

As a WORK180 Endorsed Employer, we support flexibility that works for your life, inclusive leadership that values your voice and equitable access to opportunity, so you can do your best work and bring your whole self to it.

If you need support or adjustments through the recruitment process, just let us know. We're here to help you put your best foot forward.