Placement Exception Security Guard 3 (SG3) - Belonging House/Vancouver
State of Washington
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Posted: February 19, 2026 (2 days ago)
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Lead Security Guard
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Department of the Army
GS-5 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $33,878 - $44,042
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience. Bachelor's degree.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job is for a lead security guard at a hydropower facility in Washington state, where you'll supervise a small team, train new guards, and protect the site from threats like theft, trespassing, and sabotage.
It involves checking vehicles and people for unauthorized items, investigating suspicious activities, and keeping security systems ready.
A good fit would be someone with prior security or protection experience who enjoys leading others and working in a structured environment.
Key Requirements
- One year of specialized experience in protecting property from hazards like fire, theft, damage, accidents, or trespass
- Experience maintaining order and protecting life, including knowledge of protective systems and techniques
- Ability to provide on-the-job training to new or trainee security guards
- Skills in denying access to unauthorized persons or vehicles and conducting personnel/vehicle searches
- Proficiency in investigating suspicious activities and taking corrective actions
- Leadership experience overseeing 1-4 personnel, instructing on duties, and ensuring compliance with procedures
- Ability to maintain and oversee security, access, and visitor control systems
Full Job Description
This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Competitive Service positions to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.
About the Position: Ice Harbor Project is a multi-purpose hydropower project, with missions including operation and maintenance of the facility for flood control, hydro power generation with six main generating units, navigation locks, fish facility, recreation, and natural resource management.
Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).
You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.
Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes the protection of property against such hazards as fire, theft, damage, accident, or trespass; or maintaining order and protecting life.
My experience provided me with knowledge of protective systems and techniques.
This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05). Major Duties:
- Provides OJT to new/trainee guards.
- Duties include protecting against trespass, sabotage, theft, fire and espionage.
- Denies access to unauthorized persons/vehicles. Conducts personnel and vehicle searches.
- Investigates all suspicious activities and takes corrective action if necessary.
- Serves as a Lead Security Guard, responsible for assuring that 1-4 personnel assigned to the shift carry out work assignments in accordance with instructions.
- Instructs shift employees in specific duties and job techniques and makes available written instructions, reference materials, etc.
- Maintains current knowledge of operations and answers questions of other employees on procedures, policies, directives, etc.
- Oversees and ensures all functions of security control, access control, and visitor control systems of the facility are maintained in a high state of readiness at all times.
- Inspects vehicles for the purpose of identifying/locating contraband, explosives, concealed drugs, and other illegal items.
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