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 range of benefits including brand discounts and 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. You’ll protect people, property, and critical information, and deliver an excellent experience to everyone who passes through the gate. You’ll control access points, verify credentials, conduct patrols, and manage vehicle and personnel searches, combining vigilance with professionalism.
This role provides a pathway to growth, developing skills in risk management, incident response, and high‑security operations while working as part of a team that values integrity, attention to detail, and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
- Provide an effective security presence and proactive response service.
- Respond to 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 by the management team.
What We’re Looking For
We’re looking for someone who values teamwork, shows initiative, and wants to grow. Ideally, you’ll have:
- Valid SIA Licence.
- Eligibility to work in the UK and a 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 achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) and Security Check (SC) clearance.
Diversity & Inclusion – Be Yourself
We are an inclusive employer, proud of Level 2 Disability Confident status. We always try our hardest to guarantee interviews for eligible candidates who disclose a disability to the Talent Team upon application. We celebrate diversity through our Employee Networks, the Race at Work Charter, and the Armed Forces Covenant, as well as events such as BSL Week, International Women’s Day, PRIDE, and Black History Month.
Your Benefits
- STRIVE – Securitas Perks gives you access to a range of discounts on a variety of retailers, services, and everyday spending.
- Dental Plans – provides cash back towards everyday dental costs such as examinations, X‑rays, and treatment.
- HSF Health Plan – offers cash plans at highly discounted rates.
- Cycle to Work – cost‑effective way of getting a brand new bike or cycling equipment.
- Specsavers – savings on eye tests and spectacles.
- WeCare – 24/7 online GP, mental health support, get fit programme and more.
- Toothfairy – online access to advice and guidance from UK dentists.
- Pension Plan – plan for your financial future with employer contribution and tax relief.
- Payroll ISA – ISA savings account for long‑term goals.
- Free Mortgage Advice.
- Go & Live – Financial Wellbeing Hub.
- Death in Service Benefit – permanent employees covered for Life Assurance.
See a different world.
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