Security Officer - MGM Springfield

Join our dynamic team as a Security Officer, where you'll play a crucial role in safeguarding one of the world's leading entertainment brands. Your responsibilities will include serving as a visual deterrent, effectively intervening in various security scenarios, and responding to emergencies or potential threats to ensure a safe environment for both guests and staff. Embrace the opportunity to contribute to our exciting mission: to entertain the human race while maintaining a secure experience for all.

STARTING PAY: $19.00 per hour

THE DAY-TO-DAY:

• Actively patrol and monitor all areas of the property through rotating assignments, including the exterior using various modes of transportation. Patrolling may include, but not limited to, bending, lifting, carrying, running, and extended time periods of standing and/or walking.
• Perform all necessary duties as trained in order to respond in emergency situations, including but not limited to:
• Rendering appropriate first aidCPR/AED Responsive Care, including, as needed, retrieving and utilizing the CPR/AED equipment and following established protocols. Initiating and conducting evacuation procedures.
• Rotating to monitor alarm system and surveillance cameras, perform gaming drops/transactions, including carrying drop boxes and chip carriers, perform dispatcher duties in emergent and non-emergent situations using appropriate equipment.
• Write reports of daily activities and irregularities such as property damage, theft, guest or employee accidents, or unusual occurrences

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE:

• Candidates will be required to satisfactorily pass a security officer training academy
• Successfully attend and pass all recurring mandatory legal, defensive tactics, first aid, CPR/AED response simulation, and other training, as well as physical requirements, as a condition of employment
• Ability to participate and respond in emergency situations, including evacuations procedures to aid guests and employees during an emergency
• Ability to stand and walk throughout a shift.
• Ability to lift and carry 30 pounds.
• Ability to climb stairs and ramps in order to perform security patrol.
• Ability to evaluate, compile, coordinate, and disseminate information, make sound judgement, and respond accurately and quickly to changing situations
• Ability to effectively communicate in English, in both oral and written forms.
• As described above, this position requires moderate to arduous physical exertion and/or duties of a hazardous nature, as well as involvement in stressful situations.