About This Role
Managing and leading the security operations for a plant, including access control, surveillance, and risk management, is the core purpose of this role. The position suits a security professional with experience in industrial settings, focused on protecting assets and ensuring compliance.
Responsibilities
- Lead overall plant security operations, including access control, surveillance, patrolling, perimeter protection, and material movement monitoring
- Ensure 24x7 security coverage through effective shift planning and workforce deployment
- Develop and implement security SOPs, protocols, and escalation mechanisms
- Safeguard high-value manufacturing equipment, raw materials (cells/modules), and finished inventory
- Prevent theft, pilferage, and unauthorized access within plant premises
- Ensure security integration across warehouse, production, utilities, and logistics areas
- Conduct periodic risk assessments, vulnerability analysis, and security audits
- Ensure compliance with industrial security standards, local laws, BCAS guidelines (if applicable), and internal audit requirements
- Drive corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) for identified risks
- Oversee CCTV systems, access control systems, boom barriers, RFID and other surveillance tools
- Drive digital transformation in plant security (AI-enabled surveillance, analytics, etc.)
- Ensure uptime, monitoring, and continuous improvement of security technologies
- Lead incident response, investigation, and root cause analysis for theft, breach, safety/security lapses
- Coordinate with local law enforcement authorities when required
- Maintain proper documentation, reporting, and escalation to leadership
- Manage third-party security agencies and guards deployed at plant
- Ensure training, discipline, and performance monitoring of security workforce
- Optimize manpower deployment for cost and efficiency
- Collaborate with Plant Head, Operations, EHS, HR, Stores, and Logistics for integrated security governance
- Support HR in employee verification, visitor management, and compliance controls
- Develop and execute emergency response plans (ERP) for fire, intrusion, sabotage, or natural disasters
- Conduct mock drills and ensure preparedness across teams
Requirements
- Graduate / Postgraduate (preferred in Security / Industrial Management / Defence background)
- 10–15 years of experience in plant/industrial security operations, preferably in manufacturing (solar, metals, heavy engineering, etc.)
- Prior experience in handling large-scale plant security at remote locations
