Security Officer - Cranfield

Benefits

• 5.6 weeks holiday per year, 8 of these will be in lieu of bank holidays (worked or not worked)
• Workplace Pension Scheme
• Progression, training and development opportunities
• Life assurance benefit
• Financial support for SIA Licence & renewal
• Contributory Healthcare Scheme
• Eyecare vouchers
• Employee Discount Schemes
• Refer a friend scheme
• Free uniform provided

As a Security Officer at G4S, you are more than a Security Guard. You’ll ensure the safety of our customers' staff, their buildings and assets, whilst providing excellent customer service with a smile. We pride ourselves on delivering excellent customer service in a safe and secure environment.

It’s a varied role that includes greeting staff and visitors and ensuring they adhere to the required security protocols, conducting searches where required, patrolling the premises and dealing with security incidents. With a keen eye and a brilliant way with people, you could look forward to an interesting role where no two days are the same with exciting career opportunities.

You will be working within a high profile site for one of our most reputable clients, no two days are the same in this position and you will benefit from working within a large onsite security team. This is a demanding position as the site can get quite busy at times but the right person will be able to excel in this position.

At G4S we value our current employees by providing progression opportunities whenever possible. The vast majority of our current Security Managers and Operations Managers started as security officers with G4S.

The pay rate for this position is £12.23/hour and you will be paid monthly on the 15th of every month. A full manual driving licence and your own transport are required for this position. Please note the site for this position is in Cranfield

About you

You will need to be aged 18 or over, a confident communicator who is a team player with the drive to provide a friendly and professional service at all times. A good IT knowledge is also key. You must be flexible and available to work on a varied shift pattern which will include days, nights and weekends. It would be a benefit to have some security experience and your SIA licence, however it’s not essential, as we provide full SIA (Security Industry Authority) licence training.

Join G4S and you can also enjoy real career progression with a large international company - as the world’s leading provider of security solutions, we offer loads of training and support. You’ll be in safe hands from our induction and on-site training to regular reviews and welfare checks with our managers.

About the Company

G4S is a leading global security and outsourcing group, specialising in outsourcing of business processes in sectors where security and safety risks are considered a strategic threat. G4S have recently been acquired by Allied Universal making the company the biggest security provider and the 7th largest employer in the World.