Teamsters Union Bid - Campus Safety Specialist

Missouri State University; Springfield (MO); On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Missouri State University in Springfield is seeking a Campus Safety Specialist to perform safety, loss prevention, and traffic control duties. You will conduct regular patrols by bike, foot, and vehicle, enforce parking regulations, and respond to emergencies.

The role emphasizes proactive safety, incident reporting, and collaboration with students, faculty, and guests. It offers shift options (e.g., 7:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. and other schedules) and works at Springfield Campus.

Responsibilities

• Maintains a safe and secure campus by patrolling assigned areas by bicycle, on foot, or in a vehicle, enforcing University rules, reporting violations, and securing buildings.
• Reduces risk by inspecting areas for hazards, checking doors/locks, and reporting corrections to appropriate authorities.
• Enforces parking and bicycle regulations, issues tickets, clamps wheels, and prepares violation reports.
• Responds to weather, fire, hazmat, medical, and security emergencies using incident command procedures to protect lives and property.
• Renders CPR/first aid as needed and coordinates with emergency services while documenting incidents.
• Promotes safety awareness by talking to students, faculty, staff, and others and distributing safety information.

Job description

Teamsters Union Bid - Campus Safety Specialist

Please see Special Instructions for more details.

This position is only available to current, regular, full-time employees of Missouri State University who are represented by the Teamsters Union.
CSS 1A – 7:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. (0700-1500) Monday-Friday

CSS 1C – 7:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. (0700-1500) Thursday-Monday

CSS 2A – 3:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. (1500-2300) Monday-Friday

CSS 3A – 11:00 p.m. – 7:00 a.m. (2300-0700) Monday-Friday

CSS 3C – 11:00 p.m. – 7:00 a.m. (2300-0700) Friday-Tuesday

CSS 3D – 11:00 p.m. – 7:00 a.m. (2300-0700) Saturday-Wednesday
Those University Safety employees within the bargaining unit, regardless of classification, that are interested in bidding on any potential openings and possessing the necessary qualifications should complete and submit their online application, including the supplemental shift preference questions by the closing date of the bid.

Position Information

Position Title

Position Title Teamsters Union Bid - Campus Safety Specialist

Work Location

Work Location Springfield Campus

Out-of-State Employment

Out-of-state employment is limited to Arkansas, Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., and subject to supervisor approval.

Department

Department Office of University Safety

HR Home Department

HR Home Department 060110 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

Pay Grade

Pay Grade 24

Proposed Salary

Proposed Salary $17/hour with $.30/hour second shift differential and $.60/hour third shift differential

Sponsorship Information

Applicants must be currently authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States on a full-time basis. This position is not eligible for work visa sponsorship.

Position only available to current, regular, full-time Missouri State University employees?

Position only available to current, regular, full-time Missouri State University employees? Yes

Appointment Type

Appointment Type Full Time Regular

Exempt/Non-Exempt

Exempt/Non-Exempt Non-Exempt

General Function

The Campus Safety Specialist performs safety, loss prevention, traffic control duties, conducts regular vehicular, bike, and foot patrols and responds to emergency and non-emergency situations, renders assistance as appropriate, and makes reports. The Campus Safety Specialist enforces University parking and other University regulations, directs traffic, and provides directions and information. The Campus Safety Specialist is instrumental in campus safety through proactive safety efforts, such as identifying hazards, making building visits, checking safety equipment, delivering safety and security lectures as required, and having positive interaction with students, faculty, staff, and guests.

Description of Primary Duties

Maintains a safe and secure campus by regularly traveling through assigned areas on a bicycle, on foot, or in a vehicle, observing for unauthorized personnel or activities, enforcing University rules, regulations and policies, and reporting violations to the appropriate authority, checking doors and locks for proper operation, and securing and locking buildings and windows as directed.

Reduces the potential for injury, loss of life, property theft, and/or destruction of property by conducting area checks for potentially dangerous or unsafe areas, buildings, and conditions, (e.g., inoperative lighting, unlocked doors, insecure stairway railing, etc.), routinely inspecting fire extinguishers, and making on-the-spot corrections if possible or reporting the conditions to an appropriate authority for correction.

Enforces University parking and bicycle regulations by being knowledgeable of the regulations, advising faculty, students, staff, and visitors about the regulations, issuing tickets, applying wheel clamps, arranging for vehicles to be towed, and securing and issuing violation notices for bicycles, rendering assistance during traffic accidents, and preparing reports regarding on-campus traffic accidents.

Responds to weather, fire, hazardous materials, medical, and security emergencies as well as natural disasters, utilizing the incident command system, assesses the situation, takes mitigation action to protect lives, property, and the environment by following procedures prescribed in the Office of University Safety Policy and Procedures Manual, and assists emergency response.

Renders assistance at medical emergencies by performing CPR or rendering first aid to the injured person(s), determining the need for additional medical attention, contacting the appropriate agency/office to facilitate emergency medical attention, remaining with the injured person(s) until relieved by an appropriate authority, and preparing and submitting a detailed report.

Promotes an awareness of safety issues by talking to students, faculty, staff, and others, distributing informational