PS Officer Specialised at De Beers Group

Job Description:

• Come and join this dedicated team as a PS Officer Specialised where you will be responsible for the effective application of CCTV, X-ray and electronic access and monitoring systems to reduce theft, identify procedural and process violations and health and safety issues.
• This application involves monitoring, detecting and analysing anomalies and incident conditions in risk areas within Anglo American Platinum.
• Officers will engage in observation, visual analysis, trend and pattern analysis, and visual investigations during this implementation.
• They are also responsible for the communication of dynamics and effective guidance of Protection Services responses under incident or emergency conditions.

Job responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Evaluate actions in risk areas and potential threats with reference to best practice requirements and regulations.
• Interpret movement and behaviour of personnel within high-risk areas.
• Monitor adherence to policies, procedures and standards and notify management of deviations.
• Identify potential surveillance targets based on assessments of behaviour, presence and movement.
• Initiate remote visual investigation and evidence gathering when an incident has occurred within the designated area of responsibility.
• Verify and identity personnel in risk areas and ensure that only approved staff are in area.
• Conduct in-depth surveillance on identified individuals.
• Profile the characteristics, behaviour and movement of suspects.
• Control operator consoles.
• Generate recordings of behaviour for employee profiles.
• Monitor and review alarms in high risk areas and note trends in alarm activation.
• Reviews surveillance recordings to detect possible incidences in high risk and other areas.
• Gather and record evidence on incident and events.
• Notify supervisors of incidents.
• Record suspicious behaviour or incidents for review and investigation.
• View and evaluate x-ray images for illegal possession of PGM’s / company assets.
• Write statements on incident or event conditions.
• Analyse information in order to establish anomalies and patterns of behaviour.
• Operate electronic access, camera and alarm systems to designated standards.
• Evaluate seriousness of emergency and incident conditions and initiate emergency actions including contact with relevant personnel.
• Initiate camera patrols in order to carry out visual checks on doors, detectors, cameras, and any other surveillance equipment, to ensure that they are in good working condition.
• Report system and equipment faults.
• Recommend changes to procedures and practices to facilitate security measures and client ease of use.
• Evaluate possible steps for the improvement of security measures including lighting, camera positioning and procedures.
• Recommend changes to Organisational practices to assist in making sites more surveillance friendly.
• Complete incident reports and conduct follow up.
• Testify on evidence in hearings.
• Train / coach section personnel in operations, standards and procedures.
• Conduct shift change over briefing.
• Complete shift reports
• Complete and update security logs

Qualifications:

• Grade 12
• Registered with the PSIRA on grade B
• Valid driver’s license code B
• CCTV Advanced Surveillance Skills and body language Course

Experience:

• Minimum 4 years’ experience in Security or equivalent environment
• 2 years’ experience in Control Room / Surveillance environment will be advantageous

Knowledge and Skills:

• Computer literacy
• Communications in English (spoken, written and reading)
• Writing of statements
• Handling of various emergency situations in a Control Room context
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• No criminal record
• Pass polygraph test
• AAP Rules of engagement
• Capable of successfully completing Vision and SAMAE assessments

Closing Date

• 16 June 2025