Access Coordinator: Lead Scaffold & Rope Ops

Warrikal; Western Australia; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive payment rates

Growth opportunities

Mental health support (EAP)

Experienced professionals

Job summary

Warrikal is seeking an Access Coordinator to lead scaffold and rope access activities on a maintenance contract site at South32 Worsley. The role focuses on operational leadership, client expectations, and workforce planning, acting as second-in-charge to the Site Superintendent.

You will identify operational risks, drive work execution, manage client relationships and support continuous improvement across the contract.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5+ years in Access works or similar.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary workforces.
• Demonstrated leadership capability.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily scaffold and rope access activities across the maintenance contract.
• Prioritise work in alignment with client requirements and operational risk.
• Ensure work orders are planned, resourced and executed efficiently.
• Monitor work progress and intervene where required to maintain schedule compliance.
• Coordinate emergent and breakdown work without impacting planned maintenance.
• Ensure labour, equipment and materials are available to meet operational requirements.
• Review upcoming work schedules.
• Identify labour shortages or capability gaps.
• Act as the primary operational contact for client representatives.
• Build trusted working relationships with planners, supervisors and operations personnel.
• Attend planning meetings and provide operational input.
• Communicate schedule changes, constraints and risks proactively.
• Represent the business professionally at all times.
• Provide day-to-day leadership to supervisors and frontline teams.
• Coach supervisors in planning, communication and execution.
• Support workforce engagement and accountability.
• Drive a positive safety and performance culture.
• Lead operational meetings when required.
• Promote a proactive safety culture.
• Ensure compliance with client and company procedures.
• Participate in incident investigations.
• Conduct field leadership interactions.
• Verify quality of scaffold and rope access services.
• Drive corrective actions through to completion.

Skills

Access coordination

Leadership

Planning & scheduling

Client liaison

Job description

Warrikal is seeking an Access Coordinator to lead scaffold and rope access activities on a maintenance contract site at South32 Worsley. The role focuses on operational leadership, client expectations, and workforce planning, acting as second-in-charge to the Site Superintendent.

You will identify operational risks, drive work execution, manage client relationships and support continuous improvement across the contract.