Security Officer

Better places, thriving communities.

• Valid SIA Licence
• Minimum 5 years' continuous UK and/or Northern Ireland residency to satisfy security clearance requirements
• Excellent communication and customer service skills
• Professional and reliable approach to work
• Ability to work flexible shifts, including days, nights and weekends
• Previous experience within the security industry
• Experience working within high-security or government environments

Why Join Mitie?

Mitie Security is recruiting an SC Cleared/Eligible Security Officer to support a prestigious Government high-security contract. This is an excellent opportunity to join a market-leading security provider, gain experience within secure environments, receive ongoing professional development, and build a long-term career with opportunities for progression into supervisory and management roles.

Essential Criteria

• Valid SIA Licence
• Minimum 5 years' continuous UK and/or Northern Ireland residency to satisfy security clearance requirements
• Excellent communication and customer service skills
• Professional and reliable approach to workAbility to work flexible shifts, including days, nights and weekends

Desirable Criteria

• Previous experience within the security industry
• Experience working within high-security or government environments

Why Join Mitie?

• Free SIA Licence Renewal for eligible employees, helping you maintain your professional qualifications
• Funded Training & Development, including mandatory, site-specific and career development training
• Life Assurance Cover, providing financial protection and peace of mind for you and your family
• Career Progression Opportunities with one of the UK's leading security providers. Many of our Supervisors, Operations Managers and Account Managers started as Security Officers
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) offering free and confidential support for health, wellbeing and financial matters
• Company Pension Scheme
• Retail, Travel and Lifestyle Discounts through Mitie's employee benefits platform
• Full Uniform and Equipment Provided
• Recognition and Reward Programmes to recognise outstanding performance
• Opportunity to Obtain and Maintain Security Clearance, enhancing your future career prospects
• Varied Working Environment, supporting multiple sites and building a broad range of security skills
• Join a Stable and Growing Organisation employing thousands of colleagues across the UK and Ireland

At Mitie, we believe our people are our greatest asset. We invest in our colleagues through funded training, professional development opportunities, free SIA licence renewal, wellbeing support and genuine career progression. Whether you're an experienced Security Officer or looking to develop your career further, you'll be joining a team that values professionalism, recognises achievement and supports long-term career growth.

Enhanced Security Environment – Work on some of Northern Ireland's most prestigious government and critical infrastructure contracts, providing a level of experience that is highly regarded across the security industry.

Existing Mitie colleagues

• Please ensure that you discuss your application with your current line manager before formally applying.
• Internal job moves are subject to the standard terms for the post being advertised. Enhanced terms cannot be honoured.

Our market-leading flexible benefits scheme provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible benefits platform, Choices. This gives you the chance to customise your benefits to best suit your lifestyle. You can choose from dental insurance, dining cards, coffee clubs, buying technology products at an affordable cost and much more!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme.

Life cover is the greater of your equivalent annual salary or a minimum of £10,000 - giving peace of mind for your dependants. We also offer a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing at .

Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.

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