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Emergency Response Team Leader (Fire & Security)
Job Overview
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Take your SIA career to the next level with Mitie's Emergency Response Team at Oxford
Join Mitie – Build Your Future with Industry-Leading Training and Benefits
Are you ready to take your SIA career to the next level and lead a team?
Working for
Mitie
and based at the home of MINI production, this multi-skilled role combines security, environmental and fire response, plus advanced first aid in a professional, highly trained team environment. We are offering an exciting opportunity to join our
Emergency Response Team
.
This is far more than a standard security position. It's a chance to gain
specialist emergency response training
, earn recognised qualifications, and develop skills that can open doors across the security, fire, and rescue sectors.
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Location: MINI Plant Oxford
Pay Rate:
£38,400.00
per annum with ample opportunity to work overtime.
Hours:
Offering good rates of pay, 12-hour shifts (days/nights/weekends, average 42 hours per week) and overtime opportunities.
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Exceptional Training – Provided by Mitie
Mitie fully funds specialist training including FREC 3, medical gases, fire and breathing apparatus, alongside a strong package of core, voluntary, wellbeing and on-site benefits, plus continuous learning and development
Successful applicants will complete a full training package, all fully funded by Mitie. Training includes:
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First Response Emergency Care (FREC 3) – 5 days
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Medical Gases (Oxygen and Entonox) – 2 days (or integrated within FREC 3)
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Basic Fire Training – 2 days
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Breathing Apparatus Training – 5 days
From day one, you will be part of a professional response team equipped with the knowledge and confidence to handle critical incidents and protect people, property, and the environment.
Core Benefits
We believe our people are our greatest asset. In addition to excellent training and career development, Mitie offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:
Celebration Hub
Mideals
Partner Discounts
Holidays
Pensions
Life Cover
Private Medical cover
Virtual GP
Life assurance and pension scheme
Voluntary Benefits
Cycle to Work Scheme
Give As You Earn
Salary Finance
Share Incentive Plan
Save As You Earn scheme
Choices (flexible benefit programme)
Recognition and Wellbeing
Mitie Stars
Long Service Awards
Employee Assistance Programme
On Site Benefits
Free on-site parking
Subsidises Restaurant
Tea/Coffee making facilities
Full uniform requirements supplied including PPE Fire Kit
Join a company that values professionalism, teamwork, and progression – where your development truly matters.
Plus Continuous learning and development opportunities
Main Duties
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Take your SIA career to the next level with Mitie's Emergency Response Team at Oxford
Join Mitie – Build Your Future with Industry-Leading Training and Benefits
Are you ready to take your SIA career to the next level and lead a team?
Working for
Mitie
and based at the home of MINI production, this multi-skilled role combines security, environmental and fire response, plus advanced first aid in a professional, highly trained team environment. We are offering an exciting opportunity to join our
Emergency Response Team
.
This is far more than a standard security position. It's a chance to gain
specialist emergency response training
, earn recognised qualifications, and develop skills that can open doors across the security, fire, and rescue sectors.
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As an Emergency Response Team Leader, you will play a key part in maintaining safety and security across a major client site. Responsibilities include:
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Providing a visible and proactive security presence
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Lead the team to respond quickly and effectively to fires, first aid incidents, and environmental emergencies
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Lead the Emergency Response Team in the training, maintaining equipment and organising daily tasks.
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Maintaining and inspecting emergency equipment to operational standards
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Conducting internal and external patrols, searches, and incident reporting
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Supporting compliance with health, safety, and security policies
What we are looking for
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We're seeking motivated, professional individuals who are ready to take on a challenging and rewarding role.
Essential Requirements
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Full, clean UK driving licence
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Valid SIA front line licence (fully funded)
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clean shaved
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Ability to pass a medical and fitness test (including suitability for breathing apparatus)
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Professional appearance and positive attitude
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Willingness to work a variety of shifts, including days, nights, and weekends
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Ability to pass security vetting and random drug/alcohol testing
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Basic/intermediate IT skills
Desirable
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FREC 3 medical qualification (if already held)
Please note: due to breathing apparatus requirements, candidates must remain clean-shaven or maintain a tightly trimmed goatee-style beard to ensure equipment compatibility.
Take the Next Step in Your Career
If you have an SIA licence, a clean driving record and the ambition to develop your skills through first-class training and experience, this is the ideal opportunity to advance your career.
Apply today
to join Mitie's Emergency Response Team and make a real difference in a role where every day counts.
Our market-leading flexible benefits scheme provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible benefits platform, Choices. This gives you the chance to customise your benefits to best suit your lifestyle. You can choose from dental insurance, dining cards, coffee clubs, buying technology products at an affordable cost and much more!
We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme.
Life cover is the greater of your equivalent annual salary or a minimum of £10,000 - giving peace of mind for your dependants. We also offer a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing at .
Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.
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