Careers
What can we do for you?
We offer competitive wages and a health benefits package, flexible shifts that cater to a healthy work-life balance, ongoing training and the opportunity on every shift to make a difference for both our clients and the community.
Working at Backwoods is being on a team that is deeply committed to one another, our mission and to delivering excellent results for our clients.
Join an inclusive team of Indigenous, non-Indigenous and new Canadians working together to give unsurpassed security services to our clients
Current Career Opportunities
Are you intersted in a career at Backwoods Security Services? Check out our available career opportunities below.
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benefits include
Health and wellness benefits plans
Opportunities for Indigenous employees to participate in the Backwoods Home Ownership Program
Skills Training Opportunities
Employee Recognition Programs
Backwoods provides career opportunities to members of the Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation and all Indigenous communities across our region. Apply through our dedicated email [email protected].
Are you Backwoods material?
If you are interested in working with people, protecting others and a job where you are valued, Backwoods is for you. If you are looking for a long-term career or part-time job in security, it starts here with us.
Do you have excellent interpersonal skills? Are you dependable, a great team player and willing to learn?
No experience? No problem! Getting started in a rewarding career in the security field is easy. Working with us in guest services is an easy option to get your foot in the door and, if you like, pave the way for you to advance on to our security team. But it’s also a great option as a part-time job where you get the benefits of attending concerts, festivals and other exciting events in and around Alberta.
For other security positions, applicants must have a valid Alberta or B.C. security licence. Standard first aid is recommended and depending on the sector you are applying for, other certifications might be required.
Good-to-have training includes
AGLC Protect
AGLC Proserve
CSTS-2020
WHMIS-2015
Valid Class 5 drivers license with a clean 3 year drivers abstract
You’re on the team.
Now what?
Our employees are trained for success. Here’s what your training may include:
orientation
Backwoods’ Security Guard Employee orientation is our initial training program developed to get our employees familiarized with their new environment, co-workers and company. It provides the basic training and preparation required for new employees to face some of the challenges they may encounter.
Technical training
Many roles at Backwoods require specific technical training in order for our employees to work safely and keep the sites safe.. We provide our employees, either internally or externally, with any technical training needed to conduct their jobs efficiently. IE. Verbal De-escalation training, Nalxone training, CCTV operational training, etc
Supervisor training
At Backwoods, we understand our supervisors are a vital part of our organization. Supervisors guide our employees through problematic situations by issuing instructions and coaching to results. Properly trained supervision can be the difference between a company’s success and failure. We train our supervisors, both internally and externally, to become future leaders.
leadership training
Leadership training is how Backwoods invests in our future by improving our current leaders and developing new leaders into successful company stakeholders. Our extensive leadership program identifies individual traits and helps to develop the necessary qualities to lead our business now and in the future.
At Backwoods Security Services we understand our employees are the most important part of our organization. By providing our employees with proper training, learning and development, we give them the right tools to perform their jobs safely and efficiently. Our goal is to provide our clients with competent, qualified professionals that can be depended on to do the job right,” Brian Hollet. “Backwoods’ Learning and Development program is designed to ensure that, no matter what your role is, we have a program that will help you to excel.
Make a difference
At Backwoods, we are all driven by a bigger goal. We are trained to protect people, property and assets for our clients, but we are also committed to investing in the communities where we live and work.
We not only believe in giving back, we make it happen. Every day.
Mission Statement
DRIVING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY BY EMPOWERING INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES
“I have yet to meet someone who does not 100 percent believe in what we do and how we focus our business,” says Trina Cooper, Backwoods’ Director of attraction and Indigenous development. “All the hard work that every single person does, all the way from an accounting administrator up to the executives, everything we do day-to-day directly impacts the Alexis (Nakota Sioux) Nation because we are a revenue source for them. It’s a very different type of organization. If you want to join an organization where your work has a direct impact, this is it.”