Security Officer

Brief Description

Security Officers aid in the protection of persons and property for CARTI. This includes employees, CARTI guests, vendors and vendor companies. CARTI Officers are not armed and have no non-lethal weapons. The Officer will be protecting staff at the facility and the vehicles in the parking lot. This includes responses to calls for emergency assistance involving violence, loitering, suspicious activity in the parking lot, crime scene preservation, domestic disputes, fires, natural disasters, internal and external emergency situations, court testimony, and other issues.

Specific Job Duties And Responsibilities

• Providing excellent customer service
• Protecting staff and property at CARTI locations
• Submitting records of events daily
• Be able to recognize and diffuse situations before they escalate. Be proactive in the approach
• Proficient with MS Office: Word and Excel
• Organizational skills for efficient control
• Ability to communicate professionally with people at all levels of the organization and external contacts
• Solid decision making skills

Education, Certification, Licensure, Registration

• High school diploma or equivalent
• BLS certification

Experience, Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• 4 years’ experience with a background in security, enforcement, and/or military, preferred
• Customer Service is required, especially in stressful situations
• Must be able to observe and report all activities, and know who to contact for each event

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to talk or hear
• Regularly required to stand, walk, and sit
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus

Work Environment

• The work environment described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Safety Sensitivity

This position is a Safety Sensitive Position. The essential functions, physical demands, and mental competencies of this job require the employee maintain the ability to work in a constant state of alertness in a safe manner.