Security Agent

• The Security Specialist personnel are responsible for ensuring the safety and security of patients, customers, employees, and facilities
• Primary responsibilities include ensuring the safety of personnel and protection of company assets, monitoring security systems, conducting equipment checks, and coordinating drills and evacuations
• Job requirements include law enforcement or security experience, self-defense skills, attention to detail, ability to adhere to policies, and effective communication skills
• Ascend Wellness Holdings is a vertically integrated cannabis company seeking to build a world-class team committed to shaping the future of cannabis and providing unrivaled quality products and customer service.

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The Security Specialist personnel are responsible for ensuring the safety and security of patients, customers, employees, and facilities. On-site Security personnel will ensure strict adherence to all security protocols, procedures, and controls. The Security Specialist is responsible for ensuring the overall security of the facility or facilities.

• Ensure the safety of personnel and protection of company assets and products
• Monitoring of security systems to ensure serviceability and operability on a daily basis
• Conduct monthly equipment checks of security system
• Liaison with security system vendors in upgrades or repair to equipment
• Participate or coordinate fire drills, and building evacuations and life safety drills
• Implementation of security policy, procedure, and protocols
• Conduct SOP/Regulatory training and development of employees
• Investigate suspicious activity and document in clear methodical manner
• Coordinate safe and compliant movement of product and assets within the facility

• Law Enforcement or Security experience a plus
• Unarmed self- defense and de-escalation and redirection skills
• Strong attention to detail and ability to adhere to strict policies and procedure
• Works well with all peers
• Effective time-management skills and ability to multi-task
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing, and challenging environment
• Experience working in a shifting environment with a great deal of constructive feedback and input
• Good communication skills, verbal and written, with co-workers and management.
• Practice good housekeeping habits throughout the facility with focus and personal contributions towards a clean and organized assigned work area at the end of the assigned shift.
• Capable of working with hazardous chemicals and is able to identify and report unsafe equipment, conditions, and practices so that they may be corrected prior to an incident.
• Flexibility and the ability to shift work schedule according to production needs.
• Must pass any and all required pre-employment screenings.
• Must be and remain compliant with all legal or company regulations for working in the industry.
• Must be a minimum of 21 years of age.
• Must be approved to receive an Agent badge.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to perform grasping, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions.
• Physical demands - May be required to stand and/or walk for extended periods of time. Must be able to lift, carry and balance up to 50 pounds (200 pounds with assistance)

Ascend Wellness Holdings (AWH) is a vertically integrated cannabis cultivator, processor and provisioning center operator with assets in Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania. We seek to foster a robust and inclusive cannabis industry through a premium, unmatched…