Role Overview
Site Security Manager at Bristol overseeing all operational security matters, achieving and maintaining HMG accreditation standards across the site, and ensuring a secure working environment for all users while building relationships with stakeholders.
Responsibilities
* Establish and implement procedures to protect MBDA Bristol site, workforce and classified information in line with UK legislation and company policy.
* Deliver pre‑ and post‑audit strategies to maintain MBDA UK's Facility Security Clearance (FSC) status.
* Ensure compliance with local police and Home Office firearms licensing requirements.
* Manage a diverse team of security professionals, including contracted and MBDA staff across the Ops security and uniformed guarding team; support Information & Personnel Security teams to meet national accreditation requirements for classified IT systems and security clearances.
* Oversee the cryptographic custodian, handling, management and control of cryptographic material.
* Lead security‑focused activities to promote a positive and effective security culture.
* Design and implement measures to mitigate identified threats and risks.
* Maintain effective relationships with external parties, local law enforcement, CTSA, NADG, PSyA and neighbouring FSC organisations.
* Participate as a member of the Incident Management Steering Group and ensure security policies and training meet threats across the MBDA UK estate.
* Manage project security planning processes through positive relationships with internal stakeholders and project leads.
* Support or lead internal security investigations, conduct interviews and produce comprehensive reports.
* Deputise for the UK Operations Security Manager as and when required and represent departmental issues and needs.
Qualifications
* Experienced leader capable of managing diverse teams.
* Sound knowledge and experience of NPSA/PSyA & HMG security standards for FSC industry.
* Working knowledge of cryptographic management security regimes; high understanding of operational security measures and governance principles.
* Practical experience in major incident management; understanding of threats and risk specific to the defence industry and critical national infrastructure.
* Developed vetting clearance or ability to achieve it.
* Demonstrable presentation and communication skills.
Desirable
* Understanding of personnel & information security principles.
* Ability to build trust through relationship building, networking and influencing.
* Investigation management experience.
* Recognised qualification in security management (CSMP / ASIS CPP equivalent).
* Membership of professional security body (Security Institute / DISA / ISMI equivalent).
Benefits
* Salary: Circa £62,000 depending on experience.
* 25 days paid annual leave, plus extra days after 5, 10, 15 years of service; option to purchase up to 5 additional days.
* Flexible working (hybrid; 3‑4 days on‑site per week).
* 4% employee contribution and 6% employer contribution to the Defined Contribution pension plan (up to 14% total).
* Company bonus up to 21% of base salary.
* Health and wellbeing: medical, dental, optical, health cash plan.
* Support for mortgage advice, childcare, travel subsidies and discount vouchers.
* Enhanced parental leave up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, with additional enhancements for paternity, neonatal and fertility treatments.
* Incident management training and development opportunities.
* Security clearance to SC level (DV clearance thereafter).
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