Security Officer

Description:

Allied Universal are recruiting for a highly motivated, reliable and ambitious Security Officer to join one of their prestigious sites in the City of London. This is an exciting opportunity to join a high performing team and be an integral part of the Security Operation on site.

Candidates will need to be an efficient and effective member of the team and will be trained and supported during the initial probation stage. The officer must always maintain the highest standard of organisational and communication skills and be able to work alone and unsupervised as well as working well within a team.

The officer will be expected to provide a safe and secure environment for the client, their tenants and their customers and also maintain a high level of professionalism and customer service at all times. You will need to be polite, well presented and punctual and always respectful of your colleagues and staff at work.

Your primary role will be to one of the key Security Officers on site and cover a variety of different positions and tasks through the working day, such patrolling the interior and exterior of the building, managing tasks and administration in the loading bay and covering other roles such as Front of House and reception, the Security Control room or the Building Post room.

The shift pattern will be to work a 4 on, 4 off shift pattern. This means you will have to cover shifts Monday to Sunday, day and night shifts.

Your Time at Work
To conduct comprehensive patrols of the building, both internally and externally, reporting any faults or safety concerns to Building Management or maintenance teams

Manage the loading bay traffic ensuring all vehicles are constantly supervised and ensure all administrative tasks are completed in regards to contractors permits to work.

Act as ambassador for the building and always maintain a welcoming approach and professional appearance.

Welcome all staff and guests into the building with a genuine greeting and respond to people with a smile or reassuring gesture.

Maintain excellent site knowledge of both the building and surrounding area in order to effectively answer any questions from building users.

To have excellent timekeeping and organisational skills.

Be aware of personal responsibilities regarding the site policies and procedures and relevant UK domestic legislation directives and comply with them.

Be observant and have a full understanding of building security SOPs and EOPs in order to ensure the security of the building and it's users

Observe Health and Safety and manual handling risk assessment practices in line with the sites Assignment Instructions and SOP's.

To be aware of personal boundaries of work and to understand the term 'Duty of Care' and to always

The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and officers will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by the changing role within the organisation.

Our Perfect Worker
To be part of the team culture and respect your colleagues.
First class Communication skills at all different levels.
Being well groomed and always immaculately presented
Share ideas at how we can improve our own performance and how we can improve our service delivery.
Have a genuine, warm, and positive winning mentality.
Be able to follow instruction but also be an able to make critical decision when required.
Be comfortable at taking ownership of questions and issues, then find appropriate solutions.

Key Information and Benefits
Excellent salary of £13.36 per hour.
5.6 weeks holiday per year, 8 of these will be in lieu of bank holidays (subject to shift pattern and accrual)
Workplace Pension Scheme
Life Assurance benefit
Financial support for SIA Licence & renewal
Contributory Healthcare Scheme
Eyecare vouchers
Employee Discount Scheme
Progression, training and development opportunities
Refer a friend scheme
Free uniform provided

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