Description
WSP in the Middle East is seeking a Junior Security Risk Management Consultant to join our growing Security Risk Management team in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
This is an exciting opportunity for an early-career professional who is passionate about security consulting, risk management, and the protection of people, places, and assets. You will have the opportunity to work on major projects across critical infrastructure, aviation, transport, healthcare, hospitality, commercial, residential, and mixed-use developments throughout the Middle East.
Responsibilities
- Support the delivery of Security Risk Assessments (SRA), Threat Vulnerability Risk Assessments (TVRA), and Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) studies.
- Assist in developing security strategies, operational concepts, and security design reports.
- Support security planning and design across aviation, transport, critical infrastructure, commercial, residential, hospitality, healthcare, and mixed-use developments.
- Research regional threat environments, security standards, emerging risks, and industry good practice.
- Support senior consultants with stakeholder engagement, workshops, and client presentations.
- Review architectural, engineering, and master planning documentation from a security and risk perspective.
- Contribute to security technology recommendations, including CCTV, access control, perimeter protection, intrusion detection, and command-and-control systems.
- Prepare high-quality technical reports, presentations, and project deliverables.
Qualifications
- A Bachelor’s degree in Security Management, Criminology, International Relations, Engineering, Risk Management, or a related discipline.
- 1–3 years of relevant experience in security consulting, security operations, risk management, law enforcement, military, intelligence, or a related field.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, research, and report-writing skills.
- Good communication and stakeholder engagement capabilities.
- An understanding of security design principles and risk assessment methodologies.
- The ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary and international project teams.
- Experience in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, or wider Middle East would be advantageous.
Preferred Certifications
Candidates holding, working towards, or interested in obtaining relevant professional certifications would be highly regarded, including:
- ASIS Physical Security Professional (PSP)
- ASIS Certified Protection Professional (CPP)
- Security Institute Certificate in Security Management
- Security Institute Diploma in Security Management
- Certified CPTED Practitioner
- Project Management Professional (PMP), advantageous
- Certified Security Project Manager (CSPM), advantageous