Director of Public Safety

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College Overview:

Ranken Technical College has been helping students experience success for over 100 years. Ranken is more than a college; it’s an experience that provides students with the knowledge and training necessary to launch and maintain successful careers in fields such as automotive, construction, electrical, information technology and manufacturing. Ranken’s modern facilities, state-of-the-art shop equipment and abundant resources provide an excellent environment for comprehensive technical education.

The College’s three-pronged approach to teaching – hands-on technical experience, general education and professionalism – gives our students the competitive edge, proven by our 96 percent job placement rate within six months of graduation.

This is an armed position directly responsible for the overall security and safety of all Ranken locations including employees, students and visitors, and physical assets and properties of Ranken Technical College. Responsible for risk management, loss prevention, and a campus free from criminal incidents. Manages and advises all Public Safety employees. Leads a high performing securi­ty team.

• Ensures the security and safety of all Ranken locations.
• Manages and schedules both Ranken shift supervisors and contract officers.
• Ensures all surveillance equipment and campus alarms, both fire and intrusion, are continually monitored for all locations.
• Maintains equipment and ensures surveillance, alarms, and emergency communication equipment are in good working order. Adjusts (re‑focuses, cleans) equipment as needed. Submits work orders for items beyond expertise.
• Creates and implements campus safety policies and procedures. Proactively identifies safety and security issues and recommends and implements solutions.
• Creates and maintains emergency manuals for all locations. Conducts annual training for faculty, staff, and students on emergency procedures, including active shooter.
• Serves as the primary contact for St. Louis for first aid during day shift.
• Maintains parking permits, campus keys, IDs, door access control, and related systems.
• Handles traffic and parking situations.
• Ensures all security needs are met for special events.
• Manages, mentors, and coaches the security officer team in the performance of their duties. Coaches security officers on friendly and helpful customer service techniques as well as appropriate methods to deal with difficult people. Working with any security contractor, ensures sufficient security coverage on all shifts. Assists training all security officers. Takes corrective action as needed, either directly or through a contractor primary contact.
• Follows up on security and safety incidents that have occurred, reviews sequence of events to determine whether proper action was taken, and coaches security officers on any improvement in actions to be taken in the case of future incidents. Ensures incident reports are written, approved, and distributed to appropriate personnel within a reason time period, preferably within 24 hours.
• Performs administrative duties. Sets department policies.
• Manages the department budget,recommends, and implements cost‑effective measures to secure the campus.
• Serves as the local law enforcement and emergency services liaison.
• Completes and submits any security reporting to all appropriate state and federal government agencies.
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