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Security Officer

La Mesa, CA 91944

Posted: 08/12/2024 Employment Type: Full time Job Skill: Security Job Number: CV00195 Pay Rate: $21.00 per hour

Job Description

Searching for aspiring individuals to join our thriving team of Security Officers. You’ll work as a member of a close team to form the backbone of the broad security services Inter-Con provides its valued clients every day.

All Security Guards shall meet the following minimum criteria:

Security Guards shall have a minimum of three (3) years of security guard experience of which two (2) years must be protecting critical infrastructure sectors or equivalent duty. Commercial facility sector, apartment/HOA, or retail store security experience does not qualify. The following experience will be considered equivalent duty:

-US Military: 2 years or more in any branch, with an honorable discharge.

- Police Officer: 2 or more years with acceptable performance.

- Graduate of a Police or Corrections Academy (must be POST certified), and one (1) year experience protecting critical infrastructure in sectors other than commercial facilities.

- Completion of Criminal Justice Degree, Associate or higher, and one (1) year experience protecting critical infrastructure in sectors other than commercial facilities.

- Completion of Homeland Security Degree, and one (1) year experience protecting critical infrastructure in sectors other than commercial facilities

-Qualifying critical infrastructure experience must be clearly identified and placed in the security guard’s personnel folder.

-Security Guards shall possess an acceptable level of agility, stamina, and overall good physical health allowing them to:

-Stand for up to eight (8) hours at a single post.

- Walk long distances over uneven terrain, dirt or rocky paths, day and night, and in all weather conditions.

- Lift twenty-five (25) lbs.

-Security Guards shall be proficient in English, both written and oral, and have basic log and report writing skills

Responsibilities:

  • Conduct yourself professionally
  • Conduct interior and exterior patrols within an office, industrial complex or Shopping centers with medium / high volume of people.
  • Perform patrols around the perimeter.
  • Check all personnel entering facilities.
  • Log in all visitors, vehicles and vendors.
  • Issue visitor badges as required.
  • Maintain security, visitor logs and other records.
  • Administer access control over vehicles entering garages or other parking structures
  • Operate a hand-held radio, cell phone or other communication devices as needed
  • Access control of all entries by employees, vendors, contractors, visitors, etc.
  • Maintain and carry the assigned company cell phone as required.
  • Assist employees in an orderly evacuation of the building and to Muster Points in an event of a fire or other emergency.
  • Observe and report suspicious activity or situations and use communication skills and deductive reasoning to prioritize your responsibilities.

Job Requirements

  • Speak, read, and write English
  • Shall possess a minimum of a high school diploma or equivalency
  • Must be of high integrity and possess exemplary security skills and judgment.
  • Must possess above average computer skills and must hold all necessary and required licenses, permits and certifications required by the assignment to perform security officer duties.
  • Valid California Guard Card
  • Pass a background Check
  • Pass a 5-panel drug test
  • Driver’s License / State ID Card
  • CPR Certification, we help get you certified

Additional Information

Employment Type: Full-Time 8/HR shifts Weekends as needed
Pay Rate: $21.00/HR
Pay Rate Ranges: $21.00/HR- $85.00/HR

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