Security Officer

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Engie are recruiting for a Security Officer to be based in University Hospital of North Durham DH15TW. This is a permanent full time role working 37.5 hours per week (days nights and weekend rota covering 24/7 ). On offer is a salary of £16,986 per annum plus shift allowance £366 per month.. The role holder will report to the Security Supervisor
• Carry out necessary security tasks, both planned and reactive and any other sites assigned by the Security Supervisor.
• Ensure that all procedural security requirements are met, if not exceeded, regarding the client’s assets and occupants on site.
• Ensuring that H&S demands are observed and complied with at all times.
• Ensuring that all security procedures are adhered to by all persons using the premises.
• To operate the CCTV system if need be and report any faults in the prescribed format (procedural).
• To maintain a high profile presence of the function at all times with regard to the client, visitors and contractors.
• To present himself/herself in all circumstances as a confident, reliable, trustworthy and highly professional member of Engie function.
• To produce regular update reports to the Security Duty Supervisor on the function and related issues.
To undertake regular internal and external foot patrols of the hospital site to: • Deter criminal activity against Trust property, staff, patients and visitors.
• Detect criminal activity against Trust property, staff, patients and visitors.
• Reassure staff, patients and visitors that there is a security presence.
• Detect, resolve and report security breaches, such as insecure buildings, departments etc.
• Detect, resolve and report health and safety hazards.
• Detect, resolve and report fire hazards, e.g. blocked fire exits, escape routes.
• Provide routine assistance and guidance to patients and visitors To provide emergency response to incidents on Trust premises, including but not restricted to: • Assaults on staff
• Fighting between patients or visitors
• Assisting the prison service (escorting only) with violent prisoner’s cat A on hospital premises
• Public disorder
• Verbal abusive and threatening behaviour
• Threats with weapons (monitoring and emergency service calls)
• Thefts
• Criminal damage
• Provide covert or overt security presence for wards and departments where there is warning of potentially violent behaviour by staff, patients or visitors on UHND premises.
• To aid the Psychiatric Liaison Team specifically in A & E, but generally throughout UHND
• To carry out lock-ups of all main building entrances at night and to unlock in the morning.
• To respond to intruder alarm system
• To liaise with the local police as required

• Adherence to all Service Level Agreements as introduced by the business. This involves responding to incidents in set SLA time periods in a fast paced physically demanding position.

For more information about ENGIE please visit:http://www.engie.com/en/candidates-area/

•Front line SIA Guarding License 
•Front line SIA CCTV License

This role requires an enhanced disclosure
An enhanced disclosure contains the following information:
•All convictions both current and past,
•Cautions, reprimands and warnings help on the police national computer for England and Wales,
•Relevant convictions in Scotland and Northern Ireland may be included,
•Checks against the Children’s and Vulnerable adults barring list,
•Additional checks for relevant information held by the local police forces for the position being applied for.

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. There is no re-location package with this job role. ENGIE 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.

This job advert is supported by the ENGIE Resourcing Team. Agency involvement is not required. All related enquiries must come to the resourcing team not direct to ENGIE Managers.