Project Security Advisor

Kier Group; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group is seeking a Project Security Advisor for their Devonport Dockyard team in Plymouth. This vital role involves ensuring compliance with robust security measures across various domains and acting as a liaison between project teams and stakeholders. The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of HMG and MOD security frameworks and experience in risk management and audits. This is a full-time site-based position requiring security clearance.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of HMG and MOD security frameworks.
• Experience conducting audits and investigations.
• Knowledge of cyber security principles and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with MOD security requirements.
• Lead investigations into security incidents.
• Maintain and update the project's Security Risk Register.

Skills

Understanding of HMG and MOD security frameworks

Auditing skills

Risk management

Knowledge of information security principles

Incident investigation

Job description

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We're looking for a Security Advisor to join our Devonport Dockyard team based Plymouth, Devon

Location: Plymouth, UK (Nuclear Defence Base)

Hours: Full-time, Site-Based

Security Clearance: Must hold or be eligible to obtain MOD DV or SC clearance

Responsibilities

We are seeking a highly capable Project Security Advisor to support a major infrastructure redevelopment project within a nuclear defence base. This role is critical in ensuring the implementation and maintenance of robust security measures across personnel, physical, information, and cyber domains. The successful candidate will act as a key liaison between the project team, supply chain, and client stakeholders, ensuring compliance with all relevant security protocols and legislation.

Your day to day will include:

• Ensure compliance with MOD security requirements, including the Security Aspects Letter (SAL), Cyber Security Model (CSM), and ISO 27001.
• Lead investigations into security incidents, ensuring timely reporting and resolution in line with MOD protocols.
• Support onboarding and assurance of supply chain partners, particularly in relation to IT and cyber security compliance.
• Maintain and update the project's Security Risk Register and contribute to overall risk management strategies.
• Monitor compliance with the Cyber Security Model (CSM) and ISO 27001 across the project and supply chain.

What are we looking for?

This role of Project Security Advisor is great for you if:

• Strong understanding of HMG and MOD security frameworks, including SPF/GovS 007, SAL, JSP 440, and CSM.
• Experience conducting audits, investigations, and risk management.
• Knowledge of HMG/MOD information and cyber security principles, standards, and best practices.

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here .

Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here .

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

Due to the nature of this role, youwill be required to complete a Government Security Check (SC), which takes place beforeyour employment, and is conducted by the Cabinet Office's United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) agency who set out a pre-requisite criteria including residency history. (Applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us - to read more about our programme to support people with convictions into employment, visit www.kier.co.uk/careers/making-ground ). This role will also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

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