Security Officer

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Job description

Location: Slough, United Kingdom
Salary: £10.05 hourly
Posted: 28 Sep 2021
Business Unit: UK Secure Solutions
Contracted Hours: Full-time
Employee Status: Permanent
Reference: 210002JF

Role Overview

We are looking for a Security Officer to work with us on an exciting new contract that will be launching very soon in Slough with a prestigious new client. You will be working on high profile sites including Business Parks and Industrial Estates. You will need to be available to work days, nights and weekends in order to support these sites, this position is being offered on a 60 hour per week contract, paying £10.05 per hour. The exact shift pattern for this job is Monday to Friday days 0.
The main duties include:
To conduct Mobile Patrols of the Trading Estate on a continuous random period and random route to ensure that all points are visited.
On each patrol to look for signs of intrusion of illegal activities or illegal parking.
Accurate use of the site bodycam to record any suspicious activity.
To attend, assist and report on any alarm activation.
Site gate locks and unlocks at specific timings.
To approach persons that have no reason to be on the estate and request their departure, to record all instances of any of the above to the CCTV control room.
To conduct any other duties as requested by the Business Watch Manager or Duty control room Supervisor.
Writing accurate reports and raising incident reports to the client.
Following the estate escalation procedures should there be a major incident.
Liaising with police and other emergency services.
As a Security Officer at G4S, you are more than a Security Guard. You'll ensure the safety of our customers staff, their buildings and assets, whilst providing excellent customer service with a smile. We pride ourselves on delivering excellent customer service in a safe and secure environment.

It's a varied role that includes greeting staff and visitors and ensuring they adhere to the required security protocols, conducting searches where required, patrolling the premises and dealing with security incidents. With a keen eye and a brilliant way with people, you could look forward to an interesting role where no two days are the same with exciting career opportunities.

The Ideal Candidate

You will need to be aged 18 or over, a confident communicator who is a team player with the drive to provide a friendly and professional service at all times. A good IT knowledge is also key, You must be flexible and available to work on a varied shift pattern which will include days, nights and weekends. It would be a benefit to have from some security experience and your SIA licence, however it's not essential, as we provide full SIA (Security Industry Authority) licence training.

Join G4S and you can also enjoy real career progression with a large international company - as the world's leading provider of security solutions, we offer loads of training and support. You'll be in safe hands from our induction and on-site training to regular reviews and welfare checks with our managers.

Benefits
5.6 weeks holiday per year, 8 of these will be in lieu of bank holidays (worked or not worked)
Workplace Pension Scheme
Great 4 Savings Employee Discount Scheme
Progression, training and development opportunities
About the Company

G4S is the world's leading global, integrated security company specialising in the delivery of security and related services to customers across six continents. We specialise in outsourced business processes and facilities in sectors where security and safety risks are considered a strategic threat. We operate in over 90 countries. We have a truly global business with large established market positions in developed markets and outstanding positions in fast growing emerging markets. G4S has a unique global footprint, employing more than 570,000 people world-wide, and are the largest security solutions provider in the world.