Chief Security Officer

Cassadel Cassava Starch Company Limited is a Nigerian-owned agro-processing company focused on producing premium-quality cassava starch for industrial applications across food, pharmaceuticals, textiles, paper, adhesives, and manufacturing. We sit at the heart of the cassava value chain — bridging smallholder farmers with large-scale industrial demand through structured aggregation, quality assurance systems, and modern processing technology. We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Chief Security Officer

Location: Agbor, Delta

Employment Type: Full-time Job Purpose The Chief Security Officer is responsible for developing, implementing and overseeing Cassadel Cassava Starch Company Limited’s security strategy, systems and operations. The role safeguards employees, contractors, visitors, factory facilities, cassava farms, warehouses, equipment, finished products, raw materials, vehicles, confidential information and other company assets against theft, fraud, sabotage, violence, trespass, vandalism and other security threats. The position will provide strategic leadership for physical and operational security, security intelligence, investigations, access control, emergency response, journey management, community security relations and security-vendor performance across the company’s operations.

Responsibilities

Develop and implement a comprehensive security strategy aligned with Cassadel’s business operations, risk profile and growth plans. Establish security policies, procedures, standards and operating instructions for all company locations. Conduct periodic security risk assessments covering the factory, farms, warehouses, offices, staff accommodation, vehicles and distribution routes. Maintain a current security risk register showing identified threats, risk ratings, existing controls, responsible officers and corrective actions. Prepare annual security plans, budgets and manpower requirements for management approval. Advice management on emerging security threats and recommend appropriate preventive and corrective measures. Ensure security arrangements support the company’s food-safety, business-continuity, insurance and regulatory obligations. Maintain effective round-the-clock security coverage at the factory and other company facilities. Control access to production areas, warehouses, laboratories, utility areas, chemical-storage points, offices and other restricted locations. Ensure that only authorised employees, contractors and visitors enter restricted areas. Ensure all incoming and outgoing vehicles, materials and products are properly inspected and documented. Prevent unauthorised removal of cassava tubers, starch, diesel, chemicals, spare parts, scrap materials, equipment and other company property. Conduct scheduled and unscheduled security patrols of the factory perimeter, warehouses, utility installations and other sensitive areas. Ensure perimeter fencing, gates, security lighting, CCTV cameras, alarm systems and access-control equipment remain functional. Identify physical-security defects and follow up with the appropriate departments until corrective actions are completed. Develop security arrangements for company-owned and managed cassava farms. Protect farm produce, machinery, fuel, agrochemicals, irrigation equipment and other agricultural assets. Conduct farm-security assessments before land preparation, planting, harvesting and major field activities. Establish reliable communication and incident-escalation arrangements for field officers and farm workers. Liaise with host communities, local vigilante groups and law-enforcement agencies on legitimate security matters, subject to management approval. Work with Supply Chain, Warehouse, Finance and Internal Control personnel to strengthen inventory-security controls. Monitor the receipt, storage, transfer and dispatch of raw materials, packaging materials, finished starch, spare parts and other inventory. Ensure physical goods leaving the premises are supported by duly authorised documentation. Investigate suspected theft, inventory diversion, unauthorised loading, document manipulation and collusion. Recommend controls to address recurring warehouse and inventory-security weaknesses. Support periodic stock counts where security supervision or investigation is required. Other duties assigned. Key Performance Indicator Reduction in theft, vandalism, trespass, product diversion & other preventable incidents. Percentage of critical incidents escalated within the prescribed response time. Percentage of investigations completed with the approved timeline. Compliance rate for visitors, vehicles, contractors and restricted area access. Percentage of outgoing materials supported by validation authorisation. Timeliness, accuracy and completeness of security reports. Closure of security, food–defence and customer–audit findings. Reduction in crop theft, encroachment and farm asset losses. Educational & Professional