Company Security Officer (Contract Security Program)

Position Overview

Location and Travel

• The position may be based in Kiewit offices in Burnaby, Calgary, or Oakville, Canada.
• Regular travel to project locations may be required.

Security Program Leadership

• Develop, implement, maintain, and improve corporate security policies, procedures, standards, and work instructions.
• Administer the Canadian Defence Security Program, including document safeguarding, physical security, secure workspaces, visitor management, and classified document control.
• Deliver security awareness, onboarding, and refresher training for employees, subcontractors, and project teams.
• Provide security guidance throughout pursuits, estimating, procurement, subcontractor engagement, mobilization, execution, and closeout.

PSPC Program Administration

• Act as the primary liaison with PSPC's Contract Security Program on contract security matters.
• Maintain organizational security clearances and ensure submitted information remains complete, accurate, and current.
• Review Security Requirements Check Lists, contract security clauses, and solicitation documents.
• Notify the Contract Security Program of organizational changes affecting security clearance.
• Appoint, brief, train, and oversee Alternate Company Security Officers where applicable.

Personnel Security

• Identify personnel requiring access to protected or classified information, assets, or secure worksites.
• Administer new clearances, updates, upgrades, transfers, duplications, and terminations.
• Conduct security briefings and maintain personnel security records in accordance with privacy legislation.
• Grant access only on a need-to-know basis and maintain records of cleared personnel.

Information and Facility Security

• Maintain document management, safeguarding, records retention, and destruction processes for protected and classified information.
• Ensure protected and classified information and assets are handled, stored, transmitted, transferred, and destroyed according to applicable requirements.
• Support Document Safeguarding Capability, secure facilities, physical security measures, and information technology security authorizations.
• Coordinate Requests for Visits, secure facility access, visitor controls, and classified meetings.

Compliance and Assurance

• Lead facility inspections, security audits, compliance assessments, and corrective action programs.
• Monitor compliance with the Contract Security Manual, PSPC requirements, and internal procedures.
• Investigate, document, and report security incidents, breaches, suspicious contacts, and organizational changes.
• Support compliance with subcontract security requirements.

Qualifications

• Be an employee of the organization and physically located in Canada.
• Hold or have previously held a Government of Canada Secret security clearance or higher and maintain the appropriate clearance.
• Have experience as a CSO, ACSO, FSO, Industrial Security Manager, Security Manager, or equivalent.
• Have experience supporting the PSPC Contract Security Program and applying the Contract Security Manual.
• Have experience with DOS/FSC clearances, Document Safeguarding Capability, and personnel screening programs.
• Strong experience in security governance, audits, policy development, classified information handling, and stakeholder management is required; federal or defence project experience is an asset.

Compensation

• Posted compensation is $122,000 to $138,000.
• Actual compensation may vary based on education, experience, skills, and location.
• Full-time staff employees receive benefits including medical, dental, vision, wellness, life insurance, disability, retirement matching, and paid time off.