Commercial Security Officer

Wage: $14.50/hour

About the role

We help make your world a safer place. Securitas plays an essential role for our clients and in society. The Security Officer position helps maintain a safe and secure environment for our clients by actively monitoring the premises, including patrolling a variety of locations. They preserve order while enforcing regulations and directives for a client site pertaining to personnel, visitors, and the area. Frequently our Security Officers will provide customer service and information to a client’s employees and customers.

Securitas is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in the workplace. Our core values—Integrity, Vigilance, and Helpfulness—are represented by the three red dots in the Securitas logo. If you live by these values, we’re looking for you to join the Securitas team.

Responsibilities

• Data entry
• Checking emails
• Monitoring CCTV
• Monitoring a 2-way radio
• Conducting on-site patrols
• Managing access control
• Answering phones
• Observes and reports activities and incidents at an assigned client site, providing for the security and safety of client property and personnel
• Provides customer service and information to a client’s employees and customers

Requirements

• Must have excellent customer service skills
• Must pass a drug screen and background check
• Must be able to meet and continue to meet any applicable state, county, and municipal licensing requirements for Security Officers
• Frequent sitting, standing, and walking, which may be required for long periods of time, and may involve climbing stairs and walking up inclines and on uneven terrain
• Frequent lifting and/or moving up to 10 pounds and occasional lifting and/or moving up to 25 pounds

Qualifications

No experience necessary! If you have a retail, food service, or hospitality industry background, you are a great fit for this role. If not, we will provide you with the training and everything you need for a great introduction to a career in the security industry.

Benefits

• Retirement plan
• Employer-provided medical and dental coverage
• Company-paid life insurance
• Voluntary life and disability insurance
• Employee assistance plan
• Securitas Saves discount program
• Paid holidays
• Paid time away from work (may be available either through a combination of vacation and sick time or under a PTO policy, depending on local requirements)
• Employee referral bonus program
• Weekly pay
• Growth opportunities within the company
• Access to earned wages on a daily basis prior to payday (restrictions, fees, and waiting periods may apply; availability depends on population)

Benefits may be different for union members.