Strategic Physical Security Engineer - Government Estate

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

Job summary

The Government Property Agency (GPA) is seeking a Physical Security Engineer to lead security design and ensure its implementation across the organisation’s estate, aligning with GPA risk appetite and security standards. The role requires national travel to UK sites and collaboration with Workplace Services.

Based in Nottingham, this permanent, full-time position reports to the Head of Physical Security. You will set technical and process standards, advise on threats and resilience, manage

Responsibilities

• Interpreting and Implementing/ executing 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 (eg 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 associated 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), demonstrating security design awareness and applying knowledge, experience and skills effectively.
• Managing the 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, maintaining a collaborative working relationship under a devolved management arrangement with the GPA CSO and GPA Security Team, and to play a role in cross Whitehall government security initiatives.

Job description

The Government Property Agency (GPA) is seeking a Physical Security Engineer to lead security design and ensure its implementation across the organisation’s estate, aligning with GPA risk appetite and security standards. The role requires national travel to UK sites and collaboration with Workplace Services.

Based in Nottingham, this permanent, full-time position reports to the Head of Physical Security. You will set technical and process standards, advise on threats and resilience, manage