Head of Corporate Security West

About the job

• Leadership, organisation and further development of the regional Safety & Security Organisation West with several locations and assigned Safety & Security Officers
• Ensuring uniform implementation of group-wide requirements, standards and processes in the areas of Safety, Security, Environment, Crisis Management and Business Continuity Management
• Responsibility for operational control as well as continuous optimisation of the security organisation and regional processes
• Conducting safety inspections, risk analyses, audits and vulnerability analyses as well as follow-up of defined measures
• Responsibility for emergency, crisis and incident management including planning and conducting exercises as well as coordination of events
• Ensuring compliance with legal, regulatory and internal requirements in the areas of Safety, Security and Environment
• Advising and supporting managers and locations in all matters of security, risk, environmental and crisis management
• Collaboration with authorities, emergency services, customers and other internal and external stakeholders
• Integration of security, environmental and business continuity requirements into projects, operations and change initiatives as well as support for sustainability initiatives
• Planning and awareness measures and exercises to promote a sustainable safety and risk culture

• Higher education (HF/FH/Uni) or equivalent qualification in the fields of Security, Risk Management, Environment, Facility Management or Business Administration
• Several years of leadership and professional experience (at least 5 years) in Corporate Security, Safety, Crisis Management or a comparable security organisation
• Extensive experience in leading teams as well as managing decentralised organisational units
• Very good knowledge in the areas of physical security, occupational safety, risk management, emergency and crisis management
• Practical experience in audits, risk and vulnerability analyses as well as incident and emergency management
• Confident handling of authorities, emergency services and internal and external stakeholders
• Strong leadership, communication and organisational skills as well as a structured, solution-oriented working style
• High resilience, decisiveness, integrity and sense of responsibility – also in crisis situations
• Fluent German, good English skills (min. B2) and good French skills for successful collaboration in the West region

About 3000 employees of RUAG and RUAG Real Estate make a significant contribution to the security of Switzerland every day. They ensure that the Swiss Army and other operational and security organisations can fully perform their tasks at all times.

• Higher education (HF/FH/Uni) or equivalent qualification in the fields of Security, Risk Management, Environment, Facility Management or Business Administration
• Several years of leadership and professional experience (at least 5 years) in Corporate Security, Safety, Crisis Management or a comparable security organisation
• Extensive experience in leading teams as well as managing decentralised organisational units
• Very good knowledge in the areas of physical security, occupational safety, risk management, emergency and crisis management
• Practical experience in audits, risk and vulnerability analyses as well as incident and emergency management
• Confident handling of authorities, emergency services and internal and external stakeholders
• Strong leadership, communication and organisational skills as well as a structured, solution-oriented working style
• High resilience, decisiveness, integrity and sense of responsibility – also in crisis situations
• Fluent German, good English skills (min. B2) and good French skills for successful collaboration in the West region

• Leadership, organisation and further development of the regional Safety & Security Organisation West with several locations and assigned Safety & Security Officers
• Ensuring uniform implementation of group-wide requirements, standards and processes in the areas of Safety, Security, Environment, Crisis Management and Business Continuity Management
• Responsibility for operational control as well as continuous optimisation of the security organisation and regional processes
• Conducting safety inspections, risk analyses, audits and vulnerability analyses as well as follow-up of defined measures
• Responsibility for emergency, crisis and incident management including planning and conducting exercises as well as coordination of events
• Ensuring compliance with legal, regulatory and internal requirements in the areas of Safety, Security and Environment
• Advising and supporting managers and locations in all matters of security, risk, environmental and crisis management
• Collaboration with authorities, emergency services, customers and other internal and external stakeholders
• Integration of security, environmental and business continuity requirements into projects, operations and change initiatives as well as support for sustainability initiatives
• Planning and awareness measures and exercises to promote a sustainable safety and risk culture