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Armed Driver Guard at Loomis

Loomis Lihue, HI $21+/hour

Job Description

Starting Pay Rate: $21.50 per hour $24.73 per hour after four months (TPS route)

As an Armed Driver Guard, you work with your team to ensure the safe and secure pickup and delivery of cash, coin, and valuables.

Responsibilities

  • Drive automatic armored vehicles and other vehicles on designated routes servicing customer locations
  • Service ATMs and Smart Safes
  • Service customer stops, including delivering customer change orders and picking up deposits.
  • Load/unload vehicle cargo including multiple bags and boxes of coins
  • Count items, record, and sign for cargo items
  • Other duties as assigned by management

Requirements

  • At least 21 years of age
  • At least a 3 year driving record
  • Ability to obtain Medical Examiners Certificate via US Department of Transportation approved medical examiners
  • A valid firearms permit or ability to pass applicable firearms requirements may be required

Loomis will pay for security and firearms qualifications, licensing and permitting.

Working Conditions

  • Full-time schedule potentially consisting of an average 40 to 50 hours/week, with minimum of 5 days during a 6-day period. Occasional weekend work
  • Approximately 90-95 percent of work performed in air-conditioned vehicle within individual compartments (front and rear)

Essential Duties/Job Qualifications
As part of the qualification process for the Armed Driver Guard position, a Human Performance Evaluation (HPE) is required. This evaluation requires successful completion of testing in the following areas:

Lift:
- 25lbs vertical lift from 10 inches to 66 inches from the floor (1X)

Lift-Carry:
- 18lbs vertical lift from 1 inch to 44 inches from the floor, and horizontally transfer 15ft (4X)
- 18lbs vertical lift from 10 inches to 36 inches from the floor and horizontally transfer 300ft (1X)
- 50lbs vertical lift from 10 inches to 36 inches from the floor and horizontally transfer 2ft (2X)

Push-Pull:
- Horizontally transfer 47lbs of force on a sled (single, non-dominant arm), a distance of 1ft (2X)

Repetitive Coupling:
- Squeeze Jamar Hand Dynamometer requiring forces up to 30lbs / both right & left hands (4X)

Climb:
- Ascend / Descend a step with heights of 16. 21 & 24 inches from the floor (10X)

Benefits

Loomis offers one of the most comprehensive employees benefit packages in the industry, which includes:

  • Vacation and Sick Time (PTO) as well as Paid Holidays
  • Health & Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Basic Life Insurance Plan
  • Voluntary Life Insurance Plan
  • Flexible Spending and Health Savings Account
  • Dependent Care Account
  • Industry leading Training and Development

Loomis is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free Workplace. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability.

$44k is competitive for Security Guards nationally

National salary averages
$44k
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$30k Market range (10th-90th percentile) $60k

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Employers are hiring actively, but pay hasn't caught up with demand. Focus on competing offers and non-salary benefits.

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This market is hiring aggressively, but compensation hasn't caught up and most openings are backfilling churn, not expansion. Employers are filling roles, but not bidding wages up.

Who this leverage applies to

Stronger for: Senior candidates with options
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Stable but flat

Steady work, but limited growth in both jobs and pay.

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10yr growth
Most openings come from retirements and turnover, not new positions.
161,000 openings projected annually—mostly replacing retirees and turnover.
Typical: High school diploma or equivalent

Openings come from turnover, not new growth. Differentiate to advance.

Labor data: BLS 2024