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Security Specialist

Full-timeBased in Grand Rapids, MI

As a Security Specialist, you oversee security and general operations across our facilities. You help ensure all Tekton employees work in a clean, safe, comfortable, and well-functioning environment.

Responsibilities

  • Open and close buildings, in coordination with others, and act as the second-responder to any security or operational issues
  • Control access to our campus, facilities, and property
  • Occasionally work with service providers to maintain buildings, facilities, and equipment
  • Maintain ongoing communication with executives and others about property conditions, security concerns, and daily operations

Indicators of a good match for this role

  • You are aligned with Tekton’s philosophy, ways of thinking, and work style 
  • You are exceptionally trustworthy
  • You can coordinate internally by building relationships
  • You are naturally curious and comfortable asking detailed questions
  • You are extremely detail oriented and situationally alert
  • You can maintain composure and make rational decisions under pressure or in emergency situations
  • You can maintain composure in confrontational situations
  • You have exceptional values including honesty, integrity, and empathy

Baseline qualifications

  • A strong background working with third-party security systems and maintaining security networks
  • More than two years working in a security position
  • Capable of lifting up to 50 pounds
  • Able to work second shift
  • Eligible to work in the United States without visa sponsorship

Pay range

  • $45,000 - $55,000 per year

Benefits package

  • Full-time employees receive health, dental, vision, life, and hospital indemnity insurance; paid time off; a 401(k) program; and tuition reimbursement.

Location and hours

  • This is a full-time salaried position located in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Direct supervisor

  • Infrastructure Manager

About the department

  • The Infrastructure department is responsible for maintaining company property, creating a safe and secure workplace, and producing a clean and welcoming environment.

About the company

Tekton, Inc. is a family-owned company in Grand Rapids, Michigan. We are dedicated to making the best hand tools you will ever own, and we start by designing the products that we personally believe in and want to own ourselves. We focus especially on tools used in mechanical and assembly work; our core categories include systems of hand drive sockets and ratchets, impact sockets, wrenches, screwdrivers, and pliers.

Our Application Process

Our Recruiting team actively looks to find and get to know top performers who have exceptional values. We review all applications, but a candidate's chances of moving forward are less likely if we did not personally invite them to apply.

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Tekton, Inc. offers equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, age, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap or disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.