Security Team Leader

Sodexo; Leeds; On-site; GBP 41,328,000 - 44,634,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free parking

On-site shop discount

Tea and coffee

Gatehouse

Job summary

Sodexo at Unilever Seacroft in Leeds is seeking a Security Team Leader to manage daily security operations and lead a small team, ensuring a safe, welcoming environment for colleagues, visitors and contractors.

You will balance hands-on duties with leadership, oversee access control, patrols, incident reporting and liaison with site management. A valid SIA front line licence and First Aid qualification are required; the role is permanent, full-time with a £15/hour pay rate.

Qualifications

• A valid SIA front line licence for manned guarding.
• A current First Aid qualification.
• Previous security experience within a commercial or industrial environment.
• Experience supervising or leading a team.
• Strong communication, decision-making and problem‑solving skills.
• IT literacy and experience completing reports and maintaining records.
• The ability to remain calm and professional under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the security team, ensuring daily duties are completed to a high standard.
• Oversee access control, helping ensure only authorised people and vehicles enter the site.
• Carry out and coordinate security patrols, identifying and reporting potential risks.
• Respond to incidents and emergencies professionally, following site procedures and escalating concerns appropriately.
• Maintain accurate incident reports, handover notes and security records.
• Communicate clearly with the site management team, colleagues, visitors and contractors.
• Support team briefings and reinforce site security, health and safety procedures.

Skills

SIA licence

First Aid

Security experience

Team leadership

Communication

IT literacy

Calm under pressure

Job description

Security Team Leader

Location: Unilever Seacroft, Coal Road, Leeds, LS14 2AR
Pay: £15.00 per hour
Hours: 40 hours per week
Working pattern: Monday to Friday, 08:30–17:00
Contract: Permanent, full time

Lead a team. Help keep people safe.

As a Security Team Leader with Sodexo at Unilever Seacroft, you will help maintain a safe, secure and welcoming environment for colleagues, visitors and contractors.

You will combine hands‑on security duties with team leadership, supporting your colleagues to deliver a professional service. If you bring security experience, sound judgement and a calm approach under pressure, we would love to hear from you.

What you’ll do

• Lead and support the security team, ensuring daily duties are completed to a high standard.
• Oversee access control, helping ensure only authorised people and vehicles enter the site.
• Carry out and coordinate security patrols, identifying and reporting potential risks.
• Respond to incidents and emergencies professionally, following site procedures and escalating concerns appropriately.
• Maintain accurate incident reports, handover notes and security records.
• Communicate clearly with the site management team, colleagues, visitors and contractors.
• Support team briefings and reinforce site security, health and safety procedures.

What you bring

• A valid SIA front line licence for manned guarding.
• A current First Aid qualification.
• Previous security experience within a commercial or industrial environment.
• Experience supervising or leading a team.
• Strong communication, decision-making and problem‑solving skills.
• IT literacy and experience completing reports and maintaining records.
• The ability to remain calm and professional under pressure.

Appointment is subject to the required security vetting.

What We Offer

• Free secure parking.
• Discounted on‑site shop.
• Free tea and coffee.
• A climate‑controlled gatehouse.

Why Sodexo?:

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance tobe part of something greater.

Belong in a company and team that values you foryou.

Act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions.

Thrive in your own way.

We also offer a range of perks, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing
• Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service
• Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular big-brand retailers
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools
• Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit
• Sodexo UK and Irelands enhanced benefits and leave policies

A little more about Sodexo:

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100million consumers each day through our unique combination of On‑Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.

We are committed tobeingan inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, SoTogether, Generations and Origins.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.

Ready to be part of something greater?

For careers that mean business.

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications