Job Description
Overview 170+ Years Strong. Industry Leader. Global Impact. At Pinkerton, the mission is to protect our clients. To do this, we provide enterprise risk management services and programs specifically designed for each client. Pinkerton employees are one of our most important assets and critical to the delivery of world-class solutions. Bonded together, we share a commitment to integrity, vigilance, and excellence.
Pinkerton is an inclusive employer who seeks candidates with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to join our family of industry subject matter experts.
The Security & Safety Manager, assigned to a specific client, is responsible for devising and implementing an all-encompassing safety and security program at the client's Chicago office. This role involves conducting risk assessments, threat analysis, and developing strategies to safeguard against financial loss, crimes, and other security events. The manager also manages relationships with local emergency response teams and enforcement agencies, while providing key security services to senior executives and ensuring compliance with local regulations.
Responsibilities - Represent Pinkerton’s core values of integrity, vigilance, and excellence.
- Provide oversight for the development and implementation of a comprehensive safety and security program at the client's Chicago office.
- Develop and deliver consultation for the preventative, protective, or response programs to protect against financial loss, information loss, sabotage, crimes against persons, threats, emergencies, and other security related events.
- Maintain an active risk picture for the office and surrounding community by conducting risk assessments, threat/hazard assessments, and threat analysis to guide in defining courses of action commensurate with risk and firm affordability.
- Implementation of physical security policies and procedures including the development and delivery of a security awareness and ongoing training program for personnel and visitors.
- Actively monitor security and fire/life safety operational risks and trends and adapt office safety and security posture accordingly.
- Manage liaison relationships with appropriate business improvement district, fusion center, public/private sector outreach, emergency response organizations, law enforcement, fire departments, and medical response.
- Serve on the office local incident/emergency management team.
- Create and maintain a preparedness strategy to combat potential threats and security concerns involving our people or property.
- Under the direction of Firm Security, provide key employee security services to senior executives of the firm and support the execution of event security services in the office and firm branded/hosted events off property.
- Implement security incident monitoring, trend analysis through metrics, initiate appropriate response measures, and follow up.
- Maintain daily and periodic necessary measurements for effective and efficient program delivery.
- Support local law enforcement reporting, as needed.
- Complete regular coordination with AOE, T&C, E&C, OGC, Firm Security and others to implement physical security corrective actions and standards.
- Work in conjunction with stakeholders to support confidential inquiries and investigations and facilitate compliance to all local regulatory requirements.
- All other duties, as assigned.
Qualifications Bachelor's degree preferred with at least fifteen years of experience within senior law enforcement or senior security management roles.
- Downtown Chicago police department experience, preferred.
- Knowledge of safety and security best practices.
- Able to assess risks and hazards and identify appropriate mitigation strategies.
- Able to establish credibility as a business partner with all levels within a matrix organization.
- Strategic and analytical thinker.
- Capable of handling multiple, concurrent situations and investigative support needs.
- Effective written, public speaking, and presentation communication skills.
- Able to build collaborative partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Serve as a positive team member and leader.
- Computer skills; Microsoft Office.
Working Conditions: With or without reasonable accommodation, requires the physical and mental capacity to effectively perform all essential functions;
- Regular computer usage.
- Occasional reaching and lifting of small objects and operating office equipment.
- Frequent sitting, standing, and/or walking.
- Travel, as required.
Pinkerton is an equal opportunity employer to all applicants and positions without regard to race/ethnicity, color, national origin, ancestry, sex/gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, marital/prenatal status, pregnancy/childbirth or related conditions, religion, creed, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any protected status by local, state, federal or country-specific law.
Benefits Benefit options include employer-paid life and AD&D, voluntary life and AD&D, medical, (HSA) Health Savings Account, (FSA) Flexible Savings Account, dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(K), paid time off (vacation, personal, sick, and holidays) and several employee assistance-related programs. This information provides a brief benefit overview. Upon the acceptance of an employment offer, the new employee will receive comprehensive plan details based on specific eligibility rules.
Posted Salary Range USD $155,000.00 - USD $155,000.00 /Yr.
Job Tags
Permanent employment, Temporary work, Work at office, Local area, Flexible hours,