Security Manager

Balfour Beatty are currently looking for a Security Manager to join our Regional team based near Cambridge

Within this role you'll be a major contributor to our nationally important, multi-year defence infrastructure programme.

By joining our well-established teams to deliver a strong future pipeline of large-scale, complex Defence construction and building services projects, you’ll work with true experts who’ll share their knowledge, provide support and challenge so you never stop learning.

As a Security Manager you'll:

• Be the single point of responsibility for security management protocols and processes, office and site based on a secure project.
• Principle point of contact for security liaison;
• Management of the security vetting processes for Balfour Beatty staff and the supply chain.
• Ensure compliance with customer security operational requirements and support the project team to manage the programme of works within those requirements.
• Manage physical and remote project access to ensure sufficiently security cleared resource.
• Identify solutions to strengthen security process and supports requests for derogations and improvement of timesacles.
• Regular security audits and briefings, both physical and personal, production of reports and recommendations for improvement.
• Management of drug and alcohol testing programme inconjunction with our Health & Safety Team.
• Management of the security team and liaison between internal partners such as logistics, production and commercial and externally with client stakeholders.
• Enforce security policies
• Create and manage the Security Management Plan
• Responsible for helping to build an effective team with an embedded security culture
• Support the delivery of the product and promote zero harm
• Regular communication with law enforcement

You'll need the following:

• Possess a current government security clearance level or able to obtain security clearance
• Hold a current driving license
• Able to supervise and develop direct reports, prioritising and delegating appropriately and effectively.
• Maintain a robust security culture across all levels of personnel.
• A good understanding of GDPR principals, GSC, and application to data sensitivity.

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.

In UK Construction Services, our aim is to be the partner of choice; the go-to in our sector, trusted to deliver for our customers. We work across a huge and exciting range of sectors, including aviation, building, civils, defence and energy.

From ground investigations and flood defence to complex roads and bridges; primary schools to world class universities; ground-breaking hospitals to city centre living; the depth of our experience and quality of our projects is something we are proud of.

At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Further information on Disability Confident can be found at: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/