Position
Manager, Security Services
Reports to:
Director, Facilities & Property Management Division, Corporate Services Department
Direct reports:
- Manager, Security & Risk
- Supervisor, Security Operations
- Supervisor, Transit Enforcement
Mission
We are a dynamic team of security professionals committed to protecting staff, customers and assets. We provide collaborative and proactive risk-based security services to support the delivery of safe and reliable City services.
Candidate Profile
Qualifications
- University degree in business administration or equivalent.
- Extensive experience working with provincial policies and processes.
- Demonstrated strong leadership, organizational and planning skills, analytical and decision making skills, to meet short and long term objectives.
- Extensive security experience; working knowledge of the Criminal Code of Canada, Trespass to Property Act and Public Works Protection Act Environmental and Occupational, Safety, Health & Risk Management policies and procedures.
- Knowledgeable in the areas of police practices, methods and enforcement strategies.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written, oral and listening).
- Ability to work independently and as a member of the team environment displaying initiative, responsibility, efficiency and enthusiasm to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a variety of individuals.
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office (MS Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
Responsibilities
Reporting to the Director, Facilities & Property Management, the successful candidate will manage and administer the security operations for the City of Mississauga.
- Provides leadership and direction to a professional team in Security Operations, Transit Enforcement and Security & Risk Management including: assignment, review and evaluation of work performance; hire, train and provide guidance and interpretation of corporate policies and procedures; address complaints/disputes and resolve problems.
- Develop and deliver risk driven prevention, detection and response programs that will ensure all City staff, customers and assets are protected and that City services remain safe and reliable.
- Lead the incident response to highly complex security incidents which affect staff, customers, assets or facilities, in order to limit loss and mitigate risk.
- The successful candidate will be responsible for the development and measurement of departmental goals, and departmental engagement.
- Proactively develop, maintain and manage critical relationships with various internal contacts and departments, in addition to various external stakeholders including the public, vendors/suppliers, law enforcement community, service providers and regulatory and government bodies in order to ensure compliance issues are understood and issues of concern are clarified and corrected.
- Develop schedules and deadlines in response to department priorities and manage/lead projects within the department.
- Participate significantly within large, cross-functional projects and as a member of the F&PM Management Team.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Contact Us
For inquiries about this position and to apply please contact:
Lisa Armstrong, Director, Recruitment at lisa.armstrong@summitsearchgroup.com
p: (905) 257-9300 Ext. 224
click here to view the Manager, Security Services job posting on the Summit Search Group website.
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Strategic Plan
Our new Vision Statement is supported by five Strategic Pillars for Change.
Each of these Pillars has its own unique direction statement and principle,
along with specific strategic goals to ensure that this vision is achieved.
Learn about the progress we've achieved to date by clicking on each of the icons below.
