Security Officer (Saturday)

Salisbury Group; Leeds; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in facilities management is seeking an experienced Security Officer in Leeds. This role includes ensuring the safety of staff and assets while delivering excellent customer service. Applicants must possess a First Aid Certificate and have prior security experience. This is a night shift position with a 6-month fixed term contract.

Qualifications

• Proven record of delivering site-based security operations.
• Experience of site emergency response procedures.
• Ability to identify and mitigate risks.

Responsibilities

• Maintain safe and secure environments protecting people and assets.
• Control access procedures and issue passes to visitors.
• Conduct internal and external patrols.

Skills

Security experience

Ability to work under pressure

Understanding risk

Education

First Aid Certificate (Emergency First Aid at Work)

Job description

About The Role

Atlas Workplace Services has an opportunity for an experienced and reliable Security Officerto join our team in Bristol.

• Fixed Term Contract, 6 Months
• Working week -Friday and Saturday, 7pm - 7am (nights)
• Rate - £12.60 per hour

As a Security Officer, youwill have a proven record of delivering site based security operations within a corporate environment and acting in thebest interests of our clients and customers at all times.

You will ensure the safety of our staff and customers assets within their working environment, whilst providing excellent customer service. We pride ourselves on delivering excellent customer service in a safe and secure environment.

It's a varied and exciting role which will include acting as a visual deterrent, liaising with police and other emergency services, report writing along with internal/external patrols.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities

• Operations – Maintaining quality of service to Clients and customers.
  
• Maintain safe and secure environments protecting people, property and assets. Identify threat and vulnerability, taking appropriate action to mitigate risk.
  
• Ensure effective control of access/egress procedures including the robust checking of passes and supporting management. Book in and issue passes to visitors and contractors, ensuring local procedures are complied with and in particular, fire registers and notifications to hosts and sponsors.
  
• Promote a positive security culture at all times.
  
• Maintain Daily Occurrence Book (DOB) and ensure Incidents are promptly reported to Control and Supervision. Ensure Incident Reports are submitted as soon as practicable including detailed and accurate information.
  
• Report all customer complaints to supervision as soon as practicable.
  
• Observe all Client and company statutory fire and health and safety regulations. Promote a positive safety culture.
  
• Conduct all duties in accordance with AI’s and SOP’s, and all relevant company policies and procedures.
  Information – Ensure all significant occurrences are recorded in the DOB including time on/off duty. Information must be accurate, concise and legible.
  
• Protect all ‘protectively marked material’ or sensitive information in accordance with company and Client policies.
  
• Carry out daily audit of key registers and keys issued.
  
• Support reception staff during absence to answer and manage requests to access site.
  
• Carry out or support weekly fire alarm test as site and shift requirements dictate.
  
• Maintain the highest professional standards, ensuring focus on a quality approach towards Clients, customers and colleagues. Manage your time effectively, co-operate with all requests for service and carry out all reasonable management requests.
• Working in the best interests of the Client and customers at all times. Forming positive relationships based upon trust, openness, and honesty.
  
• Promote a professional, corporate and positive image, be helpful and courteous at all times.
  
  Freedom to Act
  
• Operate within agreed operational and/or management guidelines
  
• Working within the limits of the Atlas Corporate Governance.
  
• Freedom to escalate any H&S issues to Salisbury in the event of serious concerns and to liaise with Atlas’s Head of Health & Safety.

About You

Minimum Qualifications, Certifications and Training required

• First Aid Certificate (Emergency First Aid at Work as a minimum)

Knowledge, Skills and Experience for this role

• Security experience
  
• Practical experience of site emergency response procedures.
  
• Understanding risk - the identification and mitigation of vulnerabilities which may impact upon a client’s business.
  
• Ability to work under pressure

About The Company

Atlas Workplace Services was built to be different to the faceless organisations in facilities management industry that often lack the human touch. Our ambition is to make buildings and facilities better for the people who work in them. Why do we do this? It’s simple. We know that buildings are better places to be when they are looked after by people who care.

We achieve this by combining our unique understanding with useful technology and an above-and-beyond attitude from our people on the ground and in our support centres. This provides a more personal approach to facilities management and building maintenance services.

We are present right across the UK at more than 1,000 sites and over 11 million square feet of premises. Our services include engineering maintenance, security, cleaning, compliance, reception, energy solutions and more.