Security Manager

Position overview

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain security policies, procedures, standards, and operating protocols.
• Oversee daily site security and manage staffing plans, duty rosters, shift schedules, post assignments, briefings, and personnel performance.
• Conduct security risk assessments and implement preventive or corrective measures.
• Manage access control, visitor and contractor registration, vehicle entry, keys, access cards, and restricted areas.
• Monitor CCTV, alarms, access-control systems, barriers, and security communications equipment.
• Establish incident reporting, investigation, evidence preservation, escalation, and follow-up procedures; prepare reports and prevention recommendations.
• Coordinate with authorities and develop emergency plans, drills, evacuations, security exercises, and business-continuity activities.
• Inspect premises and recommend physical-security improvements; support VIP, high-value asset, and special-event protection when required.
• Coordinate security arrangements for facilities, moves, renovations, construction, and events.
• Manage contractors, vendors, service levels, contracts, procurement support, budgets, expenses, equipment, and maintenance.
• Conduct audits and inspections, maintain security records, and provide risk, incident, and KPI reports to management.
• Deliver security awareness training, protect confidential information, monitor emerging risks, and continually improve security controls.

Requirements

• Proven experience in security management or a similar corporate, facility, hotel, retail, property, or industrial environment.
• Experience supervising security personnel or contractors and managing vendors, equipment, and budgets.
• Strong knowledge of physical security, access control, CCTV, alarms, visitor management, patrols, incident response, and loss prevention.
• Experience with risk assessments, inspections, audits, investigations, and emergency planning.
• Strong leadership, investigation, problem-solving, communication, discretion, and professional judgment.
• Good Microsoft Office knowledge, especially Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of relevant security, occupational safety, privacy, emergency, and regulatory requirements.
• A diploma or degree in a relevant field is preferred. Security, risk management, first-aid, or emergency-response certifications are advantageous.
• Experience with security-management, access-control, CCTV, or integrated security systems is advantageous.
• Flexibility to work nights, weekends, public holidays, and emergency call-outs when required.

Work setting

• The role oversees security across facilities, properties, sites, and operations; the description includes offices, warehouses, retail locations, hotels, and construction sites as possible premises.