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SECURITY GUARD
Commander, Navy Installations
Department of the Navy
Location
Panama City, Florida
Salary
$45,409 - $59,031
per year
Type
Closes
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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 involves working as a security guard at a Navy installation in Panama City, Florida, where you'll check IDs, control access to restricted areas, manage traffic, and inspect vehicles and packages to keep the base secure.
It's a hands-on role that requires staying alert and following strict procedures during regular shifts and emergency responses.
A good fit would be someone with prior experience in security or law enforcement who is reliable, detail-oriented, and comfortable working in a military environment.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-05 level, such as authenticating IDs for restricted access
- Experience regulating pedestrian and vehicular traffic to maintain security and flow
- Skills in granting or denying access to personnel in controlled areas
- Proficiency in performing vehicle, package, and property inspections per procedures
- Ability to check credentials and control access to bases, buildings, or restricted zones
- Familiarity with standard operating procedures and regulatory requirements for access control
- Capability to respond to security incidents as part of the installation's security team
Full Job Description
You will serve as a SECURITY GUARD in the Navy Security Forces of NAVSUPPACT PANAMA CITY SEC DET.
In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered.
Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position.
Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-05) or pay band in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector: 1) Authenticating identification for access to restricted areas; 2) Regulating pedestrian and vehicular traffic to maintain traffic flow and security operations; 3) Granting or denying personnel access into restricted areas; and 4) Performing private and commercial vehicle inspections and package inspections following prescribed procedures to ensure only authorized property is brought into or removed from facilities.
(NOTE: Your answer must be supported by information in your resume.) Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).
Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. Major Duties:
- You will check credentials of personnel or vehicles to control access to base posts, buildings, private property, or restricted areas.
- You will perform installation access control for pedestrians and vehicles utilizing standard operating procedures, written orders and regulatory requirements as a guide to assess determination for a wide range of unique circumstances.
- You will serve as a member of the installation’s overall security response capability during actual or simulated incidents.
- You will access a personal identification system to issue vehicle passes and identification badges.
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