Are you interested in starting a career in a fast paced and growing industry? As a provider of security services to clients with complex security needs, Paladin Security Group is offering an exciting career opportunity for you to give back to your community, while developing skills for future careers. Our training programs are also a leader in the security industry, and they will help prepare you for advancements, as well as build your resume for a potential career in law enforcement.
Position: Security Guard
City: London, Ontario
Status: Full Time
Hours: 12h Night Shift 2000-0800hr (36 + 48 biweekly hours)
Pay Rate: $18.05/hr
Position Overview:
During your shifts you will conduct extensive foot patrols inside, outside and in parking garage areas to detect unauthorized persons trespassing and deter theft and vandalism. During your patrol rounds you will also be required to take various readings from equipment and make accurate handwritten reports of your findings.
During your shift you will interact in a professional manner with site employees, vendors and clients/visitors. You will work close with the Facilities Management team to report and manage the functionality of the buildings systems.
In addition to patrols you will utilize the CCTV system in both a monitor room and with a handheld device to view all areas of the property to detect unauthorized activity and respond accordingly.
Preferred skills/qualifications:

• Valid Ontario Security Guard licence (required)
• Valid First Aid & CPR certificate
• Covid-19 Vaccination Record (2 doses)
• Microsoft Office experience

Essential Job Functions:

• Be courteous and cooperative with a high quality of customer service.
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to interact effectively at various social levels and across diverse cultures.
• Able to maintain a professional composure when dealing with unusual circumstances and people under conditions of urgency and in pressure situations.
• Write clear, concise, and legible reports.
• Communicates any concerns/issues with Operations Manager.
• Extensive patrolling, such as walking up to 10km in a shift.
• Patrol assigned area on foot, as assigned, to ensure personal, building, and equipment security.

Requirements:

• Physical demands include excessive walking and climbing stairs, including walking up to 10km in a shift and standing.
• Working knowledge of the Trespass to Property Act.
• Able to maintain a professional composure when dealing with unusual circumstances and people under conditions of urgency and in pressure situations.
• Excellent communication skills with a focus on customer service along with good computer abilities are all core requirements.
• Superior written and verbal communication skills. Ability to write clear, concise, and legible reports.
• Demonstrated punctuality and reliability, tact and diplomacy.
• Patrol assigned area on foot, as assigned, to ensure personal, building, and equipment security.
• Watch for and report irregularities by completing investigations and incident reports, such as security breaches, facility and safety hazards, and emergency situations; contact emergency responders, such as police, fire, and/or ambulance personnel, as required.
• Sustain effective relationships with key stakeholders and provide specialized security services by enforcing rules and regulations when required.
• Offer support to any person in need such as providing good customer service when providing a security presence, such as providing direction, responding to emergency situation involving violent individuals and injuries.
• Perform miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

Highlights:

• Extensive Paid Industry Training
• Employer Paid Benefits
• Opportunities for Growth & Advancement

Paladin Security: Making the World a Safer and Friendlier Place! Do you have superior customer service skills and a passion for helping people? Are you able to think quickly on your feet and defuse difficult situations? Your track record of handling a great deal of responsibility combined with your varied life experience and enthusiasm for a job well done make you an ideal candidate for our team! The Paladin Difference starts with our officers; we're the best because we hire the best. We believe in promoting from within, respecting people and their differences, providing high quality service and always having fun! If you think you have what it takes to join our team, we want to meet you!

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those applicants that are short listed will be contacted for an interview.