Workington Port Security Officer

Port of Workington

Address: Port of Workington,Cumberland Council,Harbour Office,Prince of Wales Dock,Workington,Cumbria,CA14 2JH

Pay Rate: £12.71

Number of Officers  Required: x1 Day Officer & x1 Night Officer

Experience Required: At least 1 years

Job Description: Days/ Nights – 24Hr Site

Shift Pattern to be confirmed 

Gatehouse Manning

The Contractor shall provide continuous manning of the port gatehouse on a 24/7 basis, including weekends, public holidays and emergency situations.

Duties shall include:

• Control of all vehicular and pedestrian access and egress.
• Verification of identification and authority to enter the site.
• Checking and recording visitor details.
• Monitoring contractor arrivals and departures.
• Maintaining gatehouse occurrence logs.
• Responding to alarms and incidents.
• Radio communications with port personnel and emergency services where required.
• Initial response to security breaches and suspicious activities.
• Monitoring compliance with port access procedures.
• Security personnel shall conduct security searches of persons, vehicles, baggage and stores when directed by the PFSP, PFSO or prevailing security level.
• Real-time monitoring of security cameras.
• Identification and reporting of suspicious behaviour.
• Incident detection and escalation.
• Reporting equipment faults or failures.

The Contractor shall maintain a documented CCTV monitoring procedure and incident reporting process.

• Access Control

The Contractor shall operate and manage all site access control procedures.

Responsibilities include:

• Verification of employee, contractor and visitor credentials.
• Operation of access control systems.
• Issuing temporary access permissions.
• Maintaining electronic and manual access records.
• Preventing unauthorised entry.

Visitor Management

The Contractor shall administer the visitor management process including:

• Visitor registration and sign-in procedures.
• Verification of visitor identity.
• Contacting hosts for visitor authorisation.
• Issuing visitor passes.
• Recovering visitor passes upon departure.
• Maintaining visitor records and audit trails.
• Incident Response

The Contractor shall:

• Respond immediately to security incidents.
• Investigate suspicious activity.
• Provide initial incident containment.
• Assist emergency services.
• Preserve evidence where required.
• Produce written incident reports within 24 hours.

Mandatory

• Valid SIA Security Guard Licence or SIA Door Supervisor Licence.
• Right to work in the United Kingdom.
• Good written and spoken English.
• Competency in report writing.
• Basic IT skills for operation of access control and CCTV systems.

Desirable

• CCTV Public Space Surveillance (PSS) Licence.
• First Aid at Work Certificate.
• Fire Marshal Training.
• Maritime or port security experience.
• Conflict Management Training.
• Emergency Response Training.