Chief of Security

About Paragon Professional Services

Paragon offers a wide range of environmental investigation, consulting, compliance, and remediation services as well as IT solutions, Facility O&M, Materiel Support, Supply and Security to both private- and public-sector clients throughout Alaska and the Continental U.S. Paragon's experienced professional staff is dedicated to producing high-quality documentation and providing safe field execution to support its clients' projects in line with local, state and federal guidelines and regulations.

About this position:
Chief of Security Location - El Paso, TX

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Essential Duties and Responsibilities are intended to present a descriptive list of the range of duties performed for this position and are not intended to reflect all duties performed within the job. Other duties may be assigned. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential duty. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

Applicants will be notified via phone or email within ten (10) business days of submittal.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

* Provide strategic and security operational oversight for a detention facility

* Monitor, review and apply Immigration Customs Enforcement Performance Based National Detention Standards 2011, revised 2019, Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) and American Correctional Association Standards (ACA)

* Coordinate and Liaison with Immigration and Customs Enforcement Supervisory Detention and Deportation Officers for facility security matters

* Planning and Coordination of emergency response incidents for detention operations.

* Review EPSPC Administrative and Operational practices in order to ensure all security and compliance procedures are effective and efficient.

* Provide organizational leadership for emergency responses on a strategic and operational level.

* Provide Performance Reviews on Shift Captains

* Obtain and report intelligence data regarding alleged gang activity within the EPSPC

* Capable of providing detailed planning and responding to various emergency events, such as fires, medical response and riots.

* Provide administrative and operational guidance to all staff in operational security

* Ability to create and compose various reports.

* Identify and safety and security hazards

* Must be able to comprehend legal aspects of detention environments at the state and federal level.

* Ability to provide comprehensive training to large audiences

* All other duties as directed by the Assistant Project Manager and Project.

Required (Minimum Necessary) Qualifications

* Education Requirements:

High School Diploma or GED

* Level of Experience Requirements: 10 Years experience in emergency response capacity (DoD, DHS, DHS Contract or state/local Law Enforcement Agency).

* American Correctional Association (ACA) Supervisor or higher certification

* Must have certification in computer literacy for programs such as Microsoft Suites

* Ability to pass physical requirement test based on DoD standards

* 5 years of Leadership experience in DoD, DHS, DHS Security/Detention Contract or State Law Enforcement environment.

* TCOLE Firearm Instructor, DHS or DoD Equivalent

* TCOLE Self Defense and Tactic Instructor or DHS or DoD Equivalent

* 1 year Experience in Leadership roles for SORT, SRT, SWAT, DCT or DHS or DoD equivalent

* Ability to obtain and maintain security clearance (Public Trust T-2)

* Leadership experience in planning for emergency response incidents

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other Characteristics

* Bachelor's degree in related field

* Advanced DoD or DHS tactical certifications and experience

* Bilingual in various languages

* Additional Training Certifications from DHS, DoD or state/federal Law Enforcement Agency

Preferred

* N/A

Supervisory Responsibilities

* This position will have supervisory responsibilities.

DOT Covered/Safety-Sensitive Role Requirements

* This position is not subject to federal requirements regarding Department of Transportation…