Security Officer - 39373

Harvard Protection Services, LLC.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Welfare

Dental

Vision

Sick Leave

Vacation

401K Enrollment

Job summary

Harvard Protection Services seeks a Security Officer to provide professional customer-focused security and life safety services for people and property. You will maintain a professional presence, greet guests, monitor entrances, and patrol assigned areas, ensuring safety and compliance at all times.

You must hold required security licenses (20 Hour Training and PERC Card) and have reliable transport. This full-time role offers health benefits, 401K, and paid leave in a dynamic, employee-first

Qualifications

• State or municipality mandated security officer licenses (20 Hour Security Training Certificate and PERC Card).
• Reliable means of communication and transportation required.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills and neat, professional appearance.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a professional demeanor and assist customers, employees, visitors, and guests.
• Maintain a visible presence in the facility or building assigned.
• Monitor the environment and detect suspicious or unsafe activity.
• Familiarize with incoming/outgoing traffic; know customers, tenants, visitors, and guests.
• Greet customers, visitors, staff, tenants, guests professionally at all times.
• Answer phones in a professional manner.
• Permit authorized persons to enter property and monitor entrances/exits.
• Know and enforce facility policies and procedures within role limits.
• Perform required patrols of designated areas on foot or in vehicle.
• Observe departing personnel to protect company property and ensure authorized removal.
• Follow emergency action plans and procedures.
• Monitor alarms and systems.
• Prepare reports on accidents, incidents, and suspicious activities.

Skills

Professional demeanor

Interpersonal communication

Neat and professional appearance

Reliable communication

Education

20 Hour Security Training Certificate

PERC Card

Job description

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.

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

Our Security Officers support Harvard Protection in our goal of providing best in class security and life safety services. Our Officers are responsible for providing professional customer-focused security and life safety services for the people and the property they protect.

• 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

• State or municipality mandated security officer licenses - 20 Hour Security Training Certificate and PERC Card
• 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

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

USD $21.75/Hr.

Monday - Friday 700am - 300pm