
Security Professional - Transit Location
Swansea, ILJob$20.13/hrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Job overview
Security Professionals provide safety and security for riders on the transit light rail system, station platforms, facilities, and buses throughout the Greater St. Louis region. The role includes customer service, safety and security procedures, incident response, and patrols. It is an outdoor position involving long periods of walking and/or standing. Two years of verifiable previous security experience is required.
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Full job description
Company Overview:
Allied Universal®, North America’s leading security and facility services company, offers rewarding careers that provide you a sense of purpose. While working in a dynamic, welcoming, and collaborative workplace, you will be part of a team that contributes to a culture that positively impacts the communities and customers we serve.
Security Professionals provide safety and security of riders on the transit light rail system, station platforms, facilities and buses throughout the Greater St. Louis region.
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$20.13 / Hour
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2 years of verifiable previous security experience is required
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Exellent customer service skills are a high priority.
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This is an outdoor posted position with long periods of walking and/or standing
Responsibilities:
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Provide customer service to our clients by carrying out safety and security procedures, site-specific policies and when appropriate, emergency response activities
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Respond to incidents and critical situations in a calm, problem solving manner
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Conduct regular and random patrols around the business and perimeter. Working environments and conditions may vary by client site.
Minimum Requirements:
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Be at least 21 years of age for county license
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Possess a high school diploma or equivalent, or 5 years of verifiable experience
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As a condition of employment, applicants will be subject to a background investigation in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws. Allied Universal will consider qualified applications with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable laws.
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As a condition of employment, applicants will be subject to a drug screen to the extent permitted by law.
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Licensing requirements are subject to state and/or local laws and regulations and may be required prior to employment.*A valid driver’s license will be required for driving positions only
Benefits:
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Medical, dental, vision, basic life, AD&D, and disability insurance
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Company's retirement plans
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Seven holidays annually paid at time and a half, if worked
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40 hours of vacation after one year of employment at eligible work assignments; unused vacation is only paid out where required by law
Allied Universal® is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, age, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status or relationship/association with a protected veteran, or any other basis or characteristic protected by law. For more information: www.aus.com
If you have difficulty using the online system and require an alternate method to apply or require an accommodation, please contact our local Human Resources department. To find an office near you, please visit: www.aus.com/offices .
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Job ID: 2026-1701391
Location: United States-Illinois-Swansea
Job Category: Security Officer
How this job compares
Set against the 2,645 open Security Officer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$20.13/hr
- Illinois median$21–22/hr55 hourly ranges
- US median$20/hr1,719 hourly ranges
This rate, $20.13/hr, is 4% below the Illinois median midpoint ($21/hr) — in the middle half of Security Officer hourly ranges in Illinois.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 58 open Security Officer jobs in Illinois and 2,645 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
- Securitas Security Services USA, Inc.18 open
- Metro One Loss Prevention Services Group10 open
- Allied Universal (this employer)8 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Security Officer postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (638 postings).
- Education
- 27 of the 2,645 open Security Officer jobs (1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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