Security Guarding Lead

Job Title: Security Guarding Lead

Location: Plymouth, Devon

Compensation: £33,900 - £42,400 Depending on Experience + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role : SF73816

As a Security Guarding Lead, you'll play a vital role in protecting one of the United Kingdom's most important defence sites. You'll lead a dedicated security team to deliver safe, secure, and effective operations that support national security and critical infrastructure.

This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of security operations in a complex environment. You'll influence best practice, develop high‑performing teams, and contribute to continuous improvement while building your own leadership skills in a dynamic defence, aerospace, and engineering environment.

• Lead, develop and manage a team of security professionals and contractors
• Manage security resources and equipment to ensure operational effectiveness
• Support on‑call requirements to maintain minimum security staffing levels
• Develop and improve security procedures, safe working practices and operational guidance
• Promote a strong security culture by role‑modeling best practice and company values

This is a full‑time role working 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, based at Devonport Dockyard.

Agile working may be available to employees in some instances, applying the principles of fairness and consistency whilst ensuring that business needs are met. Flexible, blended working options, including part‑time, condensed hours, and job sharing, are considered. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

• Strong experience leading and developing teams, ideally within a security environment
• Delivering excellent customer service and communicating effectively across all organisational levels
• Providing workplace coaching, training, and performance support
• Handling conflict and applying effective de‑escalation techniques
• Applying sound knowledge of security best practice, systems, and relevant legislation

• Level 3 qualification (or higher) in Leadership, Management, Security, Customer Service or a related discipline, or equivalent experience
• IOSH Managing Safely (or equivalent)
• Formal security training, ideally including National Protective Security Authority courses
• Full UK Driving Licence
• Frontline Security Industry Authority Security Officer and/or CCTV Operator licence

The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) and Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. Your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels -  ().

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva Digi Care+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10‑days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. An annual window is available to request this benefit.
• Be Kind Day enables employees to take one working day’s paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity.
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package, including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email car with the subject header "Reasonable adjustments requirement". We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.