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As a Senior Physical Security Consultant, your role involves providing strategic advice and solutions to clients. You’ll analyze data, develop insights, and recommend solutions to enhance physical security.

Working in teams of 3 to 5 consultants, designers and engineers, you’ll identify and implement potential solutions for client-specific security challenges. Throughout each project, you’ll gather information, test hypotheses, and communicate recommendations. Occasional travel to client sites will be required.

Success in this role requires uncommonly strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills. You will lead or support projects for critical infrastructure clients such as government, military, aviation, and utilities. This position will require a well-rounded physical security background. This is a mid to senior level position with long term growth potential. This job does not directly manage others but will be responsible for managing projects and motivating team members for overall project team success.

Job DutiesConsulting:Apply strong analytical skills, develop actionable recommendations, and create compelling presentations.Author detailed reports and technical memos.Communicate clear risk assessments and effective recommendations.Interact with diverse clients, including government agencies and commercial entities.Lead client engagements, from problem definition to solution implementation.Mentor junior consultants.Physical Security:Conduct physical security threat and vulnerability assessments.Analyze client assets and assess impact of potential loss.Collaborate on security standards, specifications, and master plans.Support a wide range of security and risk management projects, including maturity assessments, gap analyses, program design, and physical security reviews.Stay current with technical subject matters, regulations, and emerging security issues.Maintain technical proficiency and share knowledge within the firm.Project Management:Support or lead project teams, including junior consultants, to ensure successful project completion.Manage multiple projects from start to finish in a fast-paced, fluid work environment.Evaluate project success and meet deadlines.Business Development:Prioritize a positive customer experience during assessments and service interactions.Cultivate and manage client relationships.Identify new opportunities and build relationships with potential clients.Collaborate on business development efforts.Contribute to proposal content, pricing strategies, timelines and sales presentations.

Job Skills

The following are competencies, strengths and key success factors required to perform the job effectively.

Analytical Thinking:Strong critical thinking skills.Able to identify feasible solutions to complex problems through analytical reasoning.Comfort with quantitative and qualitative analysis.Effective Communication:Superior written and verbal communication skills.Ability to establish credibility and rapport quickly.Excellent technical writing skills.Continuous Improvement:Desire and willingness to learn and develop new skills.Self-motivated and constantly seeks improvement.Physical SecurityEnterprise security risk managementBusiness principles and operationsCorporate security management Security officer operations Planning and conducting physical security assessmentsCrime prevention through environmental designElectronic security systemsStructural security measuresAdaptability and Resilience:Thrives in a fast-paced, sometimes stressful environment.Makes decisive decisions, even under pressure.Comfort with ambiguity and ever-changing situations.Collaboration and Teamwork:Works well both independently and as part of a team.Creates an inclusive environment across all organizational levels.Collaborative mindset—essential for success in a large company.Project Management and Attention to Detail:Manages multiple projects simultaneously.Pays attention to detail.Finds paths forward even in ambiguous situations.Technical Proficiency:Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Teams, Outlook).Familiarity with technical tools (e.g., AutoCAD).Ethical and Professional Conduct:Demonstrates high integrity, loyalty, and discretion.Comfortable advising executives.