Hotel Security Lead: Guest Safety & Asset Protection

DORSETT SINGAPORE; Singapore; On-site; SGD 29,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

AWS

Variable Bonus

Meal Allowance

Uniforms

Birthday Leave

Medical benefits (Dental / Optical)

Career development

Job summary

Dorset Singapore invites dedicated security professionals to join our hotel operations in Singapore. Reporting to the Security Executive, you will ensure the safety of guests, associates and property by maintaining high security standards and adhering to hotel policies.

Responsibilities include preventing unauthorized entry, inspecting premises, managing access, assisting with investigations, and enforcing safety protocols across floors, lobbies, and service areas.

Qualifications

• Possess a valid Security (PLRD) licence.
• GCE ‘N’ Level certification or equivalent.
• Prior working experience in hotel safety and security will be an added advantage.
• Ability to work rotating shifts, including public holidays and weekends.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Prevent ex-employees from entering without HR or Security Manager approval and detain unauthorized associates on the floor.
• Monitor and prevent unauthorized removal of hotel property without proper authorization from the Head of Department.
• Conduct parcel searches for associates on alternate days to ensure security compliance.
• Act as a witness during cash checks and assist Duty Managers with Do Not Disturb room checks and unlocking safes in unoccupied guest rooms.
• Prevent unauthorized, off-duty and former associates from loitering in the hotel.
• Issue contractor ID tags in exchange for personal documents and ensure contractors are escorted to designated work areas.
• Issue vendor passes to suppliers and their workers before entry.
• Collect and verify surrender of visitor, contractor, and vendor passes upon exit at staff entrances/exits.
• Enforce proper footwear requirements for all visitors, contractors, and suppliers entering the hotel premises.
• Manage vehicle parking in loading/unloading bay to prevent congestion and obstruction.
• Prevent loitering and entry of undesirable characters, including relatives and friends of associates, without management permission.
• Screen job seekers visiting the hotel and report information to Human Resource for follow-up.
• Patrol guest floors to stop unauthorized persons from entering guestrooms or loitering in corridors, ensuring all doors, pantries and risers are locked.
• Avoid entering guestrooms except during emergencies or when authorized.
• Inspect fire safety equipment and ensure emergency doors and staircases are unobstructed.
• Record and hand over articles found on guest floors to Housekeeping and maintain a Lost and Found register.
• Detect signs of smoke or danger signals and keep records.
• Prevent solicitation by prostitutes or pimps and monitor their movements when accompanying guests.
• Remove vagabonds and known undesirable characters from hotel premises and monitor suspicious persons near guest lift lobbies; refer non-guests to Front Desk.
• Restrict entry of transvestites not accompanied by guests and prevent call girls and prostitutes from soliciting clients on premises.
• Alert Security Manager or Executive on duty about suspicious characters with detailed descriptions for action.
• Restrict movement of fast-food vendors, drivers, and bodyguards in the hotel lobby.
• Between 0001 and 0800 hours, allow only hotel guests to use guest lifts and register visitors with consent.
• Register call girls and prostitutes visiting guest rooms and observe guests checking out after midnight with excessive luggage.
• Maintain cleanliness and order in the Security Control Room and Fire Alarm Control Room.
• Ensure CCTV monitors, recording decks, and walkie-talkie sets are operational and monitor CCTV for incidents.
• Record daily-used keys and track security colleagues’ movements via walkie-talkie.
• Record Duty Manager feedback in the Log Book.
• Report any fire alarm or lift system malfunctions to Engineering or Maintenance.
• Prevent unauthorized persons from entering the Fire Alarm Control Room and safeguard all items and equipment.
• Be knowledgeable of fire emergency and evacuation procedures.
• Manage smooth traffic flow on the driveway and prevent obstruction by taxi drivers.
• Prevent suspicious characters from loitering at the driveway and record vehicle details with damage.
• Ensure firefighting equipment at the driveway is accounted for and in good working order.
• Perform additional ad-hoc duties as requested.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Attention to detail

Shift flexibility

Education

GCE 'N' Level or equivalent

Job description

Dorset Singapore invites dedicated security professionals to join our hotel operations in Singapore. Reporting to the Security Executive, you will ensure the safety of guests, associates and property by maintaining high security standards and adhering to hotel policies.

Responsibilities include preventing unauthorized entry, inspecting premises, managing access, assisting with investigations, and enforcing safety protocols across floors, lobbies, and service areas.