Senior Physical Security Engineer – Government Estate

Government Recruitment Service; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Disability Confident employer scheme

Job summary

The Government Property Agency is the largest property holder in government, with more than £2.1 billion in property assets and over 55% of the government’s office estate. We are transforming the Civil Service by creating great places to work and leading major programmes across the UK, while driving sustainability and value for taxpayers.

We are seeking a Physical Security Engineer to design and oversee security across GPA’s office estate, embedded in Workplace Services, and capable of advising

Responsibilities

• Interpreting and implementing GPA’s physical security policies and strategies and leading on their communication.
• Advising on threats and assessing risk and assurance of the appropriate physical (including blast design) and electronic (e.g., CCTV and ACS) security and resilience engineering standards and process.
• Setting the technical and process standards for the physical security aspects of the GPA public office estate.
• Leading on the engineering aspects of GPA’s security and resilience planning.
• Defining and updating the employers’ security requirements.
• Defining the physical security assurance and due diligence requirements, and ensuring statutory compliance for safe office buildings.
• Applying security industry best practice and innovation.
• Setting the requirements for delivery of physical security across project lifecycles and RIBA stages.
• Advising on access control solutions.
• Identifying and promoting the best VfM.
• Providing security assurance support and advice to Workplace Services and their service contractors.
• Managing external professional services contractors.
• Leading the physical and electronic security and resilience function within the Design and Engineering team.
• Maintaining up-to-date professional knowledge through Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
• Managing strategic supplier relationships with GPA’s framework partners for security consultancy and design services
• Acting as a key member of the wider GPA Security Function and collaborating with GPA CSO and Security Team.

Job description

The Government Property Agency is the largest property holder in government, with more than £2.1 billion in property assets and over 55% of the government’s office estate. We are transforming the Civil Service by creating great places to work and leading major programmes across the UK, while driving sustainability and value for taxpayers.

We are seeking a Physical Security Engineer to design and oversee security across GPA’s office estate, embedded in Workplace Services, and capable of advising