What are the responsibilities and job description for the Security Officer Lead position at Hilmar Cheese Company?
At Hilmar Cheese Company we improve lives around the world through wholesome dairy products. Since our founding in 1984, Hilmar Cheese Company has been committed to innovation and sustainability. Our state-of-the art production facilities convert an abundance of locally sourced high-quality milk into a variety of nutritious cheeses, whey protein and lactose. The Cheese and Ingredients that we produce create a wide variety of retail and food service products from sliced and shredded cheeses, to protein supplements and infant formula. We are a trusted partner to premier food and beverage brands in more than fifty countries helping bring their vision into reality.
Throughout our decades of success and growth we have remained committed to our mission and values and these principles unite our people and guide all that we do.
A Typical Day
The Lead Security Officer, in the absence of the Security Manager, Assistant Manager and Security Supervisors, has command over all officers assigned to the shift. Responsible for the protection of all company assets, including, but not limited to: Physical protection for all facilities, property, and other resources, resulting in a safe and secure environment.
Job Responsibilities
- Responsible for all security functions to be carried out during shift.
- Ensure general orders, policies, rules and regulations are complied with and familiar to ALL personnel under command.
- Considered the liaison between the Security Staff and the management staff of Hilmar Cheese Company when a supervisor is not present
- Notifies supervisor in writing whenever an incident occurs
- Secure all gates
- Checking all incoming and outgoing vehicles for proper authority to enter or exit
- Ensure all personnel entering the facility have proper authority
- Secure and monitor entire facility 24/7 in accordance with corporate and security guidelines, policies and procedures
- Responsible for the training of newly hired security officers.
- Active participation and ownership in your training and development program and associated activities, classes and events, which will be held before, during, after shifts and during scheduled days off.
- Help coach and train teammates and participate in on the job, buddy training.
- Place high priority on food safety and sanitation by understanding and executing HCC’s food safety and sanitation policies and procedures. This includes communicating any food safety incident, observation, or opportunity to your leadership team or teammates as well as participating in food safety and sanitation root cause analysis and improvement activities when required.
- Prioritize safety above all other job duties by having a safety first approach at all times. This includes reporting any safety issues, observations, opportunities to your teams and follow up.
What You Will Need
- English skills must be proficient to understand, read, write and speak English.
- High School diploma or GED from an accredited institution.
- 2 years of experience in law enforcement and/or corporate security
- Possession of a valid State of California guard card. (if employed in CA) or a valid non-commissioned security license (if employed in TX) within 60 days of hire.
- Experience working with Microsoft Office Software such as Word, Excel and Outlook
- Must be able to work weekends, holidays and rotating shifts. (day/swing/graveyard)
- Ability to lift up to 50lbs.
What Will Put You Ahead
- Some college units or degree.
- 1 year SAP experience.
- 2 years of dairy manufacturing experience.
Physical Demands & Work Environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to:
- Stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and talk or hear.
- Stand and walk almost the entire workday.
- Employees must be physically capable of working in any of the job tasks within their respective areas.
- Required to work at heights and in fairly small areas.
- Pushing, pulling, reaching, bending, stooping, squatting, kneeling, handling and grasping, twisting/turning, repetitive bending.
Food safety is a companywide responsibility and each employee must know their role in the manufacture and distribution of safe, wholesome, and high quality products.
This description is a general statement and does not include other duties as assigned
Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer/EEO. We participate in E-Verify.
