Security Advisor

To support the Security function by providing necessary support to all HS2 locations within your sector. The role primarily focuses on advising, auditing and delivering physical security solutions to safeguard Balfour Beatty sites and equipment.

The role will also involve undertaking and leading on investigations arising from security related incidents, the production of detailed reports, and where required, obtaining witness statements, photographs and documents.

• To take a pro-active approach to company security and loss prevention.
• Deliver financial business plan objectives.
• Ensure operational teams have received advice on security options and defences within agreed area, ensuring a high level of service from security supply base.
• Assist and manage the investigation of security related incidents within region, ensuring the circumstances leading to such incidents are thoroughly investigated and where appropriate, remedial recommendations advised to operating teams.
• Continually challenge and investigate new and emerging security technology and identify new measures
• Provide appropriate and risk commensurate physical security controls and measures, security standards and processes and procedural security measures for all sites, incorporating client and legal/statutory codes and standards.
• To provide specialist security advice and assistance to Balfour Beatty HS2 project, identifying security problems and proposing and monitoring security solutions including liaising with local authorities and police forces.
• Completion of security reviews and reports, documenting the recommended approach to security to mitigate losses on projects and sites.
• To consider and design effective security solutions (CCTV & electronic, guarding and a mixture of both), in order to minimise risk to Balfour Beatty sites and assets.
• Design, implement and audit security systems for consideration by Balfour Beatty Operational Teams.
• To assist in specific security initiatives and projects, resolving difficulties, informing relevant persons and liaising between stakeholders as necessary.
• Collate and communicate trend information to operational management recommending appropriate countermeasures to tackle emergent problems.
• To initiate and co-ordinate the activity of on-site security activity by providing training and support and influencing field staff to adopt innovative solutions and improvements to security issues with no technical guidance from line management.

To advise internal stakeholders on the local delivery, service levels and daily operational issues of on-site security personnel.

Essential

• Experience of working within a loss preventative, security consultancy or investigation role.
• Ability to communicate at all levels, in written and oral format.
• Experience of completing security risk assessments and report writing.
• Experience of undertaking investigations and taking witness statements.
• Flexibility to the work environment, periods of travel across the UK with a requirement to work away from home.
• Knowledge and understanding of a construction site and structure
• Knowledge of Open Source Intelligence tactics, particularly Social Media
• IT literate and able to produce management information.

Desirable

• From a Policing or other law enforcement background

Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.

The way we live our lives is changing fast: where and how we live, work, travel, shop, relax and socialise. The evolving nature of our society means we all need to shape our environment to meet a complex array of individual and collective needs. Wherever investment in these environments is needed, Living Places works in partnership with Local Authorities to consult, finance, design, build and manage the essential place infrastructure that local communities and national economies need to prosper and grow. We are right at the heart of a dynamic place shaping agenda that brings Local Authorities, local communities, Central Government, and the Private Sector together to create safe, sustainable, flexible and dynamic public spaces geared to community social need, economic growth and personal well-being as well as being environmentally sustainable. The provision of maintenance services for highways is only a small part of what is really needed. Our focus has moved beyond the road to deliver the potential of the street: a dynamic public place that connects and combines local community and business needs, encourages social interaction and helps pedestrians, motorists, bus riders, and cyclists to coexist safely. Building great public spaces with resource efficient assets enables functional, flexible and inspirational places to be at the heart of the community. We value diversity and celebrate individual differences, believing that our inclusive culture helps the business continue to grow as a strong, dynamic and innovative organisation. Balfour Beatty is a corporate signatory to WISE (Women in Science & Engineering). Our aim is to attract more people from diverse backgrounds to help us build on our inclusive culture. We are a member of the workingmums.co.uk Top Employers’ Charter through which we demonstrate our commitment to enabling parents to progress and enhance their careers whilst managing the challenges of family life. Balfour Beatty is also Gold Award holders in the Ministry of Defence ’Employer Recognition Scheme’ and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.