Rope Access Manager Role - Full TIme
Location: This is a peripatetic role based from our South Brent Head Office. You will be working primarily on client sites in Plymouth, with UK-wide travel as required.
Contract Type: Permanent, full-time role
Hours: 40 hours per week
Salary: £55,000-70,000 DoE
The Role
We’re looking for an experienced rope access professional to lead and grow our specialist industrial rope access team. Working at height across challenging, hard-to-reach structures, the team delivers a broad range of work including inspection, maintenance, repair, installation, and surface preparation.
This role focuses on planning, safety documentation, business development and coordinating the team and equipment, with some hands-on rope access work to maintain your competency. It will suit someone who combines strong technical rope access expertise with commercial acumen, and who is motivated by the opportunity to shape a specialist team.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare and review risk assessments and method statements (RAMS), including rescue plans, for all rope access work, ensuring they are site-specific, communicated to the team and followed on site.
- Identify new business opportunities and prepare quotes and tenders to win new contracts, supporting the growth of the rope access division.
- Plan and schedule rope access projects, allocating technicians, contractors and equipment to meet programme and client requirements.
- Coordinate worksites and liaise with clients to determine access and rigging requirements, ensuring appropriate IRATA Level 3 supervision is in place, and promoting alternative access methods where appropriate.
- Manage the inspection and maintenance of all rope access equipment, tools and plant, ensuring pre-use checks are carried out, and all LOLER examinations are in date and recorded.
- Lead the recruitment, training, and development of rope access technicians, building a skilled, fully IRATA-compliant team as the division grows.
- Ensure compliance with relevant legislation and permit systems and adhere strictly to IRATA safety standards and site-specific procedures.
- Ensure all accidents, incidents and near misses are reported immediately to the client’s site manager, and lead investigations and corrective actions.
- Work independently, maintaining accurate records and documentation of work completed.
- Undertake rope access work as required to support projects and maintain your own IRATA competency and logged hours, including participation in emergency response and rescue.
Person Specification
Essential:
- Current IRATA certification (any level) with extensive practical rope access experience.
- IOSH Managing Safely certificate or equivalent.
- Experience writing RAMS and rescue plans for work at height.
- Full UK driving licence
- Able to meet the medical fitness requirements for IRATA rope access work.
- Proven experience in managing teams and delivering projects safely.
- Experience in business development or client relationship management, with a commercially-minded approach.
- Strong focus on health & safety and compliance, with high standards of quality and professionalism.
- Strong organisational and communication skills, with confidence dealing directly with clients and stakeholders.
Desirable:
- IRATA Level 3 qualified
- NEBOSH General certificate
What we offer
- Performance-related bonus, linked to contract wins and division growth.
- Private healthcare
- 28 days annual leave (plus Bank Holidays)
- Employer pension contributions
How to apply
If you’re looking for a role that combines rope access expertise with planning, leadership and
business growth, we’d like to hear from you.
Send your CV along with a short covering note (no more than half a page) telling us why you’d be a good fit for this role.
Applications to: Nat Burgess: [email protected]
