Security Analyst

Overview

AGS Airports is looking for a proactive and analytical Security Analyst to join the Security team at Glasgow Airport.

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Participation in our annual bonus plan
• 25 days annual holiday plus 8 public holidays
• Generous pension contributions
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Private Healthcare
• Flexible Benefit Platform
• Life Assurance Cover
• Free on-site car parking
• Agile/Flexible working, where appropriate for the role

• Lead performance and efficiency of security operations, ensuring smooth passenger flow and compliance with security standards.
• Design and manage data-driven systems, analyse operational metrics, and provide actionable insights to support strategic decision-making.
• Drive screening point efficiency to minimise wait times and maximise throughput.
• Analyse throughput, wait times, and staffing utilisation to identify inefficiencies.
• Conduct audits on performance effectiveness and adherence to security operating concept models.
• Collect, collate, verify, and analyse security operational and strategic data.
• Research, prepare, and present insights and recommendations.
• Use structured analysis to identify risks and diagnose root causes.
• Design, develop and administer management information systems and reports.
• Provide resource allocation, cost control, and performance analysis insights.
• Produce reports and dashboards for employees, leadership and partners.
• Support leadership in interpreting data and engaging with performance metrics.
• Recommend and support implementing corrective actions based on data-driven findings.
• Develop shift rosters aligned to flight schedules, volumes and security regulations.
• Forecast staffing needs for peak and irregular operations.
• Monitor staffing levels and propose efficiency models for reallocations during disruptions.
• Liaise with our security resource provider on resourcing levels and operational performance.
• Communicate findings and recommendations to stakeholders to enable decision-making.

• Education:
  
  A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in finance, business administration, statistics, mathematics or data science is required.
• Analytical
  
  Skills:
  
  Proficiency in data analysis tools and software, such as SQL databases, Excel spreadsheets and specialised analytics platforms like Fabric & Power BI.
• Research
  
  Skills:
  
  Ability to undertake research and collect data to identify future trends based on past performance.
• Highly developed analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify performance gaps, assess root causes, and recommend effective corrective actions.

Diversity & Inclusion is important to us here at the AGS Group. We want to ensure that our process is inclusive for all applicants. If you have any questions or need any support with your application, we are here to help.