Security Guard

3 days ago


Virginia Beach, United States Atlantic Shores Retirement Community Full time $16 - $19
Job Details

Job Location

Atlantic Shores Retirement Community - Virginia Beach, VA

Salary Range

$16.00 - $19.20 Hourly Security Guard

Are you a Security Guard who thrives by helping others and working as a team? If so, the Security team at Atlantic Shores is anxious to meet you Our secure community begins with our single controlled entrance, manned around the clock. It continues across campus with our own professional roving security staff onsite available to respond to emergencies.

This position offers a schedule that includes some nights and requires the availability to work flexible hours.

Earn a competitive hourly rate between $16 and $19.20 based on years of experience.

Additional compensation includes:

  • Hourly employees:
    • 1.5x Holiday Pay
    • 1.5x Overtime Pay for every hour worked over 40 hours per week
  • Full-time employees:
    • Generous PTO beginning with a maximum of 104 hours annually
    • Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD/LTD, Supplemental: Accident/Cancer/Critical Illness, Legal Resources, and Identity Theft
    • Tuition reimbursement: up to $5,250 annually for qualifying coursework
  • All employees:
    • 401k with company match
    • Educational Partnership Discounts: South University, ECPI, Regent University, St. Leo University, and Colorado Christian University
    • Referral Bonus for new employee referrals that join our team
    • Star Employee Recognition Program including monetary awards
    • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Position Summary: The Security Guard position, in accordance with established policies and procedures, provides security/safety for all residents and staff. The Security Guard is responsible for ensuring the safety and security of all residents living here is of the utmost importance, every single day; responding to apartment alarms/emergencies; assisting nursing staff in lifting residents to a safe position; performing site and perimeter security rounds. This position reports to the Security Supervisor.

  • Greets and directs guests, vendors, employees, and residents upon entry to the property while screening each vehicle and person for authorization.
  • Conducts routine rounds of the property and buildings as assigned.
  • Keeps all areas of the community secure and assists with unlocks as required.
  • Writes detailed and accurate reports using computer applications and software during each shift that aligns with instruction from the Supervisor and the daily orders.
  • Responds to emergency situations and helps coordinate medical responses within the community between ASCA EMTs and local first responders.
  • Remains familiar with the location of fire alarm system elements (control panels, smoke detectors, extinguishers, pull stations, sprinkler valves, etc.) as well as other essential building systems (light switches, fuse panels, chillers, boilers, pumps, and emergency generators) within the community in order to perform minor maintenance functions (e.g., opening and closing valves or turning on/off switches under the instruction of others).

Education and/or Experience: High school education; or one-year related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Must hold a current VA valid driver’s license.

Preferred candidates will have:

  • Excellent customer services skills, patience, and a knack for meeting a wide range of personal needs.
  • Clear communication skills with a team-based mentality.
  • Basic computer knowledge and familiarity with Microsoft Office applications.
About Atlantic Shores

Our vision at Atlantic Shores is "To be a neighborhood where people want to live and work." Located in Virginia Beach, we are an award-winning continuing care retirement community serving ages 55 and up. We live our mission of being a welcoming neighborhood promoting active lifestyles in a community which ensures freedom, dignity, wellness, independence and security for all residents and staff.

Our Core Values include:

  • Service to others
  • Culture of Trust/Honesty
  • Leadership to Grow
  • Loyalty

Why choose us? For a rewarding opportunity.

We are looking for people who have a heart full of compassion, people who are warm and kind. Here at Atlantic Shores, you will have the opportunity to make a wonderful difference in someone’s life every day. Employment with Atlantic Shores comes with great benefits - with the flexibility to choose the health and welfare plans to best meet your needs.


Hospitality Promises

Atlantic Shores Cooperative Association fully embraces a culture of hospitality. To that end, we include the following hospitality promises as a guide for our interpersonal interactions with residents, co-workers, and guests:

  • We greet you warmly, by name and with a smile.
  • We treat everyone with courteous respect.
  • We strive to anticipate your needs and act accordingly.
  • We listen and respond enthusiastically in a timely manner.
  • We hold ourselves and one another accountable.
  • We make you feel important.
  • We embrace and value our differences.
  • We ask, “Is there anything else I can do for you?”
  • We maintain high levels of professionalism, both in conduct and appearance, at all times.
  • We pay attention to details.

Wellness Focus

Atlantic Shores Cooperative Association employees are expected to promote a healthy community culture for all residents and employees. This is a whole-person approach to health and wellness which includes eight dimensions of wellness: Emotional, Environmental, Health Services, Intellectual, Physical, Social, Spiritual and Vocational. Through these efforts we can ensure and exceed residents’ wellness needs relating to their mind, body and soul, which may also have a positive effect on the employees, as a result.


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