Emergency Fire Crew

Would you like to help us make the world a safer place, people protecting people?

Here at Securitas we guard and protect a variety of clients across the globe, these range from banks, retail chains, and leisure venues through to corporate offices. Our employees play an integral role in making people feel safe. Securitas is encouraging and empowering diversity & inclusion in the workplace and has been recognised with both UK SuperBrand and UK Top Employer awards since 2019.

Securitas has the following interesting and unique roles available for Emergency Fire Crew (EFC).

How you will make an impact as an Emergency Fire Officer:

• Ensure competencies through continued professional development on an annual basis to remain deployable
• Have the ability to work at height within confined spaces including partial or total darkness, work outdoors
• Where applicable, wear breathing apparatus
• Wear and maintain personal protective equipment, taking note of any corrective actions in line with company policy
• Monitor Security and Fire related equipment, ensuring faults are reported correctly.
• Deal sensitively with people in difficult, trying and ambiguous situations
• To travel and be away from home for prolonged periods
• Whilst in times of ‘stand-down’ on operational assignment partake in scenario-based and continuation training.
• Be prepared to move and deploy at short notice any time day or night to a central ‘muster point’ in Central London
• Within a team and as an individual using common sense, initiative and to carry out duties that would normally be conducted by regular fire-fighters.
• Promoting a professional image of Securitas.

Essential Skills

What you will bring to be an Emergency Fire Officer:

• Provide the right to work in the UK and pass security clearance.
• Be able to work as an individual & as part of a team
• Must be physically fit and capable of taking part in rescue simulation and emergency procedures, wearing and using heavy equipment.
• Able to work at heights, in confined dark spaces.
• Clean-shaven due to being able to wear a face respirator when required
• An understanding of the need to portray a professional image at all times.
• Ability to deal with situations politely, tactfully & with discretion.
• Ability to retain & maintain a comprehensive & up-to-date knowledge of Security & Fire Safety systems & procedures
• Able to evidence basic computer skills & possess the ability to self-teach & learn how to operate software tools & databases.
• Ability to be adaptable & responsive to sudden changes in priorities, plans & schedules.

About Company

Securitas Benefits:

• Paid holiday, company pension and life assurance scheme
• Discounted gym membership
• Wellness advice and support
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Car lease and new car purchasing schemes
• Employee discounts and cashback savings across hundreds of your favourite high street brands, online shopping, holidays, and days out.
• City & Guilds accredited training program for professional and personal development
• Support to gain your SIA license

Our values are the foundation of our operations and the corporate culture is built on these values that help to shape a long-term, financially successful enterprise by creating value for customers, employees, and shareholders. They are summarized in three words: Integrity, Vigilance, and Helpfulness.

With our roots dating back to 1934, Securitas is one of the largest security service organizations in the world, we have around 150,000 clients, of which 150 are globally listed companies. We specialize in protecting corporate organizations, small to medium-sized businesses, and the public so a successful applicant will join an industry leader with over 370,000 employees, of which 9,500 are in the UK.

We are a company where you can develop your Security career, with access to training and the ability to gain professionally recognised qualifications so you can grow in confidence and take on more responsibility.

Leading the way for equality, we believe equality in the workplace has never been more relevant or important than it is today.

Equal opportunities, we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We're creating a culture where our people are empowered to be the best they can be at home and at work, and where equality is for everyone.

Diverse talents and skills, we believe diverse organisations perform better. So, we make great use of our people’s diverse talents and skills so that our clients and our local communities benefit too.

We believe in the power of a workplace that's truly inclusive. This is a Workplace where all LGBT employees are accepted without exception.

If you want to know more about why Securitas is the world’s leading security group, and our continuing work in the diversity & inclusion space, simply visit: www.securitas.uk.com/en-GB/

Join the Securitas Team today!

Essential Requirements

What you will bring to be an Emergency Fire Officer:

• Provide the right to work in the UK and pass security clearance.
• Be able to work as an individual & as part of a team
• Must be physically fit and capable of taking part in rescue simulation and emergency procedures, wearing and using heavy equipment.
• Able to work at heights, in confined dark spaces.
• Clean-shaven due to being able to wear a face respirator when required
• An understanding of the need to portray a professional image at all times.
• Ability to deal with situations politely, tactfully & with discretion.
• Ability to retain & maintain a comprehensive & up-to-date knowledge of Security & Fire Safety systems & procedures
• Able to evidence basic computer skills & possess the ability to self-teach & learn how to operate software tools & databases.
• Ability to be adaptable & responsive to sudden changes in priorities, plans & schedules.