Precinct Risk and Security Manager

**Job no**: 498001
**Work type**: Permanent Full Time
**Location**: Sydney
**Categories**: Risk, Risk and Security, Centre and Retail Management

**Your opportunity**

As the Sydney CBD Precinct Manager, you’ll play a key role in overseeing the implementation and delivery of the Security Operational Framework across Scentre Group's teams in the heart of Sydney. This role focuses on building a strong network of relationships with authorities, emergency services, and neighboring businesses to ensure a safe and secure environment for our customers, partners, and employees.

This role oversees Sydney’s key precincts, including the luxury retail precinct, Sydney Central Plaza (Myer building), The Tower (a renowned tourist attraction), and 101 Castlereagh St, a mixed-use development with retail, commercial, and residential spaces requiring collaboration across strata teams.

Day-to-day you will be responsible for:

- Coordinate and lead incident management and operational risk processes for the precinct, including the preparation, planning of training exercises, and regular updates to evacuation plans.
- Analyse public liability and security incidents to identify hazards, patterns, and trends, and implement effective mitigation strategies.
- Actively manage security contracts to ensure financial and contractual obligations are met, and contractors remain compliant.
- Regularly review security contracts to adjust staffing levels based on business needs or changes in national threat levels.
- Oversee the annual budget, long-term forecasting, and lifecycle costing for precinct security systems, including preparing business cases.
- Create and manage safety, risk management, and security plans, including the Centre’s Terrorist Response Plans.
- Collaborate with specialised security training providers and authorities to design and execute tailored training exercises across the precinct.
- Manage and oversee 2 direct reports: Commercial Risk and Security Supervisor, and Westfield Sydney Risk and Security Supervisor, ensuring their alignment with company goals and operational standards.

This role is permanent, full-time opportunity based onsite at Westfield Sydney.

**What sets you apart**

You will drive collaboration and lead initiatives that reinforce safety, security, and business continuity within the Sydney CBD precinct.

You will be:

- Strong background in security in a crowded places environment
- Track record of delivering within a dynamic environment.
- Track record of optimising and prioritising in a complex environment
- Strong written and verbal communication.
- Strong planning, presentation and delivery skills.
- Proven ability to develop strong working relationships.

**About us**

Scentre Groups owns 42 Westfield destinations across Australia and New Zealand. We create extraordinary places and experiences that connect and enrich communities.

We are focused on our customers and creating more reasons for more people to visit our Westfield destinations more often and for longer.

With approximately 75 professions within our business, our team has the expertise to design, construct, operate, manage and market our Westfield destinations and platforms.

We want to be the place where talent thrives. To support you thrive with us, we promise to respect, inspire and develop you, and that you will do work that matters.

Diversity, equity and inclusion underpins our culture, and our vision is that ‘Everyone Belongs’. We foster a workplace experience where everyone feels valued, supported and motivated to realise their full potential.

We offer a range of unique benefits designed to support your wellbeing, career development and lifestyle, including five days paid Life Leave on top of your four weeks annual leave (pro-rated for part-time), 18 weeks gender neutral paid parental leave, for primary carers, with no qualifying period and super paid for the duration of the leave period., and free parking at your local Westfield destination.

Applications close**: Friday 11th October (unless filled prior)**.

**Advertised**: 25 Sep 2024 AUS Eastern Standard Time
**Applications close**: 11 Oct 2024 AUS Eastern Daylight Time

**_Scentre Group exclusively recruits for roles based in Australia and New Zealand. If you are contacted regarding employment opportunities with Scentre Group based in any other country, we encourage you not to disclose any personal information. _