Security Officer

The Nines, A Luxury Collection Hotel, Portland is seeking a Security Officer to join their renowned team. The perfect candidate is passionate about service and creating indigenous experiences for each guest!
Poised in the heart of the city center
, within the walls of the stately Meier & Frank Building one of Portland's most beloved landmarks, the Nines honors the structure’s storied past, both in its striking decor and impeccable service. Individualistic design traits celebrate the surroundings of one of finest LEED Silver-certified hotels in Portland, providing the opportunity to truly experience the region's unique character.

As part of Sage Hospitality
, we passionately strive to be the best and create excellence in everything we do. We are known amongst our staff, our owners, our guests, and our communities as leaders in our field who are authentic, humble, innovative, and flexible operators driven to anticipate needs and exceed expectations.

• Patrol exterior and stairwells on a regular basis.
• Respond to any guest complaints and concerns and investigate to remedy the situation with a sense of urgency.
• Note, search for, handle and report any unusual circumstances, safety violations, car theft, destruction and/or suspicious or undesirable persons and escort off property, if necessary.
• Document a concise security report on a daily log including incidents of theft, accidents and safety violations.
• Complete the necessary security forms to document losses of property or personal injury to guest or associate.
• Maintain familiarity of all hotel disaster and emergency policies, procedures and regulations; respond immediately to emergency alarms or calls for help, determine course of action, notify appropriate authorities and perform first aid and CPR as needed.
• Conduct investigations of security incidents.
• Enforce the 'No Solicitation Policy' of the property.

High school education or equivalent experience.

Minimum two years prior experience in loss prevention.

• Current CPR and First Aid certification; good communication skills, ability to recognize drug and alcohol abuse.
• Ability to communicate through a portable radio. May require a second language.
• Excellent hearing required to communicate with guests, employees, managers, use radio.
• Excellent vision required for emergencies, visual safety inspections.
• Excellent speech communication skills required to communicate with guests, employees, managers, use radio. Excellent comprehension and literacy required to complete reports, logs.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Lifting, pushing, pulling, carrying may be necessary to carry people or equipment in emergency situations.
• Bending/kneeling would be necessary in administering CPR and First Aid.
• Mobility - would be necessary 100% of the time in responding to emergencies and patrolling the building.
• Continuous standing - would not be standing in one place for any extended length of time. Uses stairs in responding to fire alarms - no elevators.
• No driving required.

Work inside 50% of shift, outside 50% of shift. Abnormal temperatures of summer is 115 degrees and winter is
-10 degrees.

• Medical, Vision, Dental and Retirement Benefits
• Paid sick time and eligibility to apply for Paid Leave Oregon
• Eligible to enroll in medical insurance with employer covering up to 70% of premiums with wellness credit
• Eligible to enroll in dental insurance with employer contribution towards premiums & vision insurance
• Eligible to participate in the Company’s 401(k) program with up to 4% employer match, meeting safe harbor requirements and no vesting period
• Eligible to enroll in Health Savings Accounts (HSA) with qualifying medical plans and receive up to $1000 company contribution
• Eligible to enroll in Health, Dependent and Commuter Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Company paid Basic Life and AD&D insurance coverage,…