SECURITY GUARD – WIGMORE HOSPITAL,MOOSE JAW

Commissionaires; Moose Jaw; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

Commissionaires is seeking a dedicated Security Guard to protect staff, patients, and visitors at a hospital. You will operate within a multicultural facility, employing de‑escalation, observation, and reporting skills to maintain safety and order.

The role requires successful completion of the 40‑hour Private Investigators and Security Guard course and Saskatchewan licensure, plus the ability to work a 12‑hour shift rotation, including holidays and weekends.

Qualifications

• Must pass Criminal Record Check and reference background checks.
• Legally eligible to work in Saskatchewan.
• Experience in security or healthcare is an asset.
• Must meet minimum physical fitness standard.
• Able to communicate in English, both verbally and in writing.

Responsibilities

• Provide general security to the facility, including patrolling, access control, and monitoring cameras.
• Lock/unlock doors, enforce parking regulations, issue passes, and manage keys and cash counts.
• Perform patient watches and assist in emergencies, including morgue admissions/discharges.
• Restrain combative individuals and respond to potential security incidents.
• Support heliport and daily facility inspections as required.

Skills

Tech proficiency

English communication

Report writing

Customer service

Interpersonal skills

Independent work

Education

Saskatchewan Security Guard training certificate

Tools

Security systems

Job description

Commissionaires is the only non‑profit security company in Canada. That means our revenue goes right back to our operations and employees. It’s why we pay better than any of our competitors and can offer an attractive benefits package.

We offer security services such as guards for site security, mobile patrols, gate checks, alarm response, home and business watch, bylaw enforcement and more. We also offer services to individuals such as criminal record checks, security clearance, U.S. travel waivers, criminal record suspension, fingerprinting and secure courier services.

With nearly 600 employees working in more than 180 sites across southern Saskatchewan, Commissionaires offers a variety of workplaces and duties. You will see us at municipal offices in Weyburn, the Polytechnique campus in Moose Jaw, patrolling the streets in Melville or at the front desk of our Legislature in the heart of Regina.

Why Work For Us:

Commissionaires is proud to be Canada’s leading employer of military and law enforcement veterans. Join the Commissionaires and build a meaningful career in security and public safety. This role offers a unique opportunity to work alongside experienced corrections and enforcement professionals while gaining hands‑on, career‑building experience. You’ll receive specialized training in defensive and de‑escalation tactics, powers of arrest, crime scene preservation, report writing, and more—equipping you with the skills needed to advance in the field.

About the Current Position:

This position plays an integral role in providing security and safety to all individuals accessing the hospital (staff, patients, clients, and visitors). Working within a multicultural facility, the Security Guards must exhibit cultural sensitivity while ensuring that the safety of all individuals is maintained. In addition to providing more traditional security services, the position requires an enhanced security approach and will involve restraining or handcuffing combative patients or de‑escalating potentially violent or aggressive situations as they arise.

Requirements:

• Adept in the use of technology.
• Must successfully complete a Criminal Record Check, a reference background check, and be able to legally work in Saskatchewan.
• Experience in the security and/ or healthcare industries seen as an asset.
• Must meet minimum physical fitness standard.
• Multiple language profiles seen as an asset.
• Attention to detail and professional approach in all areas of work and appearance.
• Able to effectively communicate in English both verbally and in writing. Aptitude for extensive report writing.
• Highly flexible, with solid interpersonal skills that allow one to work effectively in diverse working environments.
• Able to provide excellent customer service.
• Strong work ethic and positive team attitude.
• Ability to work independently and efficiently with accuracy.
• Candidates must be willing and able to work a 12-hour shift rotation.
• Must be available to work statutory holidays and weekends on a rotation shift schedule.
• Must have successfully completed the Ministry of Corrections and Policing forty (40) hour Private Investigators and Security Guard course and are licensable in the Province of Saskatchewan as a Security Guard.**

Duties and Physical Demands:

• Due to the hands‑on nature of the role, extensive training in handcuffing and defensive tactics will be provided to successful candidates.
• Provide general security to the entire facility, including locking and unlocking doors, patrolling the facility and grounds, monitoring security cameras, enforcing parking regulations, issuing parking passes, tickets, lockers and keys, and processing payments/counting cash. Providing daily and pre‑landing inspections of the heliport.
• Restraining combative patients, perform individual patient watches, assist in locating missing or wandering patients, calling codes during emergencies, and admits/discharges bodies from the morgue.
• Monitors suspicious activities, apprehending and detaining suspects, removing and cataloguing dangerous weapons, and escorting individuals from the property.
• Successful candidates will be required to pass a basic physical test.

** Candidates without the certificate will be considered. Indigenous candidates and those possessing a Saskatchewan Security Guard training certificate will be given preference. Must be 18 years of age or older to apply.

Priority will be given to local applicants. Only qualified candidates will be contacted and invited to participate in an interview process.

All job applicants must be residents of Canada.

Commissionaires is an equal opportunity employer.