Site Security Manager in London

We are delighted to be working with Securitas for this exciting opportunity. We're seeking a dynamic Site Security Manager. Bring your expertise in security to manage and inspire a team as the Site Security Manager for our site in Brimsdown.

Lead and manage a committed team, ensuring the highest standards of safety are maintained.

Shift Pattern: Monday - Friday (40hrs/week). Driving licence with access to a vehicle or good transport links required.

The Site Security Manager works at a senior level engaging with the client on a regular basis. You will be a tactical leader, accountable for driving and implementing projects through to their satisfactory completion, on time, on budget and against pre-defined objectives.

You will lead a team of supervisors and security officers, ensuring appropriate standards of performance, conduct and behaviour are always displayed, motivating and encouraging the team, as well as setting strong moral and ethical standards.

Key Accountabilities:

• Ensures consistency across all sites in purview.
• Advises on and implements security industry best practices; works with management to standardize processes and ensure consistent practices and service delivery for the account.
• Meets regularly/publishes dashboard with client representatives for status updates; addresses any actual or potential problems; provides support during client start-up; ensures compliance across Account with Client contract.
• Maintains a positive, professional environment and is responsible for ensuring full compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures; acts to ensure that staff members understand and comply with applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures.
• Lead and supervise a team of Shift Security Supervisors and Security Officers. Setting and ensuring appropriate standards of performance, conduct and behaviour; motivating and encouraging them, as well as setting strong moral and ethical standards.
• Delivery and compliance to Client’s Security Standard.
• Ensure that Site Security procedures are well documented, disseminated, maintained on a current basis and aligned with latest Client’s Security Standard.
• Plan, propose, deliver, maintain and constantly improve Site Security Systems and various other Security infrastructure in line with Client Security standard as well as Site security Risk assessment.
• Ensure through team the effective monitoring of CCTV system, Intrusion Detection system and appropriate response.
• Ensure Monitoring of equipment operational status and ensure all failures are reported and remedied in a timely manner.
• Maintain the integrity of the Site through successful management of controlled entrances for people, vehicles and equipment and especially through effective use of search procedure.
• Manage the day to day security operational deployment; ensuring that the team is deployed appropriately to provide the most effective site security, whilst ensuring the highest standards of customer care and professionalism.
• Ensure Daily, Weekly and monthly L1 Assurance plan is delivered as per the client’s standard.
• Ensure security failures are reported in accordance with the incident classification table in the Client’s Security Standards.
• Ensure Site Security Team is aware of, and adhere to all procedures covering security, health & safety, environmental, quality and training.
• Ensure all protective security systems (physical, technical, procedural and personal) are being operated effectively, and that they are fully operational. Also checking that the reporting and dealing with all faults is being done in line with the laid down procedures.
• To manage the on-site security team during incidents to provide full support to the emergency services and on-site incident control.
• During the incident, ensure that the security of the site is maintained, and that the security team are deployed effectively.
• Conduct investigations into reported risks or incidents and provide summary reports for security management review.
• Develop reports, including statistical and written analyses of threats and incidents for management review.
• Ensures that standard procedures for all security & emergency-related issues for the site are followed.
• Responds to alarms and security related problems that come to the attention of the Supervisor, as violations of security and EHS procedures to serious emergencies.
• Oversees the daily operational running of the Security Officer deployment and ensures security posts are effectively manned.
• Carry out briefings and refresher training with officers as necessary and provide security induction to new employees and contractors where required.
• Conducts security related additional activities as reasonably requested.
• Ensure Contract delivery standards are maintained in accordance with Service Level Agreements and Key Performance Indicators.
• Coordinate with employees and suppliers regarding special project and specific assignments such as access to site.
• Training coordination and motivating the security officers and to inculcate the values of Securitas and JM acceptable standards of behaviour.
• Provide the site leadership team security support for daily and special events.
• Maintain direct liaison with client site stakeholders, law enforcement agencies and private consultants, as appropriate.
• Relationship Management:
• Account development, Plan and financials (cashflow and profitability).
• Developing and implementing security policies, systems, procedures and crisis management plans.
• Ensuring adherence of all the SLA's specified in the contract.
• Effectively Maintain and strengthen Relationships with Client.
• Supervision of the security, Risk analysis, Audits etc.
• Tracking the findings of risk assessment and spot checks till closure.
• Liaison with regional operations team.
• Managing the Environment, Health and safety.
• Ensure that all Site/Plant Security procedures are well documented, disseminated, maintained on a current basis and aligned with latest Company’s Security Standard.
• Plan, Propose, deliver, maintain, and constantly improve Site Security Systems and various other Security infrastructure in line with Company Security standard as well as Site security Risk assessment.
• Creates, populates, updates, and maintains an online tool dashboard tool for the company to track Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s), other metrics, and benchmark data.
• Routinely meets with the company’s Key Managers/Sit Leads of Security to ensure open lines of communication are maintained to discuss emerging risks, issues, disputes, training, and other matters of interest.
• Maintains a positive environment in full compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures; acts to ensure that the company’s contracted guard force members and management understand and comply with all applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures.
• People Management:
• Training and reviewing performance of Shift Security Supervisor and Security Officers.
• Monitor and ensure that the Security Team carries out their assignments in a highly effective, efficient and consistent manner.
• Responsible for planning, organizing and scheduling duties to Security Personnel to ensure optimum utilization of manpower and exercise maximum controls with adequate freedom to act to Security team.
• Manpower planning and to supervise the recruitment of security officers at site positions.
• To ensure appropriate processes are in place to approve and control leave, sickness absence and overtime to ensure appropriate cover of shifts.
• Health & Safety:
• Innovate and implement effective evacuation and roll call system. Also take a proactive role in the management and coordination of site EHS incidents & emergencies.
• Tackle significant EHS issues without delay, ensure potential hazards are identified and managed.
• Ensure appropriate Safety Risk assessment is conducted for all regular and non-regular Security activities and appropriate measures are taken to ensure safe working practices.
• Special Factors:
• Ability to work in shifts, weekends and holidays (In exceptional scenarios).
• Ability to travel at short notice to support client’ requirements.
• Successful completion of various trainings as part of the job profile.

Requirements:

To be successful in this role you will need to have:

• Strong Security Operational management experience in a corporate or manufacturing environment.
• Security qualification or degree-level education.
• Hard-working.
• Good Knowledge of Risk management.
• Have worked in a construction/chemical industrial.
• Know about COMAH.
• Know about Airport style Search.
• Lead by example and be able to demonstrate Securitas’ cultural values of Integrity, Vigilance and Helpfulness.
• Have a passion for providing advice and solutions to improve culture, process and infrastructure throughout the client business.
• Be a true relationship builder with the willingness to be a team player.
• Data driven with a desire to review and evolve to get the best results possible.
• An innovator who is willing to challenge the status quo.
• Have a genuine interest in Health & Safety and how it impacts everyone around us.
• Be a promoter of positive change with the drive and focus to implement new methods of working.
• IOSH Managing safety qualification.
• L5 security management qualification and/or ASIS CPP.

Why Choose Securitas UK?

At Securitas UK, we are on a mission to make the world a safer place, driven by our core values of Integrity, Vigilance, and Helpfulness. We foster empowerment, innovation, and growth, offering industry-leading training and career development opportunities.

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Other

Industries: Security and Investigations