College Safety Officer

If you are considering a new job, work environment or career opportunities you should look at Mercer County Community College. MCCC is a publicly supported college that is open to all and dedicated to student success. In order to support that mission Mercer seeks to attract, retain, and support a skilled diverse workforce which is our most valuable resource. We thrive on and are proud of our diversity and open access.

Our students and employees find the College large enough for a multitude of offerings yet small enough to keep the “Community” feel for all. The College consists of two campuses, the James Kerney Campus (JKC) in the capital city of Trenton, NJ and a larger 292-acre suburban campus just six miles north of Trenton.

• As part of the comprehensive and valuable benefits package the College offers credit course tuition waivers for employees, spouses and dependents.
• The College offers students 69 Degree Program Options and 35 Credit Certificates from which to choose.

As part of the MCCC college safety operation you will provide security officer services to project a security presence, which may include operating a vehicle to perform patrol, inspection, and/or incident response services.

• Security Officers are deemed essential employees and are required to work during a business closure to meet operational requirements
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• College Safety Officers will utilize good judgement in decision-making and actions in the execution of duties ensuring the safety of the College community and all stakeholders
• College Safety Officers will use technology and systems required to perform the job
• May be exposed to or required to handle sensitive and confidential information.

• Provides mobile and stationary patrol to project a security presence; maintains radio or other communications contact with other College Safety personnel to report status or incidents, or to request additional assistance or response.
• Checks for unsafe conditions, hazards, security violations, and unauthorized persons; inspects buildings, grounds, and security devices; monitors and sets security devices.
• Protects life and safeguards property; enforces college rules and regulations .
• Protects evidence or scene of incident in the event of accidents, emergencies, or security investigations; sets up barriers and signage, and provides direction or information to others.
• Prepares logs or reports as required for patrol route; writes and/or types reports and/or enters information in a computer using standard grammar; inspects security control logs and acts as required.
• Observes and reports incidents, hazards, or suspicious activity to supervisors, college management, life/safety personnel or public safety authorities as appropriate for the circumstances and/or as required.
• Responds to incidents of fire, medical emergency, bomb threat, flooding, water discharge, elevator emergency, hazardous materials, inclement weather, and other incidents or conditions following procedures established for assignment, by the company, or through training or certification.
• Carries out specific tasks and duties of a similar nature and scope as required. Other duties as assigned.
• Please note that assigned tasks and responsibilities span both campuses for all MCCC positions.

• May be exposed to stressful situations, such as challenging individuals who are in or approaching an unauthorized area.
• May be required to work overtime without advance notice.
• Required ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently.
• May require driving vehicle for long periods of time in the performance of duties.
• On occasion may be required to perform stressful and physical activity.
• Depending upon assignment may be exposed to inclement weather or be required to work in environments or under conditions that require the use of protective gear and devices and/or awareness of personal safety and safety of others.

• This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Positions in this class typically require: ability to use a key board, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Keyboarding, basic computer usage and…