Gatehouse Operative

Culina Group; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics company in Wakefield is seeking a Security Officer to ensure access control in a busy warehousing environment. Responsibilities include monitoring CCTV, conducting security checks, and liaising with emergency services. The ideal candidate will act as a deterrent to criminal activity and ensure all policies are followed. This position offers opportunities to enhance security protocols in a critical environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide access control in a busy warehousing environment.
• Enhance current security of the company and its site.
• Electronically record entry and departure of vehicles.
• Conduct exit security checks and random searches.
• Monitor CCTV and react to incidents as required.

Job description

To provide access control in a busy warehousing environment ensuring that all visitors, contractors and haulage drivers are controlled and briefed upon entry according to company policy.

• To enhance current security of the company, its site, resources and personnelconducted.
• Electronically recording the entry and departure of vehicles and loads into the main truck yard.
• Conducting exit security checks.
• Liaising with the warehouse and the Shunter driver when directing loads in.
• Briefing drivers on behaviour and expected standards when on site.
• Understand all fire procedures and actions in the event of alarm activation.
• Temperature monitoring of the fridges and reporting of temperature faults.
• Monitoring of CCTV and reacting to incidents when required.
• Liaising between emergency services and outside agencies in the event of an incident.
• Conducting random searches of staff vehicles and baggage.
• Conducting routine patrols around the site both internally and externally to provide a security presence.
• To act as a visual deterrence against potential criminal elements.
• To report all incidents and occurrences through the chain of command when necessary

Maidstone, England, United Kingdom, ME14