Campus Security Director jobs in Lubbock, TX

SUMMARY:
Protects life and property of South Plains College. Maintains the peace providing security presence and patrol of the campus to deter and report criminal activity.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Must act and perform without direct supervision and to make independent decisions as to the appropriate action taken in certain situations such as infractions of college rules and regulations.

Familiarizes self with SPC campuses and builds rapport with students and staff.

Reports hazards to the appropriate agencies.

Control hostile and non-hostile crowds at sporting events, school functions or emergency situations.

Directs and reroutes traffic around fire or other disruptions.

Patrol areas on foot or in a vehicle to observe and detect criminal or suspicious activity.

QUALIFICATIONS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:
High school diploma or general education degree (GED): Experience in security is preferred. Minimum age requirement is 18 years of age.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of students, faculty, staff and the public.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
Must possess basic arithmetic skills. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.

REASONING ABILITY:
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:
Must possess or have ability to obtain a Texas Level II and Level III Security Guard License.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk and patrol campus buildings. The employee frequently is required to stand, sit, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. The employee is occasionally required to lift property and persons, and must be able to twist, bend, conduct searches, enter and exit a vehicle, and make forcible arrests.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places. The noise level in the work environment is occasionally loud.