Company Description
We’re Hiring: Mobile Patrol Officer
📍 Location: Exeter
💰 Pay: £12.60
📅 Hours:48 hours, Shift pattern is 4 on 4 off nights. 12 hour shifts.
- Must hold a valid SIA licence.
- Must have a full UK driving licence.
- Must have a 5-year work history with no gaps (or acceptable explanations).
- Must be able to pass a DBS check.
- Must live within 35 miles of Exeter.
- Must be open to overtime and holiday cover.
What We Offer
- Competitive pay rates.
- Flexible working patterns.
- Opportunities for overtime and career progression.
- Full training and support.
🎓 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!
Grade: Site Based
See a Different World. Where potential is seen and progress is nurtured.
As a Security Officer at Securitas, you’ll do more than protect what’s important—you’ll empower people to thrive. Your presence will make others feel safe, welcome, and supported.
Whether you’re patrolling key areas, managing gatehouse duties, or being the friendly face clients rely on, as a Security Officer you’ll be an essential part of something bigger. Working on behalf of one of the world’s leading aerospace and defence organizations, every shift is a new chance to learn, grow, and make a difference.
This isn’t just another job. It’s your opportunity to step into a role as a Security Officer where your potential is recognized, your contribution is valued, and your progress is supported every step of the way.
Job Description
Purpose
As a Mobile Security Officer, the role involves providing mobile security services and world-class client service across multiple sites within a designated area. Duties include:
- Performing tasks such as locks/unlocks, escort services, alarm responses, vacant property inspections, and patrols.
- Protecting clients’ people, property, and assets while upholding Securitas core values: Integrity, Vigilance, Helpfulness.
Responsibilities
- Mobile Security Services: Deliver a range of services (locks/unlocks, internal/external patrols, alarm responses, vacant property inspections, escort services).
- Professional Conduct: Maintain a polite, professional, and helpful attitude toward clients and colleagues.
- Team Direction: Follow instructions from Team Leaders and collaborate effectively.
- Uniform & Identification: Wear company uniform and display SIA licence and ID card.
- Vehicle Management: Complete vehicle handovers and checks at shift start/end.
- Safe Driving: Follow Highway Code, drive carefully, maintain company reputation.
- Key Management: Adhere to correct processes for handling keys.
- Assignment Completion: Follow site instructions and conduct risk assessments.
- Incident Escalation: Follow escalation processes for incidents, break-ins, health and safety issues, and traffic accidents.
- Reporting: Use GRS/SMP correctly, ensure accurate data capture with photos.
- Compliance: Follow SOP13 and SOP18, understand driver’s handbook and agreement.
- Flexibility: Be able to work across Branch Guarding districts and assist other branches.
- Asset Security: Secure company assets (including PDAs) and ensure functionality.
Competencies
- Interacting with Others: Ability to take directions, work well with people, and communicate effectively at all levels. Demonstrates appropriate standards of behavior and motivates others.
- Delivering Excellence: Adheres to principles and values, upholds ethics and integrity, maintains a smart appearance, and performs well under pressure.
- Meeting Client Expectations: Maintains quality and productivity, works systematically, achieves goals, analyzes information effectively, and reports accurately using tools.
Qualifications
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. Ideally, you’ll have:
- Full UK Driving Licence.
- Valid SIA Front Line Licence.
- Flexibility to work days, nights, and weekends.
- The right to work in the UK, with a 5-year checkable history.
- British nationality and UK residency for the past 5 years (due to site requirements).
- Strong communication skills in English—both written and spoken.
- Minimum of one year of mobile security experience preferred but not essential.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Good verbal and communication skills.
- Ability to remain calm under pressure.
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.
Additional Information
It’s great to see you’re considering a career with Securitas UK!
Join our global team of 366,000+ 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 (guaranteeing interviews for eligible candidates) and recognition as an inclusive employer. We support equality through Employee Networks, 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.
