Acuren is looking for a hands-on Rope Access Operations Manager in the Central Region. You’ll lead multi-trade crews, oversee project execution, and ensure safe, efficient, and IRATA-compliant operations. This is a fast-paced, high-impact role for a professional eager to take on leadership, broaden their skills, and drive success on high-profile industrial projects.

Daily Responsibilities

• Lead and support welders, pipefitters, and rope access technicians across active job sites.
• Plan, organize, and monitor daily operations, ensuring safety and quality standards are met.
• Conduct site visits, toolbox talks, and review JHAs and permits (rope access, hot work, confined space).
• Coordinate logistics for crew travel, mobilization, and accommodations.
• Track consumables, materials, and equipment to maintain readiness and efficiency.

Weekly Responsibilities

• Perform site walk-throughs and safety inspections.
• Review time tracking, project updates, and three-day lookaheads.
• Support Project Managers with QA/QC documentation and cost tracking.
• Verify compliance of rope access gear and PPE.
• Lead or contribute to weekly safety and progress meetings.

Monthly Responsibilities

• Oversee rope access gear inspections and certification renewals.
• Review budgets and forecasts; track project spend against targets.
• Manage shop inventory and place replenishment orders as needed.
• Submit safety, compliance, and performance reports.
• Conduct performance reviews and coordinate training or recertifications.

• IRATA Level 3 Certification

• Hands-on mechanical and industrial experience in complex environments

• Multi-trade leadership, with experience managing and coordinating diverse teams

• Project management skills, including scheduling, resource allocation, and work execution

• Welding expertise, including inspection, procedures, and fabrication practices

• NDT certifications/experience considered an asset

• Strong computer skills, including database management

Core Competencies

• Strong work ethic with a focus on high-quality results

• Proven ability to build and maintain positive relationships with clients and team members

• Exceptional safety awareness and commitment to quality standards

• Strong problem-solving, organizational, and time management skills

• Self-motivated and capable of operating at a high technical and performance level

The strength of Acuren lies in its outstanding people. As a rapidly growing, intensely innovative, international publicly traded company, the opportunities to pursue challenging and diverse career development paths are vast.

Complemented by an attractive and comprehensive total compensation package, including paid time off, employer paid benefits, RRSP + Company match, tuition grants, discounted fitness memberships and insurance offerings, employee assistance programs and more! At Acuren we commit to the principles of a respectful workplace and offer tremendous opportunities to those who wish to succeed.

Join our team at Acuren and embark on a rewarding journey where you will contribute to the company's growth and success while advancing your career. Apply now to be part of our dedicated team of professionals.

As an organization, our strength comes from the ability to embody our core values - People First, Integrity Always, Pride In Our Work, and Growth Together. None of these values is more important than People First, and we are honored that our people decided the company is worthy of being included in the Forbes 2024 and 2025 List of Canada's Best Employers.

Acuren is a trusted, single source provider of technology-enabled asset protection solutions used to evaluate the structural integrity of critical energy, industrial and public infrastructures. Committed to delivering a Higher Level of Reliability, Acuren provides an unrivaled spectrum of capabilities including inspection, traditional and advanced NDE/NDT, failure analysis, rope access, materials engineering, field engineering, reliability engineering, drones, robotics, V-Deck and condition-based monitoring services.

Our work is critical to the integrity and safety of industrial firms, including petroleum refinery, pipeline, power generation, pulp & paper, mining, pharmaceutical, aerospace and automotive industries. Acuren employs over 5,000 dedicated professionals supporting the mechanical integrity and inspection programs of the world’s largest industrial segments.

Acuren is a market leader. Our formula for success is straightforward: be capable locally, with certified and well-equipped personnel supported by trained, experienced leaders. Continuing to build on a strong heritage of safety, quality, and professionalism, Acuren strives to maintain incident free work environments, pursues advanced technical developments, and supports reliability programs that are valued by clients and employees.

Please note we will consider accessibility accommodations to applicants upon request.

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