Deputy Security Controller
| Posting date: | 08 September 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 October 2025 |
| Location: | Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, EN11 9BX |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | VolkerWessels UK |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | VW06543_1757345951 |
Summary
VolkerFitzpatrick offers a range and depth of civil engineering, infrastructure and building services. We contribute to vital parts of the nation's life through projects of strategic importance, while delivering those less visible, yet essential, works required by both private and public sectors. We build, renew, maintain highways, airports, railway infrastructure, and commercial, industrial and educational buildings.
Reporting into our UK Division Security Officer, you'll plays a crucial role in ensuring the implementation and maintenance of security protocols on higher security projects. You will be responsible for conducting site audits, overseeing staff adherence to security briefings, and serving as the primary liaison between projects and corporate security department.
Please note that this role is a minimum of 3 days a week in Hoddesdon with travel to our sites and projects nationally.
About our role
Information Security Policy
- Uphold staff awareness of their security obligations pertaining to the project and disseminate any policy and procedural alterations affecting the project or its personnel.
Information Security Risk Management
- Initiate and facilitate measures aimed at reducing information security risks where appropriate and necessary.
- Identify all involved entities within the supply chain throughout the project lifecycle and conduct necessary due diligence concerning personnel vetting and IT system evaluations.
- Ensure all staff, including internal personnel and supply chain staff, are appropriately vetted in accordance with security requirements
Information Security Awareness
- Collaborate closely with the UK Division Security Officer to disseminate information security awareness materials.
- Have an awareness and understanding of UK Government and Defence security conditions and standards including changes and updates that occur.
Information Security Training
- Ensure all project personnel receive and comprehend vital security briefings, maintaining a consistent and high level of awareness and compliance.
- Facilitate effective communication and the creation of Toolbox Talks following project incidents.
- Assist in the delivery of security briefings to ensure all personnel are informed of relevant security policies and practices.
Primary Point of Contact
- Serve as the primary liaison between the project and the Corporate Security Department, proficiently conveying messages, updates, and coordinating security-related affairs.
Assurance and Reporting
- Report matters concerning Information Security to the UK Division Security Officer (DSO).
- Maintain precise and detailed records of security-related activities, reports, and incident logs for comprehensive reference and analysis.
Auditing & Risk Notifications
- Proactive and solutions-focused, with the ability to anticipate potential risks and implement preventative measures.
- Supportive and approachable, able to work collaboratively with colleagues, project teams, and supply chain partners.
About you
- You'll have demonstrable experience in a similar role.
- Proactive and solutions-focused, with the ability to anticipate potential risks and implement preventative measures.
- Supportive and approachable, able to work collaboratively with colleagues, project teams, and supply chain partners.
- Strong commitment to best practice in security management, ensuring high standards are consistently maintained.
- Clear and confident communicator, able to share information effectively and promote awareness across all levels.
- Detail-oriented and reliable, with a focus on accuracy, accountability, and continuous improvement.
If your past experience doesn't match perfectly with every requirement of the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for us.
Why work with us?
VolkerFitzpatrick is under the umbrella of VolkerWessels UK which is a multidisciplinary contractor that delivers innovative engineering solutions across the civil engineering and construction sectors including rail, highways, airport, marine, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure.
By utilising the specialist skills of each business unit within VolkerWessels UK, VolkerFitzpatrick are able to ensure our staff provide unrivalled resources and expertise to our clients.
We offer competitive rewards and benefits, recognising the value we place on our employees.
We offer a range of benefits, including:
- Competitive salary
- Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday
- Option to buy additional annual leave
- Private medical care
- Pension
- Life Assurance
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts
- Training and development opportunities-comprehensive skills-based training
- Family friendly polices including enhanced maternity benefits
- Employee Assistance programme
- Mental health, physical health, and financial support
- 24/7 Virtual GP service
Fairness, inclusion and respect
We believe in pushing boundaries in the pursuit of fairness, inclusion and respect. So, our teams can be comfortable that, whatever their background, VolkerWessels UK is a place where they can be themselves and thrive.
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Additional information
Note for Recruitment Agencies:
Our preference is to hire directly, and we will reach out to our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) agencies if this particular role qualifies for release.
We kindly request that you refrain from sending speculative CVs. In the event of speculative CV submissions, no fees will be applicable, and we kindly ask that all inquiries to be directed
VolkerWessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its entire staff and therefore a drugs & alcohol screening is mandatory for all.