Senior Electronic Security Designer (Architecture)
TranSystems has completed a strategic merger with Gannett Fleming to create a best-in-class organization (Gannett Fleming TranSystems) with approximately $1.3 billion in revenue and a highly skilled workforce of more than 5,000 employees.
Both companies are recognized as top 20 providers on the Engineering News-Record (“ENR”) rankings for transportation design services. We are committed to building strong relationships with our clients, partners, and communities, because we believe we can go farther together. The transaction not only enhances our transportation expertise and reach, but it expands offerings across the water, environmental, and power markets.
Interested in joining our team? We're looking for top talent to grow with our firm. This is a great time to join Gannett Fleming TranSystems!
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Responsibilities
What you'll be challenged to do:
Gannett Fleming TranSystems is eeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Electronic Security Designer to join our team. This role involves providing design and project management services for electronic and physical security systems within the justice sector, including correctional facilities, detention centers, and juvenile detention facilities. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of justice operations and the unique requirements of corrections, detention, and juvenile facilities. They will also be responsible for driving business growth by marketing and promoting security solutions in collaboration with the design team. This role requires a proactive approach to client relationship management, with a focus on selling services and solutions tailored to the justice market.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and manage electronic and physical security systems for justice facilities, ensuring compliance with industry standards and operational needs.
- Provide consulting services to clients, leveraging knowledge of corrections, detention, and juvenile justice operations to develop tailored solutions.
- Identify and pursue business opportunities to grow the justice-focused vertical, developing marketing strategies and promotional efforts.
- Build and maintain strong client relationships, acting as a trusted advisor to promote and sell security-related services.
- Manage projects from inception to completion, ensuring timely delivery, budget adherence, and client satisfaction.
- Stay up to date with industry trends, technologies, and regulations related to justice security systems.
Qualifications
What you bring to our firm:
- Proven experience in designing and managing security systems for justice-related facilities.
- Knowledge of corrections, detention, and juvenile justice operations and their security requirements.
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively market services and establish client relationships.
- Familiarity with industry standards, codes, and technologies for electronic and physical security systems.
- Ability to travel as required to meet with clients and oversee projects.
- Actively engages multiple perspectives when solving problems, seeks to learn from peers, and encourages reciprocal learning among team members.
- Actively advocates for full inclusion in the workplace, fostering an environment that welcomes diversity and values equity for all employees, partners, clients, and the communities that TranSystems serves.
Featured Benefits:
- Hybrid (in-person and remote) work environment.
- Access to company vehicle for inspection work.
- Comprehensive health benefits package including wellness, parental & caregiver leave, and employer paid life insurance, AD&D, and STD.
- 401(k) company match.
- Competitive vacation accrual and holiday pay.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to walk, use hand and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, and telephone keyboard, reach with hands and arms, and drive a car. The employee is required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 80-90 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include ability to adjust focus. The employee must be able to work in a variety of climates (hot, cold) and inclement weather.
Gannet Fleming TranSystems is proud to be an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer and ensures nondiscrimination and equal employment opportunity in all programs and activities in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex, age, national origin, pregnancy status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, citizenship status, disability, protected Veteran status or any other status protected by law. In compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, we will hire only U.S. citizens and aliens lawfully authorized to work in the United States (if the position is or will be one which is subject to U.S. law).
As the employer of choice, we are committed to action and strive for a company that reflects the vast diversity of our country and the communities we serve. Gannett Fleming TranSystems is committed to embracing diversity in all forms, including race, culture, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, thought and religious background. We acknowledge the impacts of prejudice and discrimination on historically underserved communities. We commit to establishing a more diverse, inclusive and positive work environment that drives innovation.
Recruiters or staffing agencies: Gannet Fleming TranSystems is not obligated to compensate any external recruiter or search firm who presents a candidate, their resume, or profile to a TranSystems employee without 1) a current, fully-executed agreement on file and 2) being assigned to the open position (as a search) via our applicant tracking solution.
