Security Officer - 2nd Shift/ Campus Security

Chugach Alaska Corporation; Gulfport (MS); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Chugach Government Solutions is seeking a Security Officer for on-site duties in Gulfport, Mississippi. The role involves protecting campus facilities, maintaining safety, and supporting the Job Corps program.

Mandatory qualifications include a high school diploma or GED, one year of security experience, and the ability to pass a background check and drug test. A valid driver’s license is required. Preferred candidates have prior law enforcement experience.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED is required.
• One year of experience with an organized security department, law enforcement, or security duties.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the physical security of buildings and property; maintain log of findings and actions.
• Assist in reception and visitor control; operate switchboard as needed.
• Respond to alarms and coordinate fire safety procedures; report and help suppress fires.

Skills

Security experience

Background check clearance

Valid driver license

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

About Us

When you work at Chugach Government Solutions (CGS), you join a proud legacy of supporting missions while sustaining culture.

The federal division of Chugach Alaska Corporation, CGS has been supporting critical missions as a government contractor for over 25 years. Our focus is to support facility maintenance, IT/technical services, construction and education. We are proud to have built, and continue to foster, an incredibly talented team spanning across the globe in hundreds of different fields - each team member proud to serve our country with first-class business services, while also making a difference for our Chugach shareholders.

At CGS, empowering employees is a part of our core, and that focus is one of the ways we build and foster high-performing teams. We empower our employees through competitive compensation and benefits package, professional growth opportunities, truthful communication, and more!

If you are looking for an opportunity to serve something bigger than yourself; if you want your day job to be one that creates meaningful value; if you are looking for an environment that highly values employees and respects individual differences - then Chugach Government Solutions may be the right fit for you!

Position Location

This position will be located onsite in Gulfport, Mississippi.

Job Overview

The Security Officer is responsible for performing alarm and patrol duties in assigned areas to protect life and property against theft, misappropriation, vandalism, fire, flood, or similar disasters on campus.

Job Corps is a federal program of the U.S. Department of Labor. Our mission is to provide education, vocational training, and career development services to young people between the ages of 16-24.

The Gulfport Job Corps Center serves students pursuing their High School Diploma or career training in the Medical Administrative Assistant, Certified Nurse Assistant, or Electrical trades.

Responsibilities

Essential Job Duties:

• Ensure the physical security of buildings and property by checking doors, windows, lights, electrical appliances, equipment, locks, and emergency equipment. Maintain log of findings and corrective action taken.
• Assist in reception functions and maintaining the visitor control area. Act as switchboard operator as required
• Monitor and direct urinalyses and Breathalyzer as required
• Assist in the coordination of transporting ill or injured students as required
• Respond to fire alarms, take necessary steps to report fires, assist in suppressing fires, and reset fire alarm equipment
• Maintain accountability of students and property; adhere to safety practices and OSHA standards. Ensure proper student/visitor checkout and procedures are followed
• Cultivate and maintain a climate on Center, which is free of harassment, intimidation, and disrespect to provide a safe place for staff and students to work and learn
• Promote student attainment of career success standards through modeling appropriate skills, mentoring students, monitoring skill acquisition and intervening when inappropriate behavior is observed
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Key Responsibilities:

• Completing all mandated training requirements per government and management directives.
• Timely and cost effective performance of duties.
• Communicating effectively verbally and in writing with all levels of Center staff and students.
• Ability to develop rapport and positive working relationships with all departments
• Timely completion and accuracy of all departmental work.
• Dealing with a variety of people in a professional, courteous manner in diversified situations.
• Adherence to established company safety policies and ability to work in a safe manner, using any required personal protective equipment (PPE) as may be required.
• Compliance with company standard operating procedures and personnel policies and procedures.

Job Requirements

Mandatory:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• One (1) year experience with an organized security department, law enforcement agency, or experience with security duties.
• Successfully pass a background check and drug test.
• Valid driver’s license, with an acceptable driving record.

Preferred:

• Previous experience in law enforcement.
• Training with an organized security department.

Disclosures

Chugach Government Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, disability, genetic factors, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Chugach will provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities. In compliance with the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with Chugach Government Solutions or any of its subsidiaries, please email [e-mail].

Chugach Government Solutions supports pay transparency and is committed to equitable and competitive compensation practices. Compensation for this role will be determined based on factors including job responsibilities, experience, skills, internal equity, geographic location, and applicable contract requirements. Where required by law, compensation ranges will be provided to candidates during the hiring process.