Securitas UK
Gatehouse Security Officer
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We’re Hiring: Gatehouse Security Officer!
📍 Location: Filton, BS34
💰 Pay: £13.67 per hour
📅 Hours: Monday to Friday, rotating early and late shifts - 42 hours per week
🎓 From day one, you’ll gain access to outstanding Learning and Development opportunities, Mentorship, and a whole load of benefits from big brand discounts to give back schemes!
Grade: Site Based
See a Different World. Where potential is seen and progress is nurtured.
As a Gatehouse Security Officer, you’ll be the face and the force behind safety in a highly sensitive aerospace and defence environment. This is your chance to make a meaningful impact every day—protecting people, property, and critical information while delivering a first-class experience to everyone who passes through the gate.
As a Gatehouse Security Officer, you are the first line of defence and the first impression of the site. From controlling access points and verifying credentials to conducting patrols and managing vehicle and personnel searches, you’ll combine vigilance with professionalism in every interaction. Your presence will be reassuring, your judgement trusted, and your role essential.
This isn’t just a job—it’s a pathway to growth. As a Gatehouse Security Officer, you’ll develop your skills in risk management, incident response, and high-security operations, all while working as part of a team that values integrity, attention to detail, and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
Job Description
You’ll play a vital part in keeping people, property, and information safe. That includes:
- Provide an effective security presence and proactive response service.
- Respond and deal with all site risk events in a timely manner.
- Carry out fire prevention duties, fire alarm and sprinkler activation.
- Perform gate duties, ensuring no unauthorised persons or vehicles enter the site, inspect site pass credentials, pass key issue, vehicle and personal searches.
- Ensure that activities are correctly recorded, reported and documented as high quality reports (verbal and/or written).
- Undertake any other duties as determined the management team.
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Please note - The responsibilities listed here aren’t the full picture—but they give you a good sense of the role. If you meet the minimum requirements and believe you’ve got what it takes to succeed, we’d love to hear from you.
Qualifications
What we’re looking for:
We’re looking for someone who sees a different world—someone who values teamwork, shows initiative, and wants to grow. Ideally, you’ll have:
- Valid SIA Licence
- Eligibility to work in the UK and 5-year checkable history
- Fit and alert – able to patrol large perimeters and work outdoors
- Self-motivated, proactive, and detail-oriented
- Embody our core values: Integrity, Vigilance, and Helpfulness
Due to the nature of this opportunity, candidates must be able to achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) and Security Check (SC) Clearance
Additional Information
It’s great to see you’re considering a career with Securitas UK!
Joining Securitas means joining a global team of 336,000+ colleagues and help make the world a safer place each and every day.
Here, we live by our values of Integrity, Vigilance and Helpfulness, and our centre our employee experience around a promise, a people promise of:
- Opportunity – We see potential in every person and situation
- People – We open our eyes to all that’s good
- Purpose – We make your world a safer place
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So What You Can Expect
Our Talent Team reviews every application carefully. We know applying can feel daunting, but we’re here to support you—just email us if you need help. No matter the outcomes, you will always receive communication from us.
See an inclusive world
Inclusion isn’t a tick-box for us – it’s how we work. We know our strength comes from different perspectives, in every role and every team. We’re proud to be a Level 2 Disability Confident employer. If you tell us you have a disability when you apply, and you meet the minimum requirements for the role, our Talent Team will guarantee you an interview.
Through our Employee Networks, the Race at Work Charter, the Armed Forces Covenant and more, our people drive real change. We celebrate diversity all year round with moments like BSL Week, International Women’s Day, PRIDE and Black History Month – because seeing an inclusive world starts with how we show up every day.
See a rewarding world
We understand the importance of reward and recognition when it comes to our peoples work. From day one you're able to:
- Save More: Exclusive employee big brand discounts through STRIVE, Cycle to Work savings, Specsavers offers and free mortgage advice.
- Look After Your Health: Healthcare cash plans, dental cover plans, 24/7 GP access, mental wellbeing support and online dental advice.
- Plan for Your Future: Pension scheme, Payroll ISA and financial wellbeing resources to help you achieve your goals.
- Peace of Mind: Life assurance and support for you and your family when it matters most.
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