Security Guard-39519

Harvard Protection Services, LLC; Florence (AL); On-site; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & welfare

Job summary

Harvard Protection Services in Florence, Alabama seeks a Security Officer to perform access control, loss prevention, surveillance, and foot patrols. The role requires a high school diploma or GED, an active security license, reliable transportation, and strong communication.

You will greet visitors, monitor entrances, and enforce site policies while performing site patrols and reporting incidents. The position offers an hourly wage of USD $20.00, with a schedule of Monday - Thursday

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED or equivalent.
• State or municipality security officer license required.
• Must be able to obtain license within an acceptable period.
• Reliable means of communication and transportation.
• Strong interpersonal communication and professional appearance.
• Experience in contract security, law enforcement, military or customer service is helpful.

Responsibilities

• Maintain professional demeanor and aid customers, employees, visitors and guests.
• Maintain a visible presence in the assigned facility.
• Monitor the environment and detect suspicious/unsafe activity.
• Become familiar with traffic and know the customers, tenants, visitors, and guests.
• Greet customers, visitors and staff in a professional manner.
• Answer phones professionally.
• Permit entry for authorized persons and monitor entrances/exits.
• Enforce facility policies within the role's limits.
• Perform patrols on foot or by vehicle.
• Observe departing personnel to prevent theft and ensure proper removal of property.
• Follow emergency action planning and procedures.
• Monitor alarms and systems.
• Prepare incident reports as directed.

Skills

Security license

Strong communication

Professional appearance

Patrol

Incident reporting

Reliable transportation

Customer service

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Position Objective

Company Overview:

Harvard Protection Services is one of the fastest growing, privately owned providers of high-quality security services in the United States. Our reputation has been earned among our employees and clients for our responsiveness, engaged leadership, and personal care for every employee and client we serve. We support our employees, ensure they feel valued, give them the resources to be successful, and empower them to execute flawlessly.

Job Summary:

Primary responsibilities include access control, loss prevention, surveillance, and foot patrols.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintain a professional demeanor, aiding customers, employees, visitors, and guests
• Maintain a visible presence in the facility / building assigned
• Monitor the environment, with the ability to detect suspicious and unsafe activity
• Responsible for becoming familiar with incoming and outgoing traffic, know the customers, tenants, visitors, and guests
• Greet customers, visitors, staff, tenants, guests in a professional manner always
• Answer all phones in a professional manner
• Permit authorized persons to enter property and monitor entrances and exits
• Know the facility / building policies and procedures; enforce them within the limits of the position
• Perform required patrols of designated areas on foot or in vehicle
• Observe departing personnel to protect against the theft of company property and ensure authorized removal of property is conducted within appropriate customer requirements
• Follow established emergency action planning and procedures
• Monitor alarms and systems
• Prepare reports on accidents, incidents, and suspicious activities, as directed

The essential duties and responsibilities may differ by customer location assigned

Knowledge and Skill Requirements

• State or municipality mandated security officer licenses
• Minimum High School Diploma, GED or the equivalent
• Must have a security guard license or be able to obtain one within an acceptable period
• Must have reliable means of communication and transportation
• Strong interpersonal communication skills and neat and professional appearance
• Write routine correspondence, to include log entries and incident reporting
• Previous contract security, law enforcement, military, customer service experience helpful

Compensation

• Harvard Protection Services offers a competitive hourly pay rate with health & welfare, dental, vision, sick leave, vacation, and 401K enrollment benefit opportunities.

About Harvard Protection Services:

Harvard Protection Services maintains true to our long-standing belief, Employees First and Customer Service. Our Mission, Vision and Core Values of PEOPLE FIRST, SAFETY, TEAMWORK, CLIENT FOCUS, and ACCOUNTABILITY are representative of this belief with expectations set and supported throughout for all our employees. Our goals set the standard for the industry; to earn our customer’s trust, confidence, and business, through maintaining a safe and secure environment. We are recognized by our customers and the industry as a dynamic, employee-centric organization that empowers our team to deliver leading edge service and solutions that creates value for our customers.

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws

Salary & Wage Details

USD $20.00/Hr.

Schedule

Monday - Thursday 4:15pm-12:15am, Sunday 8:30am-6:30pm