25 Security Officer - Downtown Chicago - 26893 Jobs in Chicago, IL
Harvard Protection Services, LLC is Hiring a Security Officer - Downtown Chicago - 26893 Near Chicago, IL
Company Overview:
Harvard Protection Services is one of the fastest growing, privately owned provider of high-quality security services in the United States. We are an industry leader and are well known for our innovative thinking and entrepreneurial spirit. Our People are at the center of our Core Values and as a family organization, we promote respect and embraces diversity.
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.
Location:
Downtown - Chicago, IL
*Sites will be within a 5 mile radius of Millennium Park
**Corporate Office Centers in Gold Coast, Magnificent Mile, Streeterville, South Loop, West Loop
Schedule:
Full Time - Rotating schedule including weekends
$17.65-$18.00 per hour
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:- Valid PERC
- Flexible Scheduling Availability
- Weekend Scheduling Availability
- 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
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 customers 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
Job Summary
Full Time
$37k-46k (estimate)
05/03/2024
05/16/2024
harvardprotect.com
WOBURN, MA
100 - 200
1996
STANLEY K DOOBIN
$10M - $50M
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About Harvard Protection Services, LLC
Harvard Protection Services is one of the nations premier security firms, providing a comprehensive suite of enterprise protection and security solutions, addressing todays most challenging threat mitigation needs. Launched in 1996, Harvards goal remains to meet the growing demand for a single, reliable source, to manage clients high level security requirements. We deliver best-in-class security services and provide excellent customer service predicated upon our unparalleled expertise in the industry applied to a thorough understanding of client needs. We fully appreciate that each contract fo...r security services is a complex mission that requires much more than supplying qualified manpower. We welcome the opportunity to work with clients who recognize that collaborative engagement, communication, ongoing program evaluation, and performance management metrics are crucial to the formulation and refinement of a solid business plan. Our approach establishes clear performance standards and operational protocols, yet allows for the flexibility necessary to respond to emergencies and an ever changing risk environment. Among the qualities that set Harvard apart from our competitors is the depth and breadth of experience in our management team, as well as the level of engagement of Harvards top leadership in all facets of contract operations to ensure continuous needs assessment, provide attention to detail, and offer critical review of operational requirements. Unlike many other vendors, our business model for providing security depends upon an infrastructure of talent and multi-disciplinary expertise at-the-ready to effectively prepare for and respond to a myriad of conditions with potentially high stakes outcomes. Likewise, our staffing model incorporates building bench strength and force multiplier capabilities that are immediately available for deployment in the event of emergencies.
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