Vertical Access Ltd

02/03/2026

We’re hiring!

- Geotechnical Rope Access Technicians (IRATA)

📍 Location: Northwest

About us👇
Vertical Access is one of the UK’s most established rope access specialists, delivering geotechnical, inspection, structural and access solutions across the rail, construction, and infrastructure sectors.

Founded in 1988, the business is recognised for our technical expertise, safe delivery, and continued innovation in difficult-access environments.

We are based in the Northwest (Mossley, Tameside) but work nationwide. We provide IRATA-led access, installation, maintenance and inspection services, supporting major clients across civil engineering, rail network schemes and industrial structures.

About the role👇
Due to continued growth, we are looking to expand our Geotechnical team to work on existing and future contracts. Must be IRATA qualified (L1-3) and hold CSCS + PTS.

Short and medium-term contracts are available, with the opportunity for the right candidates to join our team on a long-term basis.

Example Work Scopes: soil nailing, slope/rockface stabilisation, earth anchor installation, netting installation, dentition works, coring, scaling, devegetation & retaining wall remediation.

Requirements👇
Proven experience in some of the itemised work scopes listed above - Essential⚠️
IRATA L1-3 - Essential⚠️
CSCS - Essential⚠️
PTS – Essential⚠️

📩 If this sounds like something you’d be interested in, send your CV to info@verticalaccess.co.uk

27/02/2026

We're Hiring!
- Depot Manager

Join one of the UK's leading rope access companies as our new Depot Manager and help oversee the logistics and operations of our tools, plant, vehicles & equipment.

Job info:
📍 Mossley, Tameside
🕰️ Full-time, Permanent
💰️ £45,000-£55,000

More information below!

Interested in joining our team?
✉️ Send your CV to hannah@verticalaccess.co.uk

13/02/2026

Employee Spotlight⭐️👏
- Matty Oakes

Big congratulations to Matty Oakes on his outstanding recent performance at VA!

Since joining the team toward the end of 2025, Matty has quickly proven himself to be a valued part of our Structures Supervisor team, consistently bringing dedication, skill, and a great attitude to the role.

We’re proud to have you on board, Matty. Keep up the great work! 💪

06/02/2026

Roll out the red carpet🎥
- IRATA Health & Safety Videos

Over the past 10 years, our Managing Director, Paul Bingham and Geotechnical Director, Andy McDermott have been starring in a series of IRATA Health & Safety training videos shown across the rope access industry as examples of best practice.

Their latest IRATA video has just been released and tackles one of the most critical issues in our industry.
👉 Reporting problems to prevent fatalities.

The video highlights how company-wide procedures and more importantly, safety culture play a huge role not just within one business, but can have a huge knock-on effect across the entire industry.

Hollywood may not be calling just yet (sorry gents), but their commitment to improving safety culture in the working at height industry is very real👏

You can check out the video below👇
https://irata.org/media/videos/safety-awareness-video-report-a-problem-prevent-a-fatality

05/02/2026

Now Hiring!
- IRATA Level 2 (Structures Division)

Due to continued growth, our Structures Division is expanding and we are now hiring experienced IRATA Level 2's for upcoming structural projects.

➡️ About us.
Vertical Access is one of the UK’s most established rope access specialists, delivering geotechnical, inspection, structural and access solutions across the rail, construction, and infrastructure sectors.

Founded in 1988, the business is recognised for our technical expertise, safe delivery, and continued innovation in difficult-access environments.

Working nationwide, we provide IRATA-led access, installation, maintenance and inspection services, supporting major clients across civil engineering, rail network schemes and industrial structures.

➡️ About the role.
Due to continued growth we are looking to expand our Structures team to work on existing and future contracts. Must be IRATA qualified (L2) and hold CSCS.
Short and medium-term contracts available, with the opportunity for the right candidates to join our team on a long-term basis.

Example Work Scopes: Inspections, roofing, liquid coatings, painting, confined space, antennae installation, working in stadiums, building repairs and banner installations.

➡️ Requirements.
Proven experience in some of the itemised work scopes listed above - Essential✅
IRATA L2 - Essential✅
CSCS - Essential✅

➡️ Role location.
Office/Depot based in Mossley, Greater Manchester with work varying across the UK.

Please send your CV plus any additional certifications to:
📧 hannah@verticalaccess.co.uk

03/02/2026

From the office to the pitch 🏉

We’re proud to announce that Vertical Access is sponsoring our very own Marketing Executive, Harry Hobbs, for the 25/26 season with his boyhood club, Huddersfield Rugby Union Football Club (HRUFC).

Best of luck for the rest of the season, Harry 👏

(Enjoy some action shots from their weekend win)

03/02/2026

02/02/2026

Company Announcement 📢

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Andy McDermott as VA's new Geotechnical Director.

Andy began his journey with Vertical Access 15 years ago as a subcontractor, before joining the business in a permanent role as a Site Manager. Over the past six years, Andy has worked closely with Technical Director, Andy Shortt in his role as Geotechnical Project Manager, consistently developing the technical, commercial, and leadership skills that have led to this well-deserved promotion.

Throughout this period, Andy has played a key role in the successful delivery of numerous projects, while also establishing and strengthening client relationships across new sectors of the industry. Andy is enthusiastic about building on this momentum and further developing our Geo Division in his new role.

Congratulations Andy!

- The Vertical Access Team

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30/01/2026

Keeping Manchester Glowing🫧🧽
📍 Arndale Centre.

This week, our team has been keeping Manchester glowing, completing specialist window cleaning works above the new XF Gyms location at the Arndale Centre.
Our small team of highly specialised rope access operatives have been working through the cold nights to ensure disruption to the general public and trading operations was kept to an absolute minimum.

We’ve been a trusted partner of the Arndale Centre for more than three decades, supporting the ongoing maintenance and presentation of one of the UK’s most prominent retail complexes.

Through our regular maintenance works across multiple properties within the site, we help ensure consistently positive customer experiences while providing reliable technical & operational support to both facilities and contracts managers.

Enjoy some of our action shots below!

If you want to read about our previous projects around the Arndale Centre over the years, visit our case study pages👇

➡️ Corporation Street Footbridge: https://www.verticalaccess.co.uk/case-studies/arndale-foot-bridge-doff-cleaning
➡️ Harvey Nichols: https://www.verticalaccess.co.uk/case-studies/harvey-nichols-cleaning

27/01/2026

Except we DO use ropes... 👀 😅

20/01/2026

A great visual of the rapid industrialisation & architectural growth of Manchester🐝

We're proud to be part of a city with so much resilience and history, and also privileged to have worked on some of the iconic buildings mentioned, such as the Town Hall, University, Old Trafford, Etihad & more.

🖤💛

Watch here 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvUd5Z-xMhc

Journey through 2,000 years of Manchester's extraordinary transformation—from a remote Roman garrison to the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution to today...

19/01/2026

VA in 2016 🕰️

Social media has been full of throwbacks to 2016, with people sharing what they were up to a decade ago. So we thought we’d join in too😅

Back then, we were...

➡️ Repairing the chimney stacks at Manchester Town Hall.

➡️ Restoring the roof at the Chaplaincy Centre in Lancaster University.

➡️ Conducting inspection & repair works on telecoms across several UK sites, including BT Head Offices, London.

➡️ Inspecting & repairing a retaining wall below a railway for Network Rail & Balfour Beatty in Wylam, Northumberland.

If that doesn’t demonstrate the variety of VA, we’re not sure what does!

What were you up to in 2016?
Comment your favourite throwback pic below👇