Security Gate Guard

Security Gate Guard

Shift: Friday-Monday 9:30 PM-8:00 AM

Job Purpose: Controls access to Inbound and Outbound trailer yards on site, ensuring secure and efficient trailer movement and operations. Conducting physical inspection of gates and doors.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain accurate records of all entries, exits, and cargo inspections in a logbook or electronic system.
• Maintain communication with other security personnel and management.
• Cooperate with other departments, such as operations and logistics, to ensure a smooth and secure operation of the warehouse.
• Report any incidents or suspicious activity to management.
• Be prepared to adapt to changing circumstances and priorities, such as unexpected changes in traffic patterns or unexpected security threats.
• Clearly understand goals, policies, and procedures of RJW.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Private vehicle essential for job requirements.
• Conduct perimeter checks to ensure that all gates, doors, and fences are secure.
• Maintain confidentiality of company information.
• Other tasks as assigned by manager.

Qualifications:

• You must be at least 18 years old to apply for a Security Gate Guard position.
• You must be able to maintain accurate records and attention to detail in your work.
• Gate guards often work irregular shifts, including night shifts, weekends, and holidays.
• 1 -- 2 years of clerical experience.

Education and/or Experience Required:

• High School Diploma or general education diploma (GED) is preferred.

Language Skills Sets:

• Must be able to communicate, read, write, and speak English.

Mathematical Skills:

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. Ability to determine "root cause" of problem and determine corrective action.

Computer Skills:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must have knowledge of Business Operating Systems, Internet software, Word Processing, and Spreadsheet software.

Physical Demands:

• Must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Must be able to activate phone systems utilizing keyboards and buttons.
• Must be articulate and comfortable speaking in front of others.
• Regularly works in an outdoor environment and required to sit and/or use repetitive hand motion.
• Frequently required to talk, hear, stand, and walk.
• Must be able to work in excess of continuous 8 hours when required.
• Must be able to work under stressful situations, have good cognitive skills, maintain work accuracy, and the ability to concentrate on more than one task at a time.
• Must have the ability to read and discern visual images on a variety of media with 20/20 corrected vision.
• Must be able to speak and communicate clearly over telephones.
• Must be in sound physical health as determined by a certified licensed physician with no evidence of the use of controlled substances.

Work Environment:

• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, and fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment will range from quiet to moderately loud.

Employer Rights:

This job description is intended to provide general information about the Security Gate Guard position. The above does not constitute an exhaustive list of the job duties to be performed by an associate holding the position of Security Gate Guard, nor are the lists of the physical requirements and environmental conditions exhaustive. You may be asked by your supervisor or managers to perform other duties. Your performance will be evaluated in part based upon your performance of the job duties listed in this job description, as well as any job duties not specifically listed above that you may be asked from time to time to perform. As with all positions, the duties and responsibilities are subject to change at any time as needs arise and at the discretion of the RJW Transport, Inc. The Company has the right to revise this job description at any time.

Employment-At-Will:

It is the Company's policy that all associates, other than those covered by a written individual employment or labor agreement with the Company that has been authorized in writing by the Company's Chief Executive Officer or Board of Directors, are not employed for any fixed term and are employed at the will of the Company for an indefinite period. Just as our associate's, reserve the right to resign their employment at any time for any reason the Company reserves its right to terminate an associate any time for any reason either with or without cause. Neither this Job Description nor any of its individual terms constitutes commitments between the Company and its associates as to the terms, conditions, or duration of employment, nor does it modify the prevailing Employment-At-Will relationship.