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As an AMC Operator, your role will proactively monitor and respond to security alarms, CCTV and incidents, ensuring effective detection and response to crime, loss, and waste on sites in order to protect life, property and premises. You will assess alarms, using available tools and contacts to provide context and initiate the correct response. You will triage reported incidents from our mobile patrol teams and direct from employees, allocate the correct response level, trigger initial response and escalate to the AMC Supervisor where needed.

You will support security incident response, investigating, providing updates, documenting actions and decision-making to feed into incident reports for government agencies and internal stakeholders. You will support the ID card creation process in collaboration with the AMC Coordinator, from data entry, access management, printing process and distribution. You will fulfil the AMC Supervisor's duties in their absence as required.

What you will be doing as an AMC Operator

Monitor alarms and CCTV against set procedures and documentation, ensuring that site systems are operating correctly.

Triage incident reports to ensure a correct response is initiated and auditable.

Provide security incident support to our operational sites, e.g. in case of a security system outage.

Activate disaster recovery plans for the AMC as required.

Manage the AMC working environment.

Support system health checks and data/subject access requests in collaboration with the Security System Lead and AMC Assurance Analyst.

Support third-party contractor engagement around maintenance requests and defect management, ensuring the functionality of the AMC is maintained.

Contribute to continuous improvement activity, identifying operational and process improvement opportunities. Support security-related projects, e.g. the AMC upgrade, and any planned system upgrades.Working Hours - 38.5 Hours per week

4-on-4-off, 12-hour shifts. Day Shifts.

What you should bring to the role

To thrive in this role, the essential criteria you'll need are:

Operational experience gained in a similar AMC, ARC, or SOC role.

Knowledge and experience of using security systems (CCTV, Alarms, Access control, etc.) to monitor and respond to alarms.

Demonstrate a thorough understanding and deployment of monitoring, response, emergency, and escalation procedures.

Analytical and Decisive, takes ownership of actions.

Self-motivated, committed, and organised.What's in it for you?

Offering between £38,000 and £44,000 per annum, depending on experience and skills.

24 days holiday per year, increasing to 28 with the length of service. (plus bank holidays)

Contributory pension - Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution.

Personal Medical Assessments - open to all once a year.

Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets

Wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your wellbeing.GCS is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy

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