Lead Security Officer

We’re Hiring: Lead Security Officer

📍 Location: Romsey, UK

💰 Pay: £15.65 per hour

📅 Hours: 42 hours, 4 on 4 off

🎓 From day one, you’ll gain access to outstanding Learning and Development opportunities, Mentorship, and a whole load of benefits from big brand discounts to give back schemes!

• Experienced in front-of-house operations, ensuring a positive and professional visitor experience
• Over 3–5 years’ professional security experience
• Proven background in corporate security environments
• Valid SIA Licence

The Lead Security Officer is responsible for managing security personnel and overseeing daily operational security tasks. Acting as a central point of contact, the Lead Security Officer coordinates service delivery, incident reporting, and performance monitoring to ensure consistently high standards of safety and service. In this position, the Lead Security Officer upholds Securitas values—Integrity, Vigilance, and Helpfulness—while maintaining strong and effective client relationships.

Responsibilities

You’ll play a vital part in keeping people, property, and information safe. 

In this role, you will ensure security staff are fully trained, licensed, and compliant, while overseeing accurate reporting, incident management, and investigations. You will monitor staff performance and wellbeing, provide motivational supervision and supporting recruitment, onboarding, recognition, and performance management. The role also involves maintaining compliance with company and client policies, assisting the Contract Management Team with improvements, and managing security equipment such as keys, radios, and control systems. You will carry out regular site checks, inspections, and patrols, maintain strong communication with management, clients, and the security team, and promote a safe, secure working environment aligned with company values.

This role requires strong leadership, effective self‑management and decision making, and clear communication with stakeholders. You must demonstrate solid business and commercial awareness, a commitment to operational excellence, and strong customer and sales awareness to support client relationships. Success in this role also relies on effective relationship building and consistently taking ownership, delivering results, acting respectfully, empowering others, leading by example, and driving innovation.

Please note - The responsibilities listed here aren’t the full picture—but they give you a good sense of the role. If you meet the minimum requirements and believe you’ve got what it takes to succeed, we’d love to hear from you.

What we’re looking for:

We’re looking for someone who sees a different world—someone who values teamwork, shows initiative, and wants to grow.

• Over 3–5 years’ professional security experience
• Valid SIA Licence
• Strong communication skills and professional conduct, IT competence (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Relevant security experience with leadership skills, Customer Service training.
• Ability to handle confidential matters and adapt to changing priorities.
• Right to work in the UK, ability to provide a full 5‑year employment/education history.
• Health & Safety knowledge, First Aid certification.
• Highly computer literate, including the use of access control and security software
• Customer service–driven with excellent verbal and interpersonal communication skills

Why Join Securitas?

We have a promise to our people, a ‘People Promise’ where opportunity, people and purpose play a vital role in our day to day!

Opportunity: We see potential in every person and situation.

People: We open our eyes to all that’s good.

Purpose: We make your world a safer place.

We believe in your future, not just your past. At Securitas, you’ll find a career built on trust, respect, and progress.

It’s great to see you’re considering a career with Securitas UK!

Join our global team of 336,000+ colleagues and help make the world a safer place.

At Securitas, we live by our values of Integrity, Vigilance and Helpfulness, and our People Promise:

• Opportunity – We see potential in every person and situation
• People – We open our eyes to all that’s good
• Purpose – We make your world a safer place

What You Can Expect

Our Recruitment Team reviews every application carefully. Applying can feel daunting, but we’re here to support you—just email us if you need help.

Diversity & Inclusion – Be Yourself

We are an inclusive employer, proud of our Level 2 Disability Confident status (we will always try our hardest to guarantee interviews for eligible candidates, should you meet the roles minimum requirements, having disclosed a disability to our Talent Team upon application). We support equality through Employee Networks - Our real change makers of the business.. YOU, the Race at Work Charter, and the Armed Forces Covenant. We also celebrate diversity with events like BSL Week, International Women’s Day, PRIDE and Black History Month.

Your Benefits

• STRIVE– Securitas Perks gives you access to a great range of discounts on a variety of retailers, services and everyday spending to suit your shopping habits.
• Dental Plans - A range of plans providing support, providing cash back towards everyday dental costs, such as dental examinations, X-rays, and treatment
• HSF Health Plan - Range of healthcare cash plans at highly discounted rates, providing families with peace of mind by getting cash back on everyday medical costs, such as dental check-ups, contact lenses and acupuncture, and by covering unexpected costs.
• Cycle to Work – A super cost-effective way of getting a brand new bike, cycling equipment or both. Save up to 42% of the usual cost and spread the cost over several months from your salary.
• Specsavers – Save money on eye tests and when purchasing spectacles.
• WeCare – A 24/7 online GP, mental health support service, get fit programme and more.
• Toothfairy – Online access to advice and guidance, from real UK Dentists.
• Pension Plan – Plan for your financial future by building up a benefit in the Securitas Pension Plan, with the benefit of employer contribution plus tax relief on your contributions.
• Payroll ISA – An ISA savings account is a great way to meet your longer term personal financial goals.
• Free Mortgage Advice
• Go & Live – Financial Wellbeing Hub
• Death in Service Benefit - Permanent employees are automatically covered for Life Assurance, which would provide a lump sum benefit to your beneficiaries in the unfortunate event of death in service whilst employed by Securitas

Take the Next Step

Join a team that values you. Click ‘I’m Interested’ and start your career with Securitas UK today.

See a different world.