Job Reference: /SC/23-09/1305/11
Job Title: Site Security Manager
Location: Greenham Trust Newbury
Pay Rate: £18.00
Hours per week: Monday to Friday - 08:00 -17:00 - 40 hours per week
Business Overview
OCS UK & Ireland is a leading facilities management company with a turnover of £1.7bn and 50,000+ colleagues. We deliver innovative, award-winning services including Cleaning, Catering, Security, Technical Services, Energy Management and compliance, front of house, landscaping, logistics, waste management and pest control services to the public and private sectors and our mission is to make people and places the best that they can be.
Job Overview
We are currently recruiting for Site Security Manager to join our passionate and driven team based at our client's site in Greenham Trust Newbury
To make the most of this career-defining opportunity, you will have exceptional communication skills, particularly as you will need to develop great working relationships with our staff & client, your primary role is to manage, develop and exceed expectations ensuring a premier security provision is always provided. A clear understanding of contract culture is required to ensure all members of the teams are fully motivated and committed to providing a bespoke high level security service.
We will expect you to have experience of managing demanding security contracts As a collaborative team-player, who can make effective decisions when under pressure.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver outstanding customer service to all guests,
- Be flexible and adaptable to all tasks or challenges,
- Be highly presentable, accountable and take responsibility and ownership for any tasks identified or allocated,
- Ensure all contact, be it internal or external, by telephone, face to face or any other medium, is clear, courteous, polite, professional and respectful,
- To act with integrity and in the best interests of the Company in a safe, compliant and ethical manner,
- To be resilient to working in the most sensitive environments, dealing with any conflict with a respectful and empathic approach at all times
- To manage the day to day running of the security operation having overview of multiple sites.
- To liaise with the Client to ensure KPIs and SLAs are met and exceeded.
- To lead and motivate the security team ensuring the ethos and core values of the site emanate within their roles and responsibilities.
- Ensuring all issues and incidents are dealt with and reported on in a timely, professional and efficient manner to the client and operations manager.
- To ensure diplomacy and tactfulness is applied at all times in delivering exceptional security customer service.
- Ensure that all contract security personnel are aware, have read and understood, the current AI's, clients policies and procedures and relevant post instructions.
- managing the administration and welfare of the site security team, including induction and continuation training, probation, and setting objectives during annual appraisals.
- To ensure there is a robust succession plan in place for all key positions within the team.
- Administrative duties may include TimeGate scheduling and providing quotes on request from the client
About You:
- Applicants must have the right to work in the UK
- Demonstrable experience in the Security industry
- An industry recognised qualification in management is desirable
- Excellent client-facing skills and proven experience.
- Demonstrable experience in people management
- Valid SIA DS front-line licence
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and customer service skills
- Excellent knowledge of operational security software applications or the ability to acquire such knowledge.
- Demonstrate an awareness of security threats which remain relevant and up to date in the context of the current environment.
- Reliable, trustworthy and punctual.
- Resilient and calm under pressure with the ability to multi-task and prioritise to help solve problems and overcome challenges.
- Physically able to conduct all responsibilities associated with the roles documented.
- Ability to work to instruction and on your own initiative where required.
- Computer literate and confident with the use of Microsoft Office programmes
- Flexibility in regard to working practices, hours and responsibilities.
- First Aid at work or the ability to train and retain this qualification.
- Operation of CCTV/access control communications in an appropriate manner.
Benefits
- Wide range of retail discounts
- Discounted gym membership
- Join our Cycle to Work scheme
- Access to "CHROMA", our internal colleague-led diversity and inclusion community – join a committee or take part in our events
- Access to internal Mental Health First Aiders
- Immediate access to "Opportunity" our internal Learning and Development platform
- Required professional membership fees paid for
How to apply
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