Protective Services Officer (7am - 3pm)

About the role

Join our team as a Corporate Security Officer and play a key role in maintaining a safe, secure, and professional workplace. This first shift position offers a consistent schedule from 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM, with 2 consecutive days off during the week. Flexibility to work weekends and holidays is required.

Responsibilities

• Greets all persons entering or calling the office buildings and provides requested information.
• Enforces company security and life safety policies.
• Responds to emergency situations, e.g., issues of workplace violence, violent offenders, associates stranded in elevators, accidents, fires, medical emergencies, crimes in progress, alarm notifications, etc.
• Patrols the buildings to provide physical security and safety protection for the facility and associates.
• Responds immediately to radio calls to investigate alarms and emergency situations.
• Maintains the facilities access control of associates by card key system.
• Secures the facilities at the end of a workday and maintains this secure mode until the facility is accessed for scheduled workday.
• Maintains, troubleshoots, hardware systems.
• Maintains and modifies software and data.
• Provides database and activity reports based on alarm activity.
• Directs vendors during the install process.
• Performs courier service to financial institutions for the Nationwide Companies.
• Maintains data bases within these systems and provides reports from same.
• Monitors electronic protection systems including alarms, closed circuit television, access control, fire, elevator, intercom and other systems as assigned.
• Dispatches security, public safety or other personnel to alarm conditions across the country from our alarm monitoring center.
• May be required to patrol the campus either on bike, foot or in car.
• May be tasked with operating the access control system to allow or deny access, create access cards, create system reports and maintain the database.
• Provides associates escorts to and from facilities.
• Assists with regularly scheduled building facility inspections of fire extinguishers, standpipe systems, public address systems, elevators and fire alarm systems.
• With proper approval, may carry a firearm when on duty.
• Will qualify with the firearm at least annually.
• If armed, the officer will be expected to intervene in situations where there is imminent risk of harm to associates or customers.
• May be required to obtain a concealed carry permit dependent upon assignment.
• May assist with on the job training of new security associates at all locations.
• Will provide security awareness and new hire security training to the associate population.
• Performs courier service to financial institutions for the Nationwide Companies.
• Maintains data bases within these systems and provides reports from same.
• Monitors alarm systems across the country.
• Maintains, troubleshoots, hardware systems.
• Maintains and modifies software and data.
• Provides database and activity reports based on alarm activity.
• Directs vendors during the install process.
• Frequent communication with end users for training and problem resolution.
• May Perform Other Responsibilities As Assigned.

Qualifications

• High school degree required.
• Bachelor or technical school degree is preferred.
• One or more years of related security experience.
• Proven knowledge of corporate safety and security practices, procedures, equipment, firearm, and console operation.
• Must have the ability to learn the use of firearms (qualify annually) and safety equipment.
• Must possess personal computer skills and good verbal and written communications skills.
• Must possess ability to use good judgment, deescalate and provide calm and rational direction.

Skills

• Proven knowledge of corporate safety and security practices, procedures, equipment, firearm, and console operation.
• Ability to learn the use of firearms (qualify annually) and safety equipment.
• Personal computer skills.
• Good verbal and written communications skills.
• Ability to use good judgment, deescalate and provide calm and rational direction.

Benefits

• Medical/dental/vision
• Life insurance
• Short and long term disability coverage
• Paid time off
• Unity Day paid time off
• Lifetime paid time off
• 8 hours of paid time off
• 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off
• 401(k) with company match
• Company-paid pension plan
• Business casual attire

Pay

$49,100.00 - $73,700.00

Schedule

First shift, 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM, with 2 consecutive days off during the week. Flexibility to work weekends and holidays is required.