Job Title: Security Guard
Location: Plymouth
Compensation: £26,519.00
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF 43025
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Security Guard at our Devonport site.
The role
As a Security Guard, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary where you’ll join us at HMNB Devonport, one of the largest naval bases in Western Europe.
Day to day, you’ll provide a professional customer service and gateway to Devonport Limited Areas and other areas as directed.
- Operate effective access control processes to ensure that Babcock is compliant with MoD requirements. Interior and exterior security through manual observation and the use of on-site CCTV cameras. Responsible for using corporate protocol to greet facility guests and staff, assigning the proper security access to each as per local protocol.
- Reporting any suspicious activity to the MoD police immediately.
- Perform scheduled and random checks of designated areas throughout the facility to check for any security breaches. Collaborate with other members of the security team to ensure that the facility is safe at all times. Maintain a professional and effective relationship with the other security forces on site.
- Carry out patrols to ensure areas are secure and to prevent unauthorised access to sites, facilities and assets. Undertake casualty rescue role in support of the emergency response. Responding to life threatening situations such as medical alerts, fire alarms, suspected or actual crimes and other related situations occurring on DRDL property. Key issuing and control responding to alarms as required (Fire/Security). Promote a good security culture by challenging individuals, when security protocol is not followed.
Essential experience of the Security Guard
- Security and customer service experience.
- Excellent judgement, decision making and making informed decisions based on own initiative
- Full UK Driving Licence
- Computer experience and software knowledge of MS Word and Excel
- Ability to write clear daily written reports
This role is based Onsite in Devonport, Plymouth.
Qualifications for the Security Guard
- SIA Security Guard or Door Supervisors Licence (Frontline)
The successful candidate must be able to achieve SC security clearance level for this role.
Our Benefits
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Employee share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10 days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
- ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
For the full extensive Benefits package please visit our Careers pages
Babcock International
For over 130 years Babcock International have helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.
If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing date: 13/06/2023