Security Officer 503A

Position Summary: This role is a cornerstone of our mission to produce innovative medications that transform lives and expand access to quality, affordable healthcare. As a Security Officer, you will play a vital role in safeguarding the integrity of our operations, protecting critical assets, and fostering a secure environment that enables our team to focus on delivering life-changing medications. Join a company dedicated to innovation, collaboration, and making a profound impact on the health and well-being of people everywhere.Duties and Responsibilities: • Implements and enforces robust security protocols to protect facility operations, ensuring strict adherence to organizational policies and regulatory requirements to maintain a safe and secure environment. • Establishes and maintains strict access control measures for sensitive areas, including cleanrooms and storage facilities, to eliminate unauthorized entry and safeguard critical assets from theft, tampering, or contamination. • Leads comprehensive security audits and risk assessments, proactively identifying vulnerabilities and deploying strategic countermeasures to address potential threats and ensure continuous operational readiness. • Collaborates effectively with quality assurance, compliance teams, law enforcement, and first responders, integrating security protocols with regulatory frameworks and emergency response strategies to enhance organizational integrity and operational excellence. • Responds decisively and swiftly to security incidents, breaches, or emergencies, reporting to law enforcement and first responders as needed, and leveraging established procedures to protect personnel, assets, and sensitive information while minimizing operational disruption. While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to remain in a stationary position for a significant amount of the workday and frequently use their hands and fingers to handle or feel in order to access, input, and retrieve information from the computer and other office productivity devices. The employee is regularly required to move about the office and around the corporate campus. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.Knowledge and Skills: • Exceptional situational awareness, problem-solving abilities, and interpersonal communication skills, with the capacity to remain calm under pressure, build trust with stakeholders, and foster collaboration across departments. • Proficiency in conducting risk assessments, managing access control systems, and leveraging advanced surveillance technology, with solid competence in using security incident reporting software and Microsoft Office tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint). Key Competencies • Customer Focus: Ability to build strong customer relationships and deliver customer centric solutions. • Optimizes Work Processes: Know the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement. • Collaborates: Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. • Resourcefulness: Secures and deploys resources effectively and efficiently. • Manages Complexity: Makes sense of complex, high quality, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. • Ensures Accountability: Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments and objectives. • Situational Adaptability: Adapts approach and demeanor in real time to match shifting demands of different situations. • Communicates Effectively: Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. Values • People: Our people define who we are as a company, and we believe that understanding and addressing the needs of our team, clients, and community is fundamental to fostering a culture of support and growth. • Quality: Quality stands at the core of our mission, reflecting our commitment to excellence in every medication we produce. • Service: We are here to serve others. Every interaction with our patients, providers, employees and other stakeholders comes from a place of service. • Innovation: By continuously exploring new methodologies and embracing technology, we ensure that every solution we offer is at the forefront of pharmaceutical care.Experience and Qualifications: • Minimum of 5 years of experience in physical security, preferably in pharmaceutical or healthcare environments, with a proven track record of safeguarding critical operations and assets. • Requires a high school diploma or equivalent; a degree in criminal justice, security management, or a related field is preferred. • Preferred certifications for this role are Certified Protection Professional or Physical Security Professional.Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefits to support your health, well-being, and future, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, 401(k) matching, wellness perks, IV therapy, and compounded medications. Learn more: https://careers.empowerpharmacy.com/benefits/