Manager - ALLETE Security and Emergency Management

ALLETE is headquartered in Duluth, Minnesota, on beautiful Lake Superior, and has operations throughout the United States.

We invest in energy-centric businesses and transmission infrastructure.

Our companies include clean-energy producers and developers, and regulated utilities that already deliver more than 50% renewable energy.

Each of our businesses—Minnesota Power; Superior Water, Light & Power; ALLETE Clean Energy; New Energy Equity; ALLETE Renewable Resources; and BNI Energy—plays a unique and significant role in ALLETE's sustainability-in-action strategy.

Our culture drives excellence through our shared values of integrity, safety, people, and the planet.

RESPONSIBILITIES:


* Provide overall leadership and direction for organization-wide security and emergency management policy and programs.


* Lead the development and execution of a clear protective security and emergency preparedness strategy to manage organization security and emergency management risks.


* Oversee the creation and maintenance of all security and emergency management standards ensuring the preparedness, prevention, mitigation and response to threats and all-hazard situations.


* Provide expertise on security and emergency management practices and methodologies.


* Lead both organization threat and all-hazards monitoring, investigation and analysis.


* Ensure the integration and upgrading of emerging technology into organization enterprise systems, while ensuring departmental personnel readiness and qualifications.


* Ensure compliance with a wide variety of required security standards and regulations.


* Responsible to ensure employees, contractors, vendors, and visitors complete training on applicable security and emergency management policies, practices and procedures.


* Establish effective relationships with security and emergency management leaders from public and private agencies and proactively engage in applicable forums, committees and commissions.


* High level of interpersonal and communication skills required to establish and maintain positive working relationships inside and outside the company.

REQUIRED EDUCATION:


* Bachelor's degree required.
+ Degree in Security Administration, Criminal Justice, Law preferred

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:


* Seven years or more specific job-related work experience in the areas mentioned above.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:


* This position may be considered for a hybrid work arrangement based on ALLETE's needs.

A Hybrid work arrangement means the employee's position will be a blend of work performed both in-person and at an offsite location such as an employee's home office.

This position will report to Duluth, MN


* The following professional certifications are preferred:
+ CPP (Certified Protection Professional)
+ PSP (Physical Security Professional)
+ PCI (Professional Certified Investigator)


* This position may be subject...