You will serve as a SECURITY GUARD in the Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) Navy of NAVBASE SAN DIEGO SEC DET.
You will assist personnel during an emergency situation (e.g., accidents, drills, fire, natural disasters, motor vehicle or industrial accidents, political demonstrations, hostage or terrorist situations) to protect the safety of life and property.
There is no education requirements for this position. Additional Information (Continued): This position is covered by the 1996 Lautenberg Amendment to the Gun Control Act of 1968. Persons convicted of a misdemeanor or felony crime of domestic violence or currently under investigation for domestic violence are not eligible for the position. Relocation incentives as described in 5 USC 5753 may be authorized in accordance with applicable regulations. PCS is not authorized.
This position may be subject to rotating shift work to include: call back, overtime, weekends, and holidays. Incumbent is subject to 24-hour recall notification and is required to respond per command policy. May be subject to being interrupted from meals or other work breaks while on duty. Physical Demands The work requires regular and recurring physical exertion such as long periods of standing, walking, driving, bending, stooping, reaching, crawling, and similar activities.
Employees engage in such exertions when pursuing and detaining suspects, or participating in weapons or other kinds of training activities, climbing stairs in office buildings, or walking foot patrols in and around large buildings. Some security guard positions may require common physical characteristics and abilities in agility and dexterity and the strength to pursue and detain uncooperative suspects.
The incumbent will required to perform a physical agility test as well as a weapons qualification test commensurate with the duties assigned.
Work Environment The work environment regularly involves high risks with exposure to potentially dangerous situations or unusual environmental stress which require a range of safety and other precautions (e.g., subject to possible physical attack or mob conditions, or similar situations where conditions cannot be controlled.) This level includes work in a high risk area where the public has easy access and guards perform their duties in locations where persons may be armed while attempting criminal activity, espionage, subversion, sabotage, and terrorism directed against the Navy installations, which can lead to assault with or without a weapon in order to avoid arrest.
This position is with Commander, Navy Installations Command, Department of the Navy.
The posted pay range is $51871 – $67432/yr.
This position requires a Secret security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-10-21.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
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