Security Officer Ref. 922
Total Package: £35,597
Salary: £24,739
Recruitment & Retention Allowance: £600
Shift Allowance: £10,258
This role is available full-time for 42 hours per week on a day and night shift pattern. Shifts are 12 hours per day covering days, lates, nights and bank holidays.
Join HMGCC in a new in-house Uniformed Security Team upholding physical security controls and processes working within a team environment.
You’ll bring your responsible and flexible attitude to work, to join a team providing a reassuring presence for staff and visitors whilst maintaining the security of the site and buildings.
Your communication skills will enable you to confidently advise stakeholders across the business in security best practice. This will include responding to alarms and incidents across the site and handing the situations calmly and professionally.
Your attention to detail will be important when monitoring security systems such as CCTV and AACS (Automated Access Control System) and identifying concerns. You’ll also use your excellent customer service skills to welcome visitors and ensure you inform them of procedures to keep the site safe and secure.
More About You
To apply for this role, you will already have:
• Experience in a customer service or public facing role.
• Basic experience using Microsoft Word & Excel.
• The ability to conduct patrols across site and attend incidents quickly.
To strengthen your application, it would be beneficial if you also have (however these are not essential):
• Familiarity with recording information in written format.
• CCTV and AACS (Automated Access Control System) experience.
Your Personal Skills
You will be the type of person who:
• Enjoys being part of a wider team in encouraging, mentoring other team members.
• Can be proactive and use your intuition for problem solving.
• Is able to work on a shift pattern including nights, weekends and bank holidays.
• Can communicate information across many stakeholders quickly and succinctly.
• Can adapt to change within an organisation/team.
• Is flexible in ways of working.
• Is open minded, and able to see things are not always clear and there is an element of opportunity to encourage creative solutions.
• Would like to undertake the required security qualifications/training to fulfil this role.
Putting your skills to use
Using your diverse range of skills within the Physical Security Team you will:
• Be responsible for the physical security of HMGCC staff, visitors and its assets.
• Prevent unauthorised access to site in accordance with current policy.
• Conduct Receptionist duties, welcoming and booking in our visitors to site.
• Conduct site and building patrols and security checks.
• Monitor and operate CCTV and AACS systems.
• Conduct security checks using airport style X-ray equipment.
• Respond to system alarms and incidents.
• Conduct vehicle, staff and visitor searching.
What we Offer
Now that we’ve explained a bit about what you will we be doing, here’s what we can offer you:
• 25 days Annual Leave rising to 30 after 5 years of service.
• Paid overtime or time off in lieu. Your salary is for your contracted hours. If you work more, we believe you should be rewarded for that.
• Training. Lots and lots of training. This can be anything from a ½ day internal course to a distant learning degree. If it’s relevant to your career, we will aim to support you.
• Pension. Our Pension scheme is Alpha. It’s competitive.
• Sports & Social Society. Whether its classis cars or baking, golf or crafting, we have a society for you.
• On site nursery (subject to availability).
• 3 days paid leave a year to support a registered charity of your choice.
• Free parking.
• Free onsite gym, open 24 hours a day.
• Relocation Package*.
• Affinity Groups – whether you are disabled, LGBTQ and/or from an Ethnic Minority. We provide an inclusive environment and support for everyone.
About HMGCC
We are HMGCC, the engineering specialists at the heart of the UK’s national security.
We work with the national security community, UK government, academia, private sector partners and international allies to bring engineering ingenuity to the national security mission, creating tools and technologies that drive us ahead and help to protect the nation.
We invest in our people, not only with training but also support throughout your career with us; to allow you to reach your full potential at work, as well as enjoy the work/life balance many aspire to.
To find out more about us and if we’re right for you, please visit our website.
Equal Opportunities
Inclusion and diversity really matters to us. It's not just about numbers or visible differences.
HMGCC are committed to providing equal opportunities and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and those with disabilities or who are neurodiverse.
We’re not looking for any one type of person. We’re looking for talent from all different backgrounds to join our organisation, where we genuinely respect and value each other's differences, as well as our similarities. It makes us even better at what we do.
We are proud to offer candidates the opportunity to apply through the Offer Of Interview Scheme. The scheme ensures eligible candidates are selected for an interview as long as their application meets the minimum criteria for the role. To find out more and how you can apply under this scheme, please see the inclusion and diversity information on our website.
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Our Recruitment Team will process your application once the role has closed and everyone will get a response.
Please note dependent on the recruitment requirements, we withhold the right to bring forward the closing date for this role from the original closing date.
*If you are relocating to the area then we can discuss the possibility of a relocation package.
This role requires a medical assessment during the recruitment process.
This Program / Vacancy is closed to applications.