Senior Security Specialist

Are you looking for a highly rewarding opportunity that provides extensive career growth opportunity? Gilbane is seeking a Senior Security Specialist to oversee and ensure a safe and secure environment for employees, facilities, and projects. The Specialist has expertise in security and asset protection measures. This role will sit on the job site.

Who are we?

As a Top-10 ENR Contractor, Gilbane is a family-owned business with 45 offices that has been shaping communities since 1870. Consistently recognized as one of the most reputable construction management firms in the country, Gilbane is committed to delivering projects safely and on-time. You will have the opportunity to build schools, labs, hospitals, corporate offices, sports arenas and more!

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Who are you?

You are someone who acts inclusively, showing empathy and treating others with respect and dignity in order to uphold Gilbane's core value of Caring and "People First" workplace culture. You seek to listen in order to understand and can convey information clearly. You're a strong problem solver who can identify, prioritize, and implement alternatives for solutions, and you demonstrate adaptability by collaborating with others and supporting team members to achieve excellence. A self-starter who shows passion, commitment, and ownership all while delivering on business outcomes and driving results. You're someone who identifies opportunities for new and improved ways of doing things that result in value-add solutions.

Your core values match Gilbane's: Integrity, Caring, Teamwork, Toughmindedness, Dedication to Excellence, Discipline, Loyalty, and Entrepreneurship.

What's in it for you?

Gilbane offers employees multi-dimensional training opportunities through a number of resources. While managing your responsibilities to projects, you will be able to enroll in trainings through our award-winning Gilbane University to build leadership and technical skills. In addition, you would work with an experienced team which provides you with the opportunity to learn new industry skills every day. You will protect and promote the interests of both Gilbane and the client in all matters as well as demonstrating the personal characteristics of a developing leader.

This person oversees all security aspects of the Chicago Bally's Casino/CCBC jobsite. This person will have direct reports for security team and security sub-contractor, badging manager, and administrators handling Illinois Gaming Board responsibilities. This person will be responsible for evaluating the jobsite security and procedures, initiate and incorporate new policies, train security and badging staff, and enforce and change security procedures as the project evolves. Serve as main point of contact with Illinois Gaming Board(IGB) officials. Over see IGB contractor approval process and site access. Issue daily IGB site access/visitor report and any additional reports as requested by Bally's and IGB. Oversee and enforce worker badging process and daily badging report. Work with surrounding community stakeholders to address any security concerns.

EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION

Bachelor's degree in criminal justice or a related field
• 20+ years of experience in law enforcement and military operations, both nationally and internationally, with expertise in executive-level operations
• Experience conducting thorough physical security risk assessments at diverse locations to identify vulnerabilities and recommend effective countermeasures
• Experience conducting comprehensive security and due diligence investigations, leveraging open-source intelligence and contracted resources to uncover critical insights and support informed decision-making
• Experience in crisis incident preparedness, response, resolution, preparedness, and response, with experience managing diverse security-related events with quick decision-making, safeguarding personnel and assets
• Experience in successfully providing executive protection for senior leaders in high-risk environments, applying advanced tactical and risk mitigation skills gained through specialized federal law enforcement training, achieving successful security outcomes across multiple high-profile assignments
• Demonstrated success building and maintaining strategic partnerships with law enforcement agencies and industry organizations, fostering intelligence sharing and close cooperation in security effectiveness
• Or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Must be willing to travel as needed, up to 50% travel

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Motivated by positive outcomes and results
• Strong organizational skills
• Strong written and oral communication skills that can be leveraged to effectively communicate complex security concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to be a decision maker as needed
• Knowledge of complex investigations and the use of open-source intelligence, supported by formal training and experience
• Knowledge of cybercrime investigations and cyber security programs, supported by formal training and experience
• Expertise in deploying and managing advanced security technologies at diverse locations, including access control systems, video surveillance, intrusion detection, alarm solutions, physical barriers, and drones to enhance personnel and site safety while protecting assets
• Demonstrates strong critical and analytical thinking when evaluating complex challenges, identifying root causes, and implementing proactive solutions
• Ability to expertly deliver technical and life safety security training to prepare personnel to identify and respond to security threats effectively
• Ability to lead business continuity planning initiatives for catastrophic and disaster-level events, ensuring operational resilience and rapid recovery across corporate functions through risk assessment and scenario-based exercises

Salary to be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and/or experience of the applicant, as well as the internal equity and alignment with the team.

For Chicago, IL, this ranges from $135,000 - $155,000 plus benefits and retirement program.

Gilbane offers an excellent total compensation package which includes competitive health and welfare benefits and a generous profit-sharing/401k plan. We invest in our employees' education and have built Gilbane University into a top training organization in the construction industry. Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test.

Gilbane is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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