Mobile Security Officer (Days)

Salary: £13.61 per hour

Hours: 40 hours per week working any 5 out of 7 days

About Bristol Waste Company: What we do is important – we’re here to keep Bristol, and beyond, clean, and safe. We do this for our city’s residents, workers, visitors, and businesses. Our work helps deliver Bristol’s sustainability targets in partnership with the council. Bristol Waste’s commercial operation, where we serve businesses and organisations across the region, is also growing. Our ambition is to provide good quality, value for money services, and we continue to deliver a social value impact worth more than £30 million every year. We want people who share our values and want to work with us to drive our business forward.

Purpose of the role: Bristol Waste's Facilities Management is a key operating division of Bristol Waste, specialising in designing and delivering workplace service solutions. We specialise in providing integrated service packages that typically include cleaning, security, grounds maintenance, facilities management, waste services and much more. We aim to directly deliver all core services using our own people, processes, and pioneering technology, to provide higher service levels and improved quality. We are an expanding company and after signing a new cleaning contract, we now need a few extra Integrated Service Partners within our mobile security team, who will report to a Team Leader. In your new role, you must ensure buildings and premises are safe and secure, while carrying out key checks in line with business service standards requirements at the commencement and end of each shift.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the Bristol Workplace Services issued vehicle throughout the shift
• Completion of all necessary paperwork associated with BS7984 & 7499
• Ensure all work is completed through the application provided via the mobile PDA issued to you
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting of all incidents
• Report any issues with the PDA Application
• Report Accidents/Incidents to your Team Leader
• Follow all Assignment Instructions when carrying out patrols or alarm attendance
• Inform Team Leader of any changes required to Assignment Instructions
• Take responsibility of Keys in relation to Key holding contracts for the duration of the shift
• Carry out key checks in line with BS standards requirements at the commencement and end of each shift
• Check vehicle to ensure roadworthy at the commencement of each shift and complete required paperwork
• A commitment to providing first class customer service is essential

Essential Requirements for the Role:

• A valid SIA Licence
• Able to administer first aid (First Aid preferred, training will be provided where applicable)
• Fully comprehensive 5-year work and/or education history check
• Reliable with excellent time-management skills
• Willingness to undertake comprehensive foot patrols as required by the operation
• Full Clean Driving Licence valid for use in the United Kingdom

To be a successful member of our security team, you will need to pass full Vero screening. This involves the requirement of various documents and checks. Please see below an indication of what is needed:

Documents:

• SIA Licence
• Proof of Address
• Passport and Driving Licence (If Applicable)
• Recent bank statement

You will require internet access and an email address to access the portal. Once logged in:

• You will need to provide 5-10 years address history and employment history including contact details and dates of employment
• You will need to declare any criminal record history you have and any previous names you’ve held
• You will need to complete a fitness declaration and questionnaire
• A credit check is completed so you will need to declare any adverse credit and be aware that if you do have an issue, it will be flagged
• A global sanctions check is also completed

Annual leave package of 25 days plus 8 bank holidays. Employer contribution of 5% into the company pension scheme. Support for Mental Health, including a BUPA Employee Assistance Programme that provides support covering Mental Health, Financial and Family related topics. We also have Mental Health First Aiders across the business. Support for your Physical Health with our BUPA Health Cash Plan (we cover the cost of coverage for you), Cycle to Work scheme and an onsite Physiotherapist. All are free for our colleagues. Because we value our colleagues, we want to recruit more employees just like them, which is why we have our employee referral scheme. Dedicated learning and development team. We take pride in developing our colleagues and some examples of this include our In-House Driver Development Programme and internal promotions. Many of our Senior Leadership Team have developed from Operational roles, such as one of our Contract Managers who started as a Street Cleanser. Employee recognition ‘Stand Out Award’ and long service awards. To celebrate our colleagues wherever they are on their journey with us, we recognise and celebrate talent. We recognise that everyone is different and strive to create an environment that supports all colleagues through flexible working. We have introduced a hybrid working model where possible and actively encourage part-time working, job sharing and flexibility on hours. If this interests you, please do get in touch, and we can start a conversation. All colleagues receive free access to our Reward Gateway discount scheme, helping you make your money go further with savings at over 900 retailers. It’s one of the ways we support smart spending and everyday wellbeing.

Everyone belongs: At Bristol Waste everyone belongs – we are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. We give fair and equal consideration to all applications. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence.

Important note on applying:

Please apply as soon as possible and before 23:59 on the closing date. Sometimes we close vacancies early if we receive a high number of quality applications. Due to the high volume of interest, we won’t be able to receive late applications and we are currently unable to respond to all who apply. If you haven’t heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, it unfortunately means you won’t be invited to interview on this occasion.

Contact us:

Please contact our People Services team to discuss this role, your application, or any reasonable adjustments and support in applying for this position: recruitment@bristolwastecompany.co.uk 0117 440 6676

Thank you for your interest in joining Bristol Waste Company.