Access Control Specialist - Full Time

Amentum • Fort Meade, MD • 1h ago

Join our team of 500+ front-line security professionals ensuring that our nation's most precious assets are protected. As a physical security specialist, you will be provided with exceptional training and growth opportunities while playing a critical role in the workplace and mission security for a US intelligence community customer.

Are you Vigilant, Trustworthy and Patient?

If security is important to you, keep reading. These are the foundational qualities we are looking for in our Access Control Specialists!

Essential Responsibilities:

Monitor and control the access of employees and visitors in and out of restricted areas by ensuring people have proper access.

Ensure that prohibited and restricted items do not find their way in or out of the building.

Diligently monitor your restricted area.

Provide excellent customer service to all employees and visitors.

Remain alert and aware of surroundings.

Exhibit excellent communication in every interaction.

Ensure attention to detail.

The ability to work independently during your scheduled shift(s).

The ability to adapt to change within high-volume, fast-paced, and slow-paced environments **.

Minimum Requirements:**

Currently hold an active TS/SCI with Poly.

You must be able to work 1st Shift: (6:00am - 2:00pm) Monday-Friday (SHIFT +/- 1 hour), 2nd Shift: (2:00pm - 10:00pm) Monday-Friday (SHIFT +/- 1 hour) or 3rd Shift: (10:00pm-6:00am) Sunday-Thursday (SHIFT +/- 1 hour) shift based on contract needs; this work supports 24/7 operations , and you may be assigned challenging shifts, but it will be worth it!

Must have and maintain a valid state driver's license in good standing.

High School diploma or GED.

U.S. citizenship.

Currently live within a 75-mile radius of Annapolis Junction, MD.

Must be open to alternating work locations and be willing to travel within 10-15 miles of Annapolis Junction Business Park.

Read, speak, and understand English language fluently.

You will need to be comfortable leaving your mobile device at home or in your car. The assigned work location will be in a restricted mobile communication zone.

Must be available to work 2 major holidays and 1 minor holiday, as determined by Amentum, per year.

Work Environment, Physical Demands, and Mental Demands

You need to be physically able to perform all duties and functions as specified:

You need to see well and to prove it. So, you should have 20/20 vision (glasses and contacts count) and close vision correctable to Jaeger No. 4 @type test for both eyes.

You need to be free of color blindness.

You should have normal fields of vision and good depth perception, as defined by the Snellen chart.

You need to be able to have hearing which is correctable to normal level hearing with hearing aids. Normal hearing levels are demonstrated by a pure tone audiometry hearing level (HL) of 0 decibels (dB) or lower.

You need to be able to stand continuously for 4 hours at a time.

The ability to work independently during your scheduled shift(s).

Salary and Other Compensation : ?The starting hourly rate for this position is between $18.29-$32.00 per hour. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate. ?

Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability insurance, paid time off, paid parental leave, paid holidays annually.

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, ancestry, United States military or veteran status, color, religion, creed, marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, low-income status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about your rights under Federal laws and supplemental language at Labor Laws Posters (https://postings.govdocs.com/#/vxSkbztPuAwwxfs) .

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