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Security Officer

Part-time permanent position (24 hours per week)

Plymouth, Cattedown Wharves.

The Role

Providing first line security to the Port/Tanker berth outside working hours to Cattedown Wharves Limited (Part of the James Fisher Group).

This role covers dayshift 6am – 6pm, Saturday, Sunday and all Bank Holidays (including Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day).

The role will provide a physical presence to help deter intruders entering the company premises.

To liaise with Pilots/Agents to coordinate mooring and let go crews for shipping to the wharf.

Key Duties And Responsibilities

• Hand-over between oncoming/outgoing duty person and update any information and any messages or instructions.
• Check log sheets for people still on site.
• Check shipping book for vessels alongside.
• Ask for shipping movements and check board.
• After all staff have left, divert the telephone, go on walkabout, check that all doors are locked/closed, and store lights are off also, that the gates and fuel tanks are padlocked.
• To ensure that all office lights are switched off and all windows and doors in the office are locked and also the gates as required.
• Never leave the security office area unless all gates and doors are locked.
• Perform regular walk arounds/inspections. Vary times but no more than 2 hours between each inspection.
• Answer telephone after the quay operatives cease work.
• Monitor emails and update shipping board accordingly.
• Always carry a mobile phone when away from the main gate.
• Pass on shipping information as required to agents/staff.
• Moor and let-go vessels as required or instructed.
• Always book in personnel and vehicles on and off the wharf areas, record on log sheets.
• Conduct searching of crew and/or visitors for vessels performing international voyages using the correct DfT search forms as the role is responsible for the accurate record keeping of these searches.
• Always check TV monitors regularly – report any incidents.
• At appropriate required times unlock doors and gates.
• Always monitor movement of personnel, record on log sheets.
• Make sure that the shipping vessel book and security book is in the Wharf Managers office at the end of your shift.
• Check lifesaving equipment and fire extinguishers as per the log sheet brought down once a month by the Compliance Manager and return completed log sheet to the compliance office.
• Liaise with IFL security personnel on any issue reported concerning the workshop.
• Complete the security logbook to include any issues or defects noticed.
• Check the perimeter fencing and log in the logbook, noting any concerns.
• Keep working areas clean and tidy.