Resilience & Security Planner

Resilience & Security Planner
Salary DOE + Benefits
Based Walsall with Hybrid working

Our client a Utilities company who serve over a million customers, seek a Resilience & Security Planner to play a pivotal role in protecting critical infrastructure. In the exciting role the successful candidate will lead emergency planning, business continuity, and site security across multiple locations. This role shapes worst-case scenario plans, multi-agency exercises, and CCA 2004 / SEMD compliance. This 6-month fixed-term contract offers immediate impact, senior stakeholder exposure, and ownership of high-profile resilience activity.

The Role:

• The Resilience & Security Planner is responsible for strengthening the organisation’s preparedness, response, and recovery capabilities across emergency planning, business continuity, and site security.
• The role ensures compliance with the Security Emergency Measures Directive (SEMD) and the Civil Contingencies Act (CCA) 2004, while supporting operational resilience across multiple sites.
• It involves developing emergency and worst-case scenario plans, coordinating multi-agency exercises, maintaining security systems and access controls, and acting as a technical advisor for emergency and security matters across the business.

Skills:

• Strong knowledge of emergency planning, incident management and business continuity
• Understanding of SEMD and CCA 2004 requirements
• Ability to develop and implement emergency plans, strategies and security policies
• Experience co-ordinating emergency exercises and multi-agency partnerships
• Ability to monitor and manage access control systems and security contractors
• Strong organisational, analytical and communication skills
• Ability to provide technical advice across departments
• Competent IT skills and ability to manage data systems

Experience:

• Developing and maintaining emergency response and business continuity plans
• Leading or supporting emergency incidents, exercises, or simulations
• Working in a resilience, emergency planning, security, or risk management role
• Managing security arrangements across multiple operational sites
• Coordinating with external agencies (emergency services, local authorities, regulators)
• Ensuring compliance with statutory or regulatory resilience/security requirements
• Supporting operational teams during planning, testing, and real incidents
• Translating strategic resilience requirements into practical, actionable plans

Knowledge:

• Civil Contingencies Act (CCA) 2004 requirements
• Security and Emergency Measures Direction (SEMD) compliance
• Business Continuity Management standards and best practice (e.g. ISO 22301 – desirable)
• Emergency planning frameworks and command structures (e.g. Gold/Silver/Bronze)
• Critical infrastructure protection principles
• Physical security standards, access control, and site security measures
• Organisational resilience concepts and service continuity
• Multi-site operational environments and associated risks
• Working with emergency services and public sector partners