Senior Security Consultant

Buro Happold; Bath; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy in the UK seeks a Senior Security Consultant to deliver security consultancy and master planning across various significant projects. This role involves client interaction, security strategy development, and risk management. The ideal candidate should have relevant qualifications and experience, a passion for the built environment, and a willingness to engage with ongoing professional development. Competitive benefits include a discretionary bonus and generous holiday leave.

Benefits

Discretionary annual bonus

25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays

Company Pension Scheme

Flexible Benefits including dental and optical cover

Professional subscriptions

Qualifications

• Experience of developing security strategies on a range of projects.
• Experience of assessing security risks across various sectors.
• Willingness to undergo security vetting if required.

Responsibilities

• Assess threats, vulnerabilities, and risks to produce risk registers.
• Develop security strategies to statutory requirements.
• Produce new design concepts and keep abreast of emerging threats.
• Provide high-level advice to clients about security technologies.
• Support and mentor graduate security consultants.

Skills

Security and Risk Management

Risk assessment

Security strategy development

Client engagement

Education

Qualification in Security and Risk Management or related subjects

Chartered or working towards chartership

Membership of relevant security institutes

Job description

Job Summary

Are you a Senior Security Consultant looking for an exciting new challenge? Buro Happold is looking for a Senior Security Engineer with experience in the Built Environment, looking for an opportunity to pursue industry leading designs within a vibrant multi-disciplinary practice. You'll be delivering security consultancy and master planning as part of single and multi-disciplinary teams on a range of projects in the UK and internationally, encompassing airports, sports stadia, entertainment and performance venues, world‑class higher education facilities, transport hubs, museums, advanced hi‑tech facilities and more. You will be client‑facing and on a day‑to‑day basis cover security consultancy, design, project management, operational advice, business development, and even research and development.

Responsibilities

• Assessing threats, vulnerabilities, and risk to produce risk registers.
• Developing security strategies to statutory requirements.
• Producing new design concepts whilst keeping abreast of emerging threats and trends.
• Providing high‑level advice to clients in relation to the appropriate security technologies in security.
• Developing and delivering testing programmes and exercises to assure security programme integrity.
• Supporting and mentoring graduate security consultants.
• Researching and writing standards, policies, procedures and work instructions for security operations.
• Researching and writing protective security intelligence reports and assessments.

Qualifications

• A Qualification in Security and Risk Management or Crime & Criminology or related subjects.
• Chartered or working towards chartership with a relevant institution.
• Membership of the Security Institute (SyI), Association of Security Consultants (ASC) or International Association of Professional Security Consultants (IAPSC).
• Experience of developing security strategies on a range of projects.
• Experience of assessing security risks across a variety of projects, sectors, and geographic locations.
• Willingness to undergo a security vetting if required by projects.

Benefits

• Discretionary annual bonus.
• Generous holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum, exclusive of Bank Holidays.
• International working and flexible holiday.
• 3pm finish on the last Friday of the month.
• Company Pension Scheme.
• Life Assurance and Income Protection.
• Professional subscriptions.
• Flexible Benefits - including Cycle scheme, Dental insurance, Optical Cover, Travel insurance, Corporate discounts.

Diversity and Inclusion

A place for everyone Buro Happold values an individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of how you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers. Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds, and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other's differences is key, we want employees to feel they don't have to mask elements of their identity to thrive. We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing differences allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.