Security Specialist

Interested in a career that matters?

Are you passionate about creating a safe and secure workplace where people and operations can thrive?

Join our four-person Facility Services team in Rayong, where you will work alongside the Facility Services Manager, FS Specialist and Administrator to help keep our site safe, secure and efficient. By protecting our people, facilities and operations, you will enable colleagues to focus on delivering innovative biological solutions.
As our Security Specialist, you will play a hands-on role in strengthening physical security, Food Defense, emergency preparedness and security systems at the Rayong site, while also supporting other locations in Thailand when required.

The Role & Your Impact
This is a broad operational and tactical security role combining day-to-day site security with risk management, technology, contractor management, compliance and continuous improvement.
Your key responsibilities will include:
• Lead physical security and risk management by implementing Novonesis security requirements, supporting risk and vulnerability assessments, monitoring critical security risks, investigating incidents and driving preventive and corrective actions.
• Coordinate day-to-day security operations including contracted guard services, patrols, visitor security, restricted-area controls and security arrangements for special events, audits, management visits and emergencies.
• Manage security systems and technology including access control, CCTV and surveillance, intrusion detection, perimeter security, visitor management, intercom, parking and other Facility Services-owned security systems. Coordinate maintenance, testing, troubleshooting and improvement activities with internal teams and external suppliers.
• Strengthen access control and Food Defense by managing employee, contractor and visitor authorization, access cards, keys and parking permits, while supporting Food Defense vulnerability assessments, controls, documentation, training and audit readiness.
• Support emergency preparedness and compliance by partnering with EHS, Quality, Production, Engineering and other stakeholders on fire prevention, emergency planning, drills, business continuity, security assessments and internal or external audits.
• Build security awareness and performance by training employees, contractors and security guards, monitoring contractor performance and security KPIs, identifying trends and promoting a proactive culture where risks, vulnerabilities and incidents are reported early.

What You’ll Need to Be Successful
• Relevant experience in physical security, site security, facility security or security operations, ideally within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Practical understanding of physical security risk assessment, incident investigation, access control and emergency-response processes.
• Experience coordinating security contractors or guarding services and monitoring service performance.
• Working knowledge of physical security technologies such as access-control systems, CCTV, intrusion detection and visitor-management systems.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with teams such as Facility Services, EHS, Engineering, IT, Quality, Production and Procurement.
• Strong communication, problem-solving and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to maintain accurate security records, reports, KPIs and audit documentation.

Additional Skills & Interests We Value
Experience or knowledge in any of the following would be an advantage:
• Food Defense programs and vulnerability assessments.
• Fire safety and emergency preparedness.
• Business continuity and crisis management.
• Security system implementation or improvement projects.
• Security audits, regulatory inspections or customer audits.
• Working with government authorities, emergency services and external security agencies.
• Security awareness training and employee engagement.

What We Offer
You will join a close-knit Facility Services team where collaboration is essential and where your contribution directly impacts the safety and experience of employees, visitors and contractors.
The role provides an opportunity to work across multiple areas of physical security, from operational security and technology to Food Defense, emergency preparedness, compliance and risk management. You will collaborate with a broad network of colleagues across the Rayong site as well as local, regional and global security stakeholders.
Most importantly, your work will help create the safe and secure environment that enables our colleagues to focus on delivering solutions that make a difference.

Our purpose guides the way
In Novonesis, we know that solutions rooted in biology can help solve humanity’s biggest challenges. Since we began more than a century ago, this has been our guide. It’s how we've gotten so far. And it’s how we'll impact the future. Now, more than ever, the world needs change. And with biosolutions, the possibilities for transformation are endless. If our purpose resonates with you, we encourage you to apply.

Opportunities for everyone
We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process and equal opportunity for all applicants. Therefore we ask you to apply without a cover letter or photo and instead include a few sentences in your CV explaining your motivation for applying.

We make all employment decisions based on business needs and welcome candidates with a wide range of backgrounds, including ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status.

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If this position isn’t the right fit, you may still find other opportunities with us. You’re welcome to explore open roles or create a job agent to stay connected with future opportunities at novonesis.com/Career