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Wood is recruiting for a Rope Access Technical Authority to provide technical support to Operations Management and the Rope Access delivery team. In this role you will be responsible for managing Woods IRATA accreditation, both locally and internationally. The position sits in our Operations Business Unit and is based in Aberdeen with hybrid working.

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing technical support to the Operations Business and the Wood delivery team. You will be a technical focal point and ensure guidance and mentoring to Rope Access team.

Carry out inspections and internal audits as specified by the Quality plan and undertake site visits / surveys to support scopes of work.

Establish and maintain effective working relationships with Wood functions including Delivery teams, Construction and Technical Functions, HSEQ and HR to ensure successful project deliveries across the business.

Our Upstream team will continue to play an important role in providing energy security. We design, engineer, build, operate and maintain the most complex assets in the world, in the harshest of environments, providing solutions across the asset life cycle from concept to decommissioning.

At all levels our goal is the same: to provide our clients with complete assurance that their asset is in safe hands.

Our Operations Business has more than 40 years of operational experience and we know how to push the envelope on our client’s asset performance, reliability and lifetime.

We have an established presence in delivering operations support with qualified people, leading‑edge systems and processes. We use a service excellence framework with a suite of systems, tools and processes to ensure all our staff exhibit the right qualities of service delivery, safety performance and efficient work execution.

• Meaningful and interesting projects – Operations will continue to play an important role in providing energy security across the globe
• Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs, offering hybrid working where relevant
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion – we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice
• Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
• Flexible benefits package – inclusive of 33 days annual leave (including public holidays), generous contributory pension scheme, private medical cover, 4x base salary life insurance; all of these and more that can be adapted to suit your own lifestyle
• Commitment to continued professional development – development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests
• Global connections – join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession

• Provide technical support to the Operations Manager and Rope Access delivery team, ensuring assurance and compliance of the subject matter in line with Company, National and International standards, guidelines and codes of practice.
• Identify and develop opportunities to grow the Rope Access business, internally and externally.
• Have a good understanding of the Company’s Health, Safety and Quality and Environmental Policies.
• Carry out periodic review of Company procedures and have a full understanding of appropriate IRATA documentation, including ICOP and TACS and regulations such as Work at Height Regulation.
• Promote discipline awareness and capability internally and externally.
• Act as technical owner of the corporate competency standard for Rope Access within the Competence Management System (CMS).
• Ensure that all direct reports are aware of their responsibilities with regard to the Company Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality Policy and their obligations for safe working.
• Provide recommendations for Continuous Improvement.
• Provide a technical focal point for region and other regions as necessary.
• Provide knowledge, innovations, industry best practice and lessons learnt to Rope Access staff.
• Ensure compliance and best practice adoption.
• Activity promotes and drives safety in system design and execution.
• Maintain up‑to‑date knowledge of professional and industrial technology and research in order to drive best practice into the service offering.

At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. Even if you don’t match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.

• Extensive experience in practical Rope Access operations.
• IRATA Level 3 certification (or have held).
• IOSH Managing Safely of equivalent.

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.com

We are an equal‑opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (a non‑exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.