Guard II - Albuquerque, NM

Military Spouse Corporate Career Network•Albuquerque, NM

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is for a Guard II to work in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The role involves managing and supervising site activities, ensuring contractual obligations are met, and maintaining a safe and efficient work environment. The Guard II will be responsible for administrative, maintenance, logistics, quality, financial, and safety operations at the site. This includes developing and implementing work plans, inspecting technical performance, responding to customer directions, and managing financial matters to achieve budget goals. The role requires developing positive customer relationships, serving as the primary interface with government authorities, and conducting management meetings to ensure performance expectations are met. Additionally, the Guard II will oversee operational matters, interface with leadership and other divisions as needed, and focus on employee morale and welfare. The position also involves participating in interviews, recommending personnel actions, ensuring training requirements are met, identifying cost-saving initiatives, and complying with the Hazardous Waste Program. The Guard II will answer telephone calls, greet customers, respond to security emails, take messages, and route calls. They will inventory and account for all badges, notify leads of missing badges, and possess general knowledge of Microsoft Office programs and databases. The role involves processing visitors, verifying identification and clearance status, issuing badges, and maintaining accurate records and logs. The Guard II will compose, edit, and prepare security-related documents, validate requests in DISS, and issue appropriate badges based on clearance levels. Confidentiality of official business is paramount. Weekly reports and metrics will be provided to the PM/COR. Access control personnel may also provide escort duties. Compliance with safety rules and regulations is mandatory. Other duties as assigned by Akima Leadership.

Requirements

High School diploma or equivalent required.
Must have a Secret Clearance
Must have a valid driver's license.
One year of general work experience dealing with the public.
Possesses a general knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook) programs and databases in order to perform the varied administration duties required by the Security Division.

Nice To Haves

Must be able to stand and walk for extended periods of time.
Must be able to function in all types of weather environments.
Must be able to take general directions, both oral and written.

Responsibilities

Manages all site activities.
Manages the execution of site operations to ensure that projects are completed in a safe and timely manner.
Responsible for the control and conduct of all administrative, maintenance, logistics, quality, financial and safety operations at the site and is to ensure all contractual requirements are met or exceeded while meeting or exceeding budget goals.
Meets regularly with Senior Leadership to discuss operations and ensure that the program is on track in all respects.
Must be customer oriented.
Shall act as overall manager and administrator for contract effort at his/her site.
Responsible for all financial matters within the site to include establishing financial controls to achieve budget goals.
Develops positive customer relationships with the COR and local Air Force representatives.
Shall be the primary interface and point of contact with local government authorities and representatives on program/project and contract issue.
Conduct management meetings as necessary to ensure site is performing to customer and company expectations.
Develops local management procedures and controls.
Develop and assist in the development of policy and procedures to establish safe work practices and conditions.
Participate in monthly Safety Review.
Oversee all operational matters as they pertain to meeting successful contractual obligations.
Interface with Leadership along with other Akima divisions as necessary to resolve issues beyond local capability.
Devote personal attention to the morale and welfare of all employees and is responsible for providing a safe and healthy work environment.
Attend meetings as requested by the customer.
Ensures adherence to established standards of individual performance and discipline.
Participate in the interviews of prospective employees and assist in the selection of new employees.
Recommend and initiate personnel actions such as promotions, transfers, and appropriate disciplinary action.
Takes the actions necessary to ensure that all personnel training, certification, and re-certification requirements are met.
Identifies, studies, and implements cost saving initiatives where applicable.
Comply with Hazardous Waste Program.
Answers telephone calls, greets customers (both visitors and permanent parties), responds to security emails, takes messages and routes calls to a responsible Security Team Lead.
Inventories and ensures all badges are present and/or accounted for at the beginning and end of each tour of duty and maintains a record of all badges issued.
Immediately notifies the PM/COR and team lead of badges that are not accounted for.
Processes all visiting customers to the RD-TSX facility.
Ensures that all visitors entering the facility are in possession of a valid DTRA security access badge.
Verifies the visitor’s identification from a picture ID, validates visitor clearance status and processes badges utilizing the automated security database, DISS, and if applicable, calls the SSO in less than five (5) minutes, except in unusual circumstances.
Whenever a security clearance cannot be validated, the visitor shall be added to the system and issued an “Escort Required” badge.
Contacts visitor’s DTRA sponsor to inform sponsor of the visitor entering DTRA facilities.
Briefs sponsors of visitors issued “Escort Required” badges, on their responsibilities as escorts for un-cleared personnel.
Verifies all badges are properly turned in or invalidated when the individual no longer is granted or needs access.
All turn-ins must be annotated in the security database(s) or the proper badge log.
Maintains accurate forms, databases and logs for all daily visits and badge inventories.
Composes, edits and prepares memorandums, reports, forms, and other security-related material as required for final review by Security Team Lead.
Validates all requests are current in DISS prior to issuing a badge.
Issues appropriate badge for the security clearance level.
Maintains the confidentiality of all official business conducted while performing duties in support of this contract.
Provides weekly reports and metrics to the PM/COR.
The access control personnel will also provide escort duties as needed.
Must comply with established General and Industrial Safety Rules and Regulations as applicable to the contract, facilities, and job assignment.
Other duties as assigned by Akima Leadership.