Security Officer - 38293

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Chicago, IL, USA
In-Office
20-20 Hourly
Entry level
Security
The Role
Provides customer-focused security and life safety services at an assigned facility. Duties include monitoring entrances, alarms, traffic, and suspicious activity; conducting foot or vehicle patrols; enforcing facility procedures; assisting visitors; protecting company property; following emergency plans; and preparing incident reports. Officers must maintain a professional presence, communicate effectively, and hold required security credentials.
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Position Objective

Company Overview:


Harvard Protection Services is one of the fastest growing, privately owned providers of high-quality security services in the United States. Our reputation has been earned among our employees and clients for our responsiveness, engaged leadership, and personal care for every employee and client we serve. We support our employees, ensure they feel valued, give them the resources to be successful, and empower them to execute flawlessly.


Job Summary:


Our Security Officers support Harvard Protection in our goal of providing best in class security and life safety services. Our Officers are responsible for providing professional customer-focused security and life safety services for the people and the property they protect.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
  • Maintain a professional demeanor, aiding customers, employees, visitors, and guests
  • Maintain a visible presence in the facility / building assigned
  • Monitor the environment, with the ability to detect suspicious and unsafe activity
  • Responsible for becoming familiar with incoming and outgoing traffic, know the customers, tenants, visitors, and guests
  • Greet customers, visitors, staff, tenants, guests in a professional manner always
  • Answer all phones in a professional manner
  • Permit authorized persons to enter property and monitor entrances and exits
  • Know the facility / building policies and procedures; enforce them within the limits of the position
  • Perform required patrols of designated areas on foot or in vehicle
  • Observe departing personnel to protect against the theft of company property and ensure authorized removal of property is conducted within appropriate customer requirements
  • Follow established emergency action planning and procedures
  • Monitor alarms and systems
  • Prepare reports on accidents, incidents, and suspicious activities, as directed

The essential duties and responsibilities may differ by customer location assigned

Knowledge and Skill Requirements
  • 20 Hour Security Training Certificate 
  • PERC Card 
  • Must have reliable means of communication and transportation
  • Strong interpersonal communication skills and neat and professional appearance
  • Write routine correspondence, to include log entries and incident reporting
  • Previous contract security, law enforcement, military, customer service experience helpful
Compensation

Harvard Protection Services offers a competitive hourly pay rate with health & welfare, dental, vision, sick leave, vacation, and 401K enrollment benefit opportunities.

About Harvard Protection Services:

Harvard Protection Services maintains true to our long-standing belief, Employees First and Customer Service. Our Mission, Vision and Core Values of PEOPLE FIRST, SAFETY, TEAMWORK, CLIENT FOCUS, and ACCOUNTABILITY are representative of this belief with expectations set and supported throughout for all our employees. Our goals set the standard for the industry; to earn our customer’s trust, confidence, and business, through maintaining a safe and secure environment. We are recognized by our customers and the industry as a dynamic, employee-centric organization that empowers our team to deliver leading edge service and solutions that creates value for our customers.


Harvard Protection Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer/M/F/Veteran/Disabilities


Salary & Wage DetailsUSD $20.00/Hr. ScheduleFlex Schedule

Skills Required

  • 20 Hour Security Training Certificate
  • PERC Card
  • Reliable means of communication and transportation
  • Strong interpersonal communication skills
  • Neat and professional appearance
  • Ability to write routine correspondence, log entries, and incident reports
  • Previous contract security experience
  • Law enforcement experience
  • Military experience
  • Customer service experience
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The Company
720 Employees

What We Do

Harvard Protection Services, LLC is a privately held security firm providing comprehensive enterprise protection through physical and technical security solutions. Its offerings include security staffing, hospitality services, fire/life/safety services, specialized services, emergency training, incident response, and concierge support. The company emphasizes an employee-first culture, client focus, accountability, and maintaining safe, secure environments for clients, their properties, employees, and proprietary assets.

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