Security Officer - 39900

Harvard Maintenance, Inc; Oak Brook (IL); On-site; USD 22,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & welfare

Dental & Vision

Sick leave

Vacation

401K enrollment

Job summary

Harvard Protection Services is a leading private security provider in the United States. We hire Security Officers to deliver professional, customer-focused security and life safety services for people and property we protect.

Officers support our goal of best-in-class service by maintaining a professional presence, monitoring facilities, and acting on alarms and incidents. This position includes benefits and a schedule of Monday–Friday, 2:30pm–10:30pm.

Qualifications

• State/municipality security officer licenses required.
• PERC Card required.
• 20-hour Security Training Certificate required.
• Reliable phone and transportation available.
• Strong interpersonal communication and professional appearance.
• Experience in security, law enforcement, or military helpful.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a professional demeanor and assist customers, employees, visitors, and guests.
• Maintain a visible presence in the facility.
• Monitor the environment for suspicious or unsafe activity.
• Learn the facility's access points, tenants, visitors, and guests.
• Greet customers and staff professionally.
• Answer phones professionally.
• Permit only authorized persons to enter and monitor entrances/exits.
• Enforce facility policies within the limits of the position.
• Perform patrols on foot or by vehicle.
• Observe departing personnel to prevent theft of company property.
• Follow emergency action plans and procedures.
• Monitor alarms and systems; prepare incident reports.

Skills

Licenses (State/municipality)

PERC Card

20 Hour Security Training

Reliable comms & transport

Interpersonal communication

Report writing

Security/military experience helpful

Job description

Job Site Location

US-IL-Oak Brook

Requisition ID

2026-39900

Schedule

Monday - Friday 2:30pm - 10:30pm

Hire Type

Full-Time

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

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.

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
• PERC Card
• 20 Hour Security Training Certificate
• 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

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Salary & Wage Details

USD $19.75/Hr.

Schedule

Monday - Friday 2:30pm - 10:30pm