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Job Description
Established in 1990 by law enforcement professionals Amy and Michael S. Walden, CPP, Walden Security is a privately-held, family-owned and operated company, and has grown to become one of the largest and most respected security services firms in the United States. Headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee with over 8,500 employees, Walden Security provides integrated contract security services through physical and virtual guarding to commercial and government clients in all 50 states as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, The U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and The Northern Mariana Islands. Walden Security is also the nation's largest WBENC-Certified Women's Business Enterprise specializing in security services, one of the nation's only security firms with an ISO® 9001:2015 Certified Quality Management System and is a Top 125 Training Apex Award recipient for the last five consecutive years.
We're a family-owned and operated business, and that's how we treat our employees: like family — because we know that by taking care of our people, they, in turn, will take better care of our clients.
Right now, we're seeking inspired, motivated, and customer service-oriented people to add to our team. Walden Security welcomes a diversity of professional backgrounds, and we'll make sure you have the support and training you need to be successful.
We offer every employee — from executive managers to administrative support to security professionals — unique and generous benefits, as well as opportunities for career growth.
Our Security Officers guard industrial or commercial property against fire, theft, vandalism, and illegal entry by performing the following duties:
- Follows all assigned post orders, both general and specific.
- Apply the use of force rules based on the situation. Employs graduated use of force to ensure that only that force which is necessary to subdue or detain is used.
- Patrols periodically, buildings and grounds of industrial plant or commercial establishment, docks, logging camp area, or work site.
- Patrols lobbies, corridors, and public rooms, confers with management, interviews guests and employees, and interrogates persons to detect infringements and investigate disturbances, complaints, thefts, vandalism, and accidents.
- Patrols public areas to detect fires, unsafe conditions, and missing or inoperative safety equipment.
- Examines doors, windows, and gates to determine that they are secure.
- Performs and sets thermostatic controls to maintain specified temperature in buildings or cold storage rooms.
- Inspects equipment and machinery to ascertain if tampering has occurred.
- Inspects assigned areas and records data such as property damage, unusual occurrences, and malfunctioning of machinery or equipment, for use of supervisory staff.
- Watches for and reports irregularities such as fire hazards, leaking water pipes, and security doors left unlocked.
- Warns violators of rule infractions, such as loitering, smoking, or carrying forbidden articles, and apprehends or expels persons engaging in suspicious or criminal acts.
- Notifies staff of the presence of persons with questionable reputations.
- Permits authorized persons and regulate vehicle/pedestrian traffic at plant entrance to maintain orderly flow.
- Drives radio-equipped vehicles through the client's establishment, checks alarm, and locates sources of alarm.
- Sounds alarm or calls police or fire department by telephone in case of fire or presence of unauthorized persons.
- Assists management and enforcement officers in emergency situations.
- Contacts supervisor by radio or telephone to report irregularities and obtain further instructions.
- Writes investigation and automobile usage reports.
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We offer every employee — from executive managers to administrative support to security professionals — unique and generous benefits, as well as opportunities for career growth.
So if you're ready to embark on a meaningful career with one of the nation's most dynamic and fastest growing security companies, apply with Walden Security today.