Area Security Officer

G4S ,
Chester, Cheshire

Overview

Job Description

As an Area Security Officer at G4S, you are more than a Security Guard. This is a varied role with one of our biggest customers, where you will get to see a range of different sites with the opportunity to work sociable hours in a stable role. You will work mostly Monday to Friday and between 8:45am - 5:15pm, with some weekends and evenings required. You'll be responsible for keeping everyone safe, providing customer service with a smile and managing visitors, car parking and any incidents. With a keen eye and a brilliant way with people, you must be a friendly face who enjoys helping the public and being on your feet all day. In return you can look forward to an interesting role where no two days are the same with exciting career opportunities. 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. As this is a mobile position, you will also need to have a full clean driving licence and your own transport. The world's leading provider of security solutions, we offer lots 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. Benefits: * 5.6 weeks holiday per year, 8 of these will be in lieu of bank holidays (worked or not worked) * Workplace Pension Scheme * Great 4 Savings Employee Discount Scheme * Progression, training and development opportunities As this is a security role we're required by law to ask a number of screening questions. You'll only have to do this once to be eligible to apply for G4S and our wide range of security roles so we've made this as quick as possible. In the current situation surrounding Coronavirus, the safety and security we provide to our customers, their premises and our staff continues to be our priority. We are taking steps to ensure our selection and onboarding processes can continue during this time in the safest way possible. Unfortunately, this does mean we are currently unable to offer the opportunity to put you through the training course required to obtain your SIA licence, therefore we can only consider applications from licensed candidates at this time. .