Flex Officer - Aviation Security

Flex Officer – Aviation Security Company

Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport- Fort Lauderdale, FL

Global Elite Group- Providing world-class aviation security through innovation and people committed to excellence.

Our unarmed security officers are in the forefront of homeland security, safeguarding infrastructure and ensuring seamless and secure operations in many of the largest and busiest airports in the country.

Global is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

Benefits

• Pay Rate: $21.45 per hour
• Paid training- participate in a world class internationally recognized training program in a federally regulated industry
• Employee engagement, and opportunities for advancement
• 401k
• Tenure and Performance Recognition Program

Essential Functions (including but not limited to): Security personnel are trained for several different posts including those detailed below. Working in conjunction with the airport and government agencies, the main priority of each position is to ensure that we maintain compliance with local and federal regulations in respect to each of the following:

• Reporting actual or potential breach of Airport Security
• Maintain all communication protocols in a professional and efficient manner
• Alarm and emergency response including communicating with necessary airport community stakeholders and first responders to ensure timely response to all reported incidents
• Maintaining access control to secured areas within the airport
• Verify personal identification and access badge of person/people requesting entrance to secured areas
• Vehicle inspection and access control in designated areas
• Patrolling airside and landside areas of the airport; including parking lots, aviation department offices, construction sites, and providing traffic management in designated areas
• Providing crowd control and interacting with traveling public in a professional and courteous manner
• Prepare written reports and records of all events, i.e., discrepancies, security incidents or breaches.

Qualifications/Requirements:

This position requires you to obtain a Security Threat Assessment as administered by the Transportation Security Administration, and Global Elite Group requires an extensive background check to be cleared to work on our security team which includes 10-year verifiable background check, including criminal, employment, education, and personal references.

Additional requirements

• Must be at least 21 years old (eligibility to drive company vehicles)
• At least three (3) years of security experience at an airport or government facility
• HS Diploma or equivalent
• Must have and maintain a valid State of Florida Driver’s license with a clean driving record
• Must be able to identify and manipulate power switches on inspection equipment, distinguish all colors displayed on such equipment, and explain what each color signifies
• Must be able to hear and respond to audible alarms
• Must be physically capable of performing the inspections required by the contract, good dexterity and hand eye coordination is required, physical ability to handle and manipulate baggage and containers; physically capable of performing a pat-down or hand-held metal detector inspection of individuals and reaching all parts of the individual’s body with one hand
• Proficient in the use of radio and telephone communications equipment and procedures
• Must meet local and state requirements to work as a security officer
• Upon hire, must provide proof of legal right to work in the United States
• Ability to effectively speak, write, and understand the English language
• Must be able to pass all initial and recurrent training classes and exams as administered by Global Security and the client
• Must have access to reliable transportation