Security Controller
// Role Summary
Lead the hands-on delivery of security governance and protective practices for Naval Ships programmes, acting as the security SME to ensure compliance and safeguard assets and information.
// Key Responsibilities
- Oversee security governance and protective practices for Naval Ships programmes.
- Serve as the primary security SME for allocated sites and facilities.
- Manage security risk, assess risks, and shape mitigation plans.
- Ensure contractual responsibility for classified assets and information.
- Respond to and process security incidents effectively.
- Possess knowledge of GovS 007, Joint Service Publications, and Information Assurance Standards.
// Role Specification
About the Role
As a Site Security Controller, you will lead the hands-on delivery of security governance and protective practices across Naval Ships programmes, ensuring compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements. You’ll work closely with diverse internal teams, operational staff, and external partners to create a secure and collaborative environment. Acting as the security SME, you will assess risks, shape mitigation plans, and support their implementation to keep people, assets, and information safe. Your contribution enables complex Naval Ship projects to be delivered securely and confidently.
Core Duties
- Be the security point of contact for any allocated sites and facilities for internal stakeholders.
- Engage with cross-functional teams to ensure customer and company security requirements are met.
- Ensure the delivery of Security Risk Management to address and reduce identified risks to an acceptable level.
- Hold overall contractual responsibility for the security management of government classified assets and information.
- Carry out timely and proportionate responses to and the processing of security incidents to minimise organisational damage.
Essential Skills
- Demonstrated knowledge of GovS 007: Security, Joint Service Publications, and Information Assurance Standards.
- Ability to assess and report on security measures, ensuring policies remain current and robust.
- Experience within Defence or another regulated industry is highly desirable and considered an asset.
The Security Team
You will work at the centre of a fast-paced, delivery-focused environment supporting key Naval Ships programmes. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, you’ll manage shifting security priorities, meet business and customer obligations, and build a rewarding career through ownership, adaptability, and meaningful contribution.
Security Requirements
Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.