By winning the security contract for the largest water treatment plant in Europe, in Yvelines, the number one in private security in Reunion and Mayotte has entered the big leagues of the sector in mainland France. Rather discreet so far, the Reunion company comes to light.
It is not common for a security company to wish us all a Happy New Year with a major poster campaign 4×3 : This is what OSR Sécurité did last month. The number one private security company in Reunion Island has chosen to highlight a little-known activity although it is omnipresent in our daily lives.. Security officers contribute, by their presence, to the functioning of a number of activities essential to economic and social life. And now is the time to emphasize that, among staff kept on the job during the worst of the health crisis, and therefore deserving our respect, include security guards. Et, on the health front, These are the men and women of OSR Sécurité who secure certain COVID 19 vaccination and screening centers in Reunion. “We are also asked, to remind visitors to respect the health protection instructions which are subject to mandatory display at the entrance to establishments open to the public” recalls Younes Bahala, Managing Director of OSR Security.
700 employees on permanent contracts
But if today the company communicates so visibly, it is also because it is experiencing remarkable development. She has the wind in her sails and wants to make it known. Founded in 2006, Osiris Security Meeting (became OSR Security) today employs 700 employees on permanent contracts ! “We are one of the biggest, and the most discreet, employers on the island” welcomes Younes Bahala. And an employer “shattering prejudices”, to use the expression of the General Director of OSR Security, because it offers many young people from the neighborhoods a professional future through training, professions and prospects for advancement within the company, now active in Reunion, in Mayotte and mainland France. It should also be noted the important place of women in the exercise of OSR Sécurité’s security missions.. The company is rated 86/100 on the Gender Equality Index.
OSR Security professions
“Our three main areas of current activity are the security of sensitive industrial sites classified Seveso, the security of shopping centers and businesses and airport and port security” summarizes Ahamad Hamady, Director of Operational Services Meeting, Mayotte and OSR Security Metropolis. Among the most representative customers who make OSR Sécurité their security partner, we find the two large Leclerc shopping centers, the EDF du Port thermal power station, Roland-Garros airport, the regional hotel, the departmental council or even a number of event organizers bringing together a large audience. “We have no room for error” : such is, for Ahamad Hamady, the common point of all its missions. Faced with ever more varied risks and threats, security professions have become more professional over the years, requiring increasingly specific training, coupled with relational know-how. The Prevention and Safety Agent (APS) is responsible for monitoring the premises, access controls, it prevents incidents (and thefts from businesses) … Glued to the screens, the Video Operator ensures video surveillance, complementary to ground observation. Another specialty, fire prevention, reports to the Fire Safety and Personal Assistance Officer (SSIAP) : he is responsible for the proper functioning of fire-fighting equipment and compliance with the evacuation plan, he provides first aid to people in difficulty or victims of discomfort. OSR Sécurité has other strings to its bow depending on needs, especially dog handlers. In addition to legal and regulatory requirements, the company has ISO 9001 certifications (quality), ISO 14001 (environment), ISO 45001 (health and security at work) and the CSR commitment certificate.
OSR Sécurité establishes itself in mainland France
After Reunion and Mayotte, OSR Sécurité has been established in mainland France for three years. The Reunion company has offices in Belfort, in Seyne-sur-Mer and it will soon open in the Paris region after the very big market it won : the safety of the Seine Aval wastewater treatment plant, the largest in Europe, the second in the world by the volume of water treated. Ce site ultra-sensible, which treats part of the waters of the Paris metropolitan area, extends over 800 hectares between the municipalities of Achères, Maison-Lafitte and Saint-Germain-en-Laye. This success, OSR Sécurité obtained it by being the highest bidder and not the lowest bidder, and there again, by overturning prejudices by claiming his Reunion origins. “Reunion remains our priority” affirms Younes Bahala. The notoriety of OSR Sécurité took a leap following this market. Equipped with its Reunion and metropolitan references (which also includes a mission for the Ministry of Defense), the company now responds without hesitation to the largest calls for tenders. The General Director of OSR Security is confident : “We have already ruled out major companies and reached the top 3 in the application processes of very large markets. At term, and despite the aggressive competition reigning in this environment, I am sure that we will win other great missions. »
Concurrence : an eye for an eye…
No planned strategy behind this projection in mainland France. But a response to the arrival of large metropolitan security companies in Reunion. Younes Bahala : “We said to ourselves that if they came to compete with us for our markets on the island, we could very well go and compete for theirs in mainland France. » The General Director of OSR Sécurité regrets that leading public institutions in Reunion Island have preferred to call on companies from outside the island, while the skills exist in Reunion. So he reacted and, appetite coming when eating, OSR Sécurité has now set itself a strategy and a development objective in France : “We want to become one of the five most important security companies in France. »
OSR Assistance : airline assistance
Other type of services, other company : OSR Assistance, little sister of OSR Sécurité, aimed at airports and airlines, offering them all the services of stopover management : management of arrivals and transits, cabin cleaning, ticketing services, flight check-in and boarding, loading and unloading, services VIP, handling work… Present in Reunion and Mayotte, OSR Assistance thus ensures the transport of people with reduced mobility to the aircraft at Roland-Garros airport.. A second specialty (made in Réunion) who could, her too, develop in mainland France.
