Security Operations Manager (Sizewell C)

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Security Operations Manager - Main Development Site

Scope of Role: 

The Security Operations Manager (SOM) is charged with delivering the SZC Physical Security Operation on the Main Development Site (MDS). The SOM will manage the daily operational command and control of the security team at Sizewell C MDS, ensuring available assets are used to best effect at all times to maximise the security influence across the MDS and ensure compliance with G4S SSUK manned guarding standards and SZC Security standards.

Location: Sizewell C - Leiston, Suffolk

Pay: Upper Bracket £60,000 pending experience and qualification
Weekly Hours: 40 hours per week - Office Hours and support operational needs

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure Health & Safety is at the forefront of service delivery
• Manage the daily operational command and control of the security team at Sizewell C MDS, ensuring that available assets are used to best effect at all times to maximise the security influence across the SZC MDS ensuring compliance with G4S SSUK standards and SZC Security Standards.
• Stabilise the workforce and ensure suitable resources are available to fulfil all operational tasks - develop a staffing plan to support this.
• Ensure the Security Team is suitably trained, equipped and available to carry out their roles and responsibilities at all times.
• Liaise and work with relevant contract, client, principal contractor and contractors in providing suitable resources to support construction and Site Operations activities and where required agree and direct the activities.
• Provide suitable security resources for immediate incident response and be in a position to support the site emergency arrangements team.
• Review and re-issue Assignment Instructions, Site Security and Post Instructions ensuring they are up to date, displayed in relevant locations and security personnel remain compliant.
• Provide information and ensure compliance for monthly business review process, terms of reference & delivery
• Ensure that all security team personnel are managed by respective line management/supervisors in line with G4S SSUK HR policy
• Line manage and give suitable leadership, direction and delegation to direct reports
• Provide operational support, resources and guidance to associated sites where required
• Ensure security personnel receive the correct welfare standards for their post/role
• Project manage tasks as and when required
• Work closely with Security Operations Delivery Manager - Project Access

Skills and Competencies

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong Leadership
• Teamwork
• Attention to detail
• Able to adapt and remain flexible
• Innovative
• Strong planning and organisational skills
• Customer focussed

Educational Requirements/Qualifications

• A good standard of education in Maths, English and IT.
• Vocational security certification L3 and above ideally L6

Preferred Experience

• A security professional with prior experience gained in a corporate, Critical National Infrastructure, Police or Military environment
• Proven experience in managing large quantities of specialist equipment to support operations
• Proven experience of leading and managing a large team in excess of 30 in a complex environment
• Experience and understanding of project management
• Thorough understanding of H&S requirements

Personal Qualities

• Highest levels of integrity, respectfulness and professionalism required at all times.
• Open, trusting and in the spirit of mutual support, especially when dealing with conflicts of interest.
• An engaging and proactive ‘can do’ attitude where successes and failures are shared.
• Do what we say we are going to do and only commit to what can be done.
• Listen and communicate effectively.
• Ability to plan ahead as far as possible and share intelligence to prevent surprises.

Professional Qualifications/Memberships

• Risk Management qualification held or developing towards
• Project management qualification held or working towards
• IOSH

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.