Security Officer

Abm Careers; West Bromwich; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Part time

Job summary

Abm Careers is seeking a Security Officer for a shopping centre in West Bromwich. The role requires professional conduct, vigilance, and excellent customer service to clients and visitors. The post involves 24 hours per week across variable shifts, with some travel to other sites as needed.

Key duties include patrolling, assisting visitors, reporting incidents, maintaining security records, and coordinating with the control room. SIA and CCTV licenses are essential, plus First Aid training.

Qualifications

• SIA and CCTV license essential.
• First Aid Training.
• Be professional, pleasant, courteous and helpful at all times.

Responsibilities

• Interact with visitors/tenants, delivering first-class customer service.
• Carry out regular patrols of the shopping centre as detailed in site instructions.
• Report incidents and maintain security records as required.
• Liaise with the control room and ensure staff are briefed and supported.
• Ensure unauthorised access is reported and action taken.
• Ensure radio procedures are followed and events are logged correctly.
• Be available to cover additional shifts if needed.

Skills

SIA licence

CCTV licence

First Aid

Job description

Location: B70 7PP

Contractual Hours Weekly: Variable shifts, 24 hours per week

Pay rate: Competitive

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This important role is the public face of the Security Team. A can-do and professional attitude is essential in this highly influential role. You also need to ensure exemplary standards of Security and Customer Service are always provided to the client and visitors to the site. This position is based at the site above, however there will be travel involved in the role on a regular basis.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Readily interact with all visitors/tenants within the shopping centre, delivering first class customer focused service
• Carry out regular patrols of the shopping centre as detailed in the site assignment Instructions, being always proactive
• Continuously look for opportunities to be of assistance to visitors at the shopping centre, proactively helping wherever opportunities arise
• Safeguard all the sites are safe and non-threatening environment for all visitors/tenants.
• Ensuring all incidents are managed in accordance with site policies and procedure
• Liaising with site control room proactively reacting to incidents and ensuring colleagues are fully briefed and always supported
• Ensure any unsecure areas of the site are reported to Control Room immediately and action taken to resolve
• Record/log all non-conformances and emergencies with the appropriate control room operatives
• Deal efficiently and effectively with all emergencies ensuring the Centre team are kept fully always informed
• Intelligent understanding of human behaviour, monitoring and surveillance of suspect individuals, logging, and reporting incidents in line with site/company polices
• Maintain vigilance and highlight/manage unauthorised access by banned individuals
• Ensure radio procedures are always adhered to
• Ensure all events/incidents are recorded in the Security Officer notebook correctly and notebook policies are always adhered to
• Undertake any other reasonable duties as required to meet the needs of the business.
• Any other reasonable duties as requested by your line manager
• Ensure a timely response to all security issues and events
• Complete all training requirements as requested by line manager
• Be available to cover at least one additional shift per month if requested to cover absence/annual leave
• Liaise closely with the Environmental Services team delivering one service and highlight opportunities in working as one team
• Any other duties as assigned by your manager to support the team and ensure the smooth operation of the business will be communicated to you

Requirements

Be professional, pleasant, friendly, courteous, and helpful always whilst carry out duties to the highest standard

• One team approach
• Take ownership of all situations to ensure tasks are completed or escalated when necessary.
• To always stay motivated aim high and achieve
• To respect all staff and visitors within the shopping centre
• SIA and CCTV license essential
• First Aid Training