Security Officer Full Time Front Desk - Corporate Building
About the role
Allied Universal®, North America’s leading security and facility services company, offers rewarding careers that provide you a sense of purpose. While working in a dynamic, welcoming, and collaborative workplace, you will be part of a team that contributes to a culture that positively impacts the communities and customers we serve. As a Security Officer Full Time Front Desk Access Coordination in New York, NY, you will serve and safeguard clients in a range of industries such as Commercial Real Estate, and more. As a Front Desk Security Professional at a commercial real estate location, you will welcome visitors, manage access control and badge processes, monitor entry activity, and provide exceptional customer service. You will serve as a highly visible, professional presence while supporting a secure environment through clear communication and attention to detail. Join Allied Universal, where an agile, reliable, innovative, and caring culture puts people first and delivers through teamwork and integrity.
Responsibilities
- Provide customer service to tenants, visitors, and/or vendors at a commercial real estate front desk while carrying out site-specific procedures and security-related protocols.
- Monitor building access, verify visitor credentials, issue visitor passes, and maintain accurate entry logs in accordance with site policies.
- Receive and direct visitors, manage incoming calls and deliveries, and communicate relevant information to building personnel and/or management.
- Respond to incidents, alarms, and critical situations in a calm, professional, problem-solving manner, following emergency response procedures as applicable.
- Maintain awareness of lobby and entry activity, report suspicious activity or maintenance concerns, and help to deter unauthorized access.
Requirements
- Possess a New York State Security Guard License.
- Have at least 1 year of security-related experience.
- Access control and badge experience is preferred.
- Comfort using a computer or tablet is preferred.
- Customer service experience is preferred.
- Be at least 18 years of age for unarmed roles; 21+ years of age for armed roles.
- Possess a high school diploma or equivalent.
- As a condition of employment, applicants will be subject to a background investigation in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws.
- Allied Universal will consider qualified applications with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable laws.
- As a condition of employment, applicants will be subject to a drug screen to the extent permitted by law.
- Licensing requirements are subject to state and/or local laws and regulations and may be required prior to employment.
- A valid driver’s license will be required for driving positions only.