Close Protection Officer

Become a Close Protection Officer at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll ensure the safety and security of high-profile events, individuals within the organization, including executives, board members, and other key personnel. You will utilize intelligence-driven risk assessments, threat monitoring, and strategic security measures to adopt a proactive and adaptive approach to enhance safety.

You will play a critical role in safeguarding the organization’s leadership and maintaining business continuity through discretion and rapid response.

As a Close Protection Officer
, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?

• Provides physical protection to executives during travel, events, and daily activities, maintaining a low profile while ensuring safety.
• Drives or coordinates secure transportation, including route planning, vehicle inspections, and contingency planning for emergencies.
• Monitors surroundings for suspicious activity and employs counter‑surveillance techniques to detect and deter potential threats.
• Conducts thorough risk assessments and pre‑visits to venues, hotels, offices, and travel routes to identify vulnerabilities and establish secure environments.
• Coordinates with local law enforcement and emergency services as needed.
• Works closely with SCE Corporate Security to align executive protection protocols with broader security strategies and physical infrastructure.
• Maintains strict confidentiality regarding the executive’s personal and professional life, travel plans, and sensitive corporate information.
• Stays current with defensive tactics, first aid, firearms proficiency, and corporate security protocols through regular training and certifications.
• A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial, and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.

• Five or more years of experience in a law‑enforcement, military, or security‑related field.
• Experience in security and protective services.
• Possess and maintain a valid California Class C Driver’s License.
• Have a current and active CA BSIS Guard Permit and Exposed Firearm Carry Permit (or ability to obtain both within six months).
• Possess a valid California Carry Concealed Weapons (CCW) license or LEOSA compliance.
• Successful completion of post‑offer cardiovascular‑fitness and behavioral‑health evaluations.
• Ability to perform physical‑fitness activities, including:
• Passing the physical‑readiness test.
• Standing, walking, and running for extended periods.
• Lifting and carrying an average‑sized person.
• Performing fitness drills for continuous readiness.

• Bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, Homeland Security, Security Management, Emergency Management, Law Enforcement Studies, Protective Services/Public Safety, Intelligence Studies, or a closely related field.
• Active membership or demonstrated involvement in professional protective services or executive protection organizations, such as the Board of Executive Protection Professionals (BEPP), Executive Protection Institute (EPI), Private Security Professionals of America (PSPA), ASIS International, Nine Lives Associates (NLA), International Protective Security Board (IPSB), Corporate Executive Protection Leadership Council (CPLC), or the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP).
• Experience providing close or executive protection to high‑profile individuals, corporate executives, dignitaries, or VIPs, including advance planning and protective intelligence.
• Advanced training or hands‑on experience conducting threat assessments, route and venue advances, site surveys, and counter‑surveillance operations.
• Current certifications such as TCCC/TECC, EMT, First Aid/CPR/AED, with proficiency in emergency medical response…