Security Controller

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices. 

We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual. 

Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.

About the business unit  
The Energy unit delivers services to clients globally across several sectors including hydropower, nuclear, waste, renewable generation and transmission & distribution networks. Together we provide integrated engineering and project management services across the project lifecycle – from concept and design to construction and operations, to decommissioning or repowering and life extension. Together with our clients, we’re helping to deliver the energy transition globally.   

Overview of the role
Come to work for our growing Security Team who provide essential support to our clients. The Security Controller role provides internal assurance within the Defence and Nuclear sector by providing project security support and assurance to Mott MacDonald projects in respect to our compliance against security obligations.

Key responsibilities and duties include:

• Track and maintain compliance with security policy, procedures, process for both project team and sub-contractors
• Support the project delivery team during the classification of work packages providing security focused guidance during the development of security aspect letters (SAL’s)
• Advise site / construction management on construction security best practice within the CDM area
• Ensure project security resources are providing adequate coverage to maintain the safety and security of the CDM area during each phase of the project
• Develop and own the project security orders and standard operating procedures (SOP’s) ensuring all security manned guarding resources are fully conversant
• Act as a single point of contact for all project security related matters with DRDL and MIP Security functions
• Develop, own and update on security risks to the project schedule
• Ensure the project reflects any changes to DRDL’s security posture, communicating and implementing additional controls at a project level where necessary
• Coordinate security awareness training for the project team and sub-contractors
• Support project commercial team assessing and scoring security submissions for PQQ’s and ITT’s
• Brief security requirements during all induction briefs and update when required
• Monitor and record security non-conformance to provide auditable evidence for DRDL & MIP security assurance team(s)
• Communicate emerging security risks and uncertainties to programme / project management and MIP security functions
• Assist DRDL & MIP construction / information security teams in incident investigations when required
• Track leavers and joiners on the project
• Provide Project Manger’s with security assistance for all project works
• Co-ordinating with project staff to ensure all security requirements are met with onboarding and offboarding staff
• Conducting own research into security practice that could be adopted

Candidate specification
Essential:

• Experience in security environment
• Risk management experience in highly regulated environment
• Auditing experience
• Evidence of mentoring and training with positive results
• Experience of report writing
• Able to work as a part of a team and independently

Desirable:

• Experience in corporate security environment
• Security related qualifications foundation level
• Risk management qualifications foundation level
• DISA certified
• Auditor qualifications
• NPSA experience
• GovS007 experience
• JSP 440 experience

Please be advised that offers for this role are conditional upon obtaining the appropriate level of Security Clearance.

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

Agile working  

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion 

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.

 Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.

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