Job Title : Security Monitor – Casual

Company Name: Amentum

Job Details:  Security Monitor – Casual | Amentum
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About the job
Security Monitor (SM) – Job Opportunity

We are seeking a dedicated Security Monitor (SM) to ensure the security and safety of restricted areas, including controlled and unclassified spaces, ancillary buildings, and personnel movements. As an SM, you will report directly to the Security Monitor Supervisor (SMS).

In this role, you will be responsible for providing continuous monitoring of uncleared personnel and visitors, ensuring compliance with the site’s security protocols and operational procedures (CONOPs). Your focus will be to safeguard sensitive information and infrastructure by restricting the movement of uncleared personnel to authorized areas and activities, in accordance with established security and safety guidelines.

Responsibilities/Duties:

Estimated Time Allocation – Essential Functions

Maintain Security Knowledge (20%)

Ensure a strong understanding of assigned SM Project CONOPs, Facility Regulations, emergency procedures, and all other site protocols. Communicate security processes effectively and professionally in all interactions with both site personnel and uncleared individuals. Control and Restrict Access (15%)

Maintain control over assigned uncleared personnel, ensuring they are restricted from accessing sensitive materials or unauthorized areas. Actively prevent theft or removal of facility items. Monitor Communications (15%)

Effectively communicate and manage radio communications on the site’s handheld radio system to support operational safety and security. Monitor for Unauthorized Items (15%)

Ensure uncleared personnel do not bring unauthorized electronic devices or prohibited items onto the facility. Emergency Protocols (10%)

Ensure all uncleared personnel are aware of and follow evacuation, lockdown, and security procedures. Maintain positive control during emergency situations. Incident Reporting (10%)

Accurately collect and process security incident reports, infraction reports, and self-reports related to events occurring on-site. Physical Demands (10%)

Perform job duties in various weather conditions, often requiring prolonged periods of standing, walking, sitting, and climbing stairs. Additional Support (10%)

Assist other operational areas such as custodial, food services, and trades as needed and directed by security management. Ensure compliance with health and safety practices on-site. Other Duties

Perform any other reasonable duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Minimum Essential:

Year 12 completion
Ability to drive a manual transmission vehicle

Experience and Skills:

At least 1 year of relevant work experience
Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Adherence to facility and safety procedures
Strong communication skills
Flexibility to adapt to change and contribute to continuous improvement
A positive attitude with a collaborative approach to achieving business outcomes
A customer-focused mindset
Demonstrated understanding and commitment to workplace diversity and equity principles

Work Environment, Physical and Mental Demands:

Ability to work in extreme weather conditions, ranging from near 0°C to over 40°C.
Regularly required to walk, sit, use hands for handling or feeling objects, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear.
Vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Exposure to moving mechanical parts, high precarious places, and outside weather conditions.
The noise level in the work environment is typically loud.

Pre-Employment Checks:

As part of Amentum’s commitment to maintaining a secure and safe work environment, applicants for positions must undergo comprehensive pre-employment checks. These checks include:

Referee Checks: Verification of professional references to assess suitability for the role.
Criminal History Checks: Ensuring candidates meet the security standards required for the position.
Pre-Employment Medical Assessment: Evaluation to confirm the physical fitness of candidates for the demands of the role.
Drug and Alcohol Test: Screening to uphold Amentum’s zero-tolerance policy on substance abuse.

Australian Citizens: Must be Australian citizens.

These requirements are essential because successful candidates will need to obtain a security clearance as part of their employment at Amentum.

For further information or to apply, contact Jess Baney on 0429 616 249 [email protected]

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran’s status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language at EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans and Labor Laws Posters. |

Country: Australia