This is an exciting opportunity to provide specialist security engineering and protective security advice across a portfolio of high-security facilities, including high-containment laboratories and other sensitive assets.
Contract Details
Contract Length: 12 months
Location: Hybrid – Porton Down (2–3 days per week onsite)
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
Security Clearance: Active SC clearance is essential
Rate: Up to £681.16 per day (Umbrella)
The Role
As the Built Asset Security Advisor, you will provide expert guidance throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring protective security requirements are embedded into the design, development, delivery, and assurance of secure facilities.
Working closely with multidisciplinary teams, you will help safeguard critical infrastructure by integrating security best practice into complex construction and engineering projects.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide specialist security engineering advice for the design, development and review of secure facilities, including high-containment laboratories and other sensitive government buildings.
* Review perimeter security arrangements, including Hostile Vehicle Mitigation (HVM), and recommend appropriate security enhancements.
* Lead and support security risk assessments, threat analyses and vulnerability assessments.
* Develop, review and assure protective security strategies, technical specifications and security assurance documentation.
* Collaborate with architects, engineers, project teams and security stakeholders to ensure security is fully integrated throughout project delivery.
* Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, government standards and protective security frameworks.
* Advise on secure digital engineering requirements, including BIM security controls and secure information management.
* Support design reviews, governance activities, construction assurance, commissioning and operational readiness.
* Provide expert advice on emergency planning, secure operations and preparedness for high-threat environments.
Essential Experience
You will have:
* Significant experience as a Security Engineer, Security Specialist or Security Advisor within the built environment.
* Experience supporting highly secure, regulated or high-containment facilities.
* Strong understanding of physical, technical and operational security design principles.
* Experience undertaking security risk assessments, threat analysis and security assurance activities.
* Knowledge of:
* Schedule 5 of the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001.
* ISO (phone number removed):2020 – Security-minded approach to BIM.
* ISO 23234:2021 – Security for BIM and built assets.
* NPSA Surreptitious Threat Mitigation Process and its practical application.
* Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex security requirements to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills within high-consequence environments.
Desirable Experience
* Experience working with government departments, national security organisations, scientific research establishments or emergency response agencies.
* Knowledge of secure digital engineering processes and high-security BIM environments.
* Experience delivering protective security solutions for Critical National Infrastructure (CNI).
Qualifications
* Membership of the Register of Security Engineers and Specialists (RSES).
* Expertise in one or more of the following:
* Protection Against Forced Entry.
* Hostile Vehicle Mitigation (HVM).
* Professional qualifications in security engineering, protective security, engineering, risk management or a related discipline are desirable.
If you hold active SC Security Clearance and have a proven track record delivering protective security solutions within complex, high-security environments, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today to be considered for this exciting contract opportunity
Salary description
£600.00 - £681.00 per day