Licensed Security Guard

Green-Mountain-Concert-Services-; Village of Port Chester (NY); On-site; USD 22,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Green Mountain Concert Services, Inc. is seeking security professionals for on-site events in the New York area. The role emphasizes guest service, vigilance, and professional conduct while protecting client property and personnel.

Responsibilities include monitoring sites, controlling access, reporting incidents, and responding to emergencies. The position requires a NY Security License, being 18+, and a commitment to confidentiality; travel to various locations may be involved.

Qualifications

• Must have NY Security License.
• 18 years or older.
• High level of confidentiality and ability to handle sensitive situations.
• Guest service oriented.
• Work locations vary; travel possible with reimbursements.

Responsibilities

• Observes and reports activities and incidents at an assigned client site, ensuring security and safety.
• Engages with guests and patrons in a friendly, professional manner.
• Enforces site regulations for personnel, visitors, and premises.
• Controls access to the client site or facility.
• Patrols the site on foot or by vehicle; checks for hazards and security violations.
• Protects evidence or scenes of accidents, emergencies, or investigations.
• Responds to fires, medical emergencies, bomb threats, and other incidents.
• Prepares logs and reports as required.
• Performs any protection and security services as directed by GMCS.

Skills

Guest service

Confidentiality

Observation & reporting

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Career Opportunities with Green Mountain Concert Services

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Join our team!

Current job opportunities are posted here as they become available.

For more than two decades Green Mtn. Concert Services, Inc. (GMCS) has specialized in providing unarmed, onsite security solutions to high-profile special events, educational institutions, industrial, corporate, and municipal clients. GMCS security is heavily rooted in guest services, first-class training, and professional conduct. Today GMCS continues to set the standard for quality security professionals.

WHY WORK FOR GMCS?

• Great starting pay. $18.50 an hour for licensed guards
• Opportunities to increase pay with professional development pay increases

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Observes and reports activities and incidents at an assigned client site, providing for the security and safety of client property and personnel.
• Ability to engage and interact in a friendly manner with guests and patrons.
• Enforces regulations and directives for the site pertaining to personnel, visitors, and premises.
• Controls access to client site or facility.
• Patrols assigned site on foot or in; checks for unsafe conditions, hazards, unlocked doors, security violations, blocked entrances and exits, mechanical problems, and unauthorized persons.
• Protects evidence or scene of the event of accidents, emergencies, or security investigations.
• Responds to incidents of fire, medical emergency, bomb threat, flooding, water discharge, elevator emergency, hazardous materials, inclement weather, and other incidents.
• Prepares logs and reports as required.
• Responsibilities may include any and all protection and security services as required by the client and directed by GMCS.

REQUIREMENTS

• Must have NY Security License
• 18 years or older.
• High level of confidentiality and ability to handle sensitive situations
• Guest service oriented
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Work locations vary. Travel possible. Travel reimbursements are available with approval.
• Physical requirements as follows:
  • Frequent sitting, standing and walking, which may be required for long periods of time, and may involve climbing stairs and walking up inclines and on uneven terrain.
  • Additional physical requirements may include frequent lifting and/or moving up to 10 pounds and occasional lifting and/or moving up to 25 pounds.
  • Ability to stand for a minimum of 4 hours.