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SECURITY SPECIALIST

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Date: 9 May 2025

Location: Brisbane Office, Queensland, Australia

Company: Ampol

  • Permanent full time position 

  • Location: Brisbane/Sydney/ Melbourne preferred 

  • Hybrid working model 

   

About the role 

Reporting to the Security Lead, the Security Specialist will partner with the business to provide advice and support on Emergency Management planning, implementation and maintenance of the Security Risk Framework. The role provides expertise and guidance to support the high standards in security at Ampol and the Loss Prevention Strategy.  

 

Key Responsibilities 

  • Identify security risks, issues and gaps to develop and implement solutions to proactively and systematically address organisation wide security needs within Retail. 

  • Establish and maintain an effective network on security issues across company departments and externally (particularly with Government departments, agencies, Police and Legal). 

  • Advise and coach key stakeholders on the implementation of the security risk management processes and controls. 

  • Maintain effective reporting of security & Loss Prevention related performance data. 

  

About you 

You will be a subject matter expert, playing a critical role in partnering with the retail business around all personal and retail security issues, whilst also role modelling expected behaviours within the team and organisation. You will have the capability to engage and build strong internal and external stakeholder partnerships to achieve all Security outcomes. You will have the ability to work in highly ambiguous situations and ensure the strategy around Security within operations is effectively managed and delivered, liaise, coach, influence, drive change and facilitate purposeful conversations with various stakeholders whilst holding accountability in the role is a must. 

  

Key skills and experience 

 

  • Experience in the security risk management of personnel and assets. 

  • A sound knowledge of security management practices, standards and systems. 

  • Practical experience of auditing management systems. 

  • Experienced in providing advice and coaching to senior line managers. 

  • Able to develop processes and systems to address emerging security risks. 

  • Practical experience in retail operations or management would be advantageous. 

  • Ability to work with own and cross functional teams. 

  • Intermediate to advanced MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and MS Teams skills required. 

  • Cert 4 in Security Risk Management or related discipline. 

  • Relevant academic qualifications at tertiary level in Security / WHS / Risk related disciplines. 

  • Ability to travel away from home for short business trips as required and drivers’ license and vehicle. 

  

Our benefits 

  

  • Our total remuneration is competitive. This is across base salary, a performance incentive, employee share offers and a 25% discount on Fuel for one privately used car! 

  • We are flexible. Many of our teams have embraced hybrid work, balancing time spent remote working, with time spent at an office to connect and work together where it adds value. 

  • Remote Working: Support for up to 3 months remote international working (conditional to 5 days paid leave for every 30 days of remote work). 

  • We value recognition.  We have an internal recognition platform amplifying the achievements of those who do great work and demonstrate our capabilities and values. 

  • Career development and learning opportunities including LinkedIn Learning and other tailored training solutions. 

  • Paid Parental Leave - up to 12 weeks paid Parental leave, and up to a year off (unpaid). In addition to the 12 months of unpaid parental leave, employees may apply for a further 12 months of unpaid parental leave (a total of 24 months for each birth) 

  • BabyCare Package - financial and flexible support for parents transitioning back to work. 

  • Need some wheels? Novated Lease options are available. 

  • Invest in your future with the Employee Share Scheme 

  • Leave Options – We offer wellbeing leave and leave purchasing   

  • Care for your Community. Spend one paid day a year volunteering with one of our Ampol Foundation partners.  

  

We’re an equal opportunity workplace. We not only embrace diversity and inclusion; we celebrate what makes you unique. We welcome applications from people of all ages, cultural backgrounds, and diverse sexualities and genders (including if you identify as transgender). We also highly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply for roles with Ampol. 

  

Want to take your career to the next level? Apply today.  

  

Applications close Sunday 15th June 2025.