Bob Payne
Managing Director
Bob Payne started the company back in 1988, and spent most of the first 10-15 years growing his business from a cherry picker, carrying out maintenance works for local authorities and civil engineering contractors. These days, with a busy growing business to run he’s usually found at his desk in the office (or on the golf course!).
Rob Westwood
Director
Rob has been with Altitude since 2013 and was tasked with providing commercial support. Rob has over 25 years’ experience in the lighting industry, and is responsible for business development, tender submissions, buying and client accounts. In 2018 Rob joined the Altitude Services board of directors.
Sam Mills
Operations Director
Sam, a qualified electrician joined the company in 2007, carrying out and supervising electrical maintenance works. As the business grew, Sam’s role expanded, and Sam now manages the workforce of approximately 100 and oversees most of our Framework and Civil Engineering contracts. Sam was made Operations Director in 2010, and leads a team of 8 Project/Contract Managers.
Andrew Wrigley
Director
In 2018, Andy joined the Altitude Services board of directors. Previous to that Andy was a time served mechanic, and had spent 10 years working on site installing street lighting. Since 2014 Andy was our Transport Manager, keeping our growing fleet of vehicles and plant up to scratch.
Jon Brown
Contract Manager
Jon joined Altitude in September 2015 after spending the previous 15 years working his way up from apprentice to qualified electrician whilst also gaining accreditation as an ICP jointer. Jon has also worked on column installation, groundworks and testing/commissioning. Jon’s extensive operational experience and qualifications mean that he can look after the most demanding projects at site level, providing day to day supervision of our workforce on major framework installation contracts.
Jessica Preston
Contract Manager
Jess has been with Altitude since 2014. Her initial role as Admin Support has grown as she gained experience, she now works closely with the Operations Director at our Bamber Bridge satellite depot. Jess is responsible for recording and issuing of works, and day to day liaison with our Framework clients. Jess was promoted to Contract Manager in 2018.
Andrew Burns-Warren
HSEQ Manager
Andrew has been with Altitude since 2014, and is responsible for the company Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental. Andrew played the key role in implementing systems and procedures that enabled Altitude to obtain ISO9001, 14001 and 18001 accreditations. Andrew can often be found on our sites, auditing our works to ensure our HSEQ record is continually improving.
Stuart Cooper
Contract Manager
Stuart is a qualified electrician with 23 years’ experience in the highway lighting industry. He became a Contract Manager for Altitude Services in 2018, and looks after many of our major projects. Stuart’s key skills are planning and co-ordinating resources to ensure efficient high-quality installations in line with our client’s requirements, with a high level of attention to detail, and the ability to react quickly and pro-actively when changes occur on site.
Jane Banks
Compliance Manager
Jane’s background as an auditor, and her previous job in street lighting admin has helped her settle in well to her role here as Compliance Manager. Jane looks after our accreditations, procedures and ensures our systems are compliant and up to date. Jane also deals with payroll, and monitors our accounts receivable.
Rory Booth
Contract Manager
Rory is a fully qualified technically minded electrician who has over 17 years’ worth of experience in installation, maintenance and operation of electrical systems across domestic, commercial, industrial and street lighting. He joined Altitude Services in 2013 as an electrician, being promoted to Supervisor in 2017, and then Contracts Manager in 2020, looking after most of our maintenance, testing and surveying contracts.
Claire Connolly
Contract Manager
Claire studied business management at UCLAN, and spent several years working for a Local Authority street lighting department before joining us in 2015. Claire was promoted to Project Manager in 2021 and now works closely with our Connections Team, managing our larger ICP contracts
Wayne Martindale
Framework Manager
Wayne started working for Altitude Services as a lighting operative in 2007. He then started an apprenticeship in 2009, successfully passing all his exams and completing his qualification and training in 2012. In 2015 he became a Supervisor on a PFI contract working with EON and collaborating with them to deliver the contract. In 2017 he was responsible for supervising and various civil engineering projects. In 2018 he was promoted to Contract/Framework Manager and looks after many of our projects for Highways England clients.
Natalie Benabda
ICP Admin Assistant
Before joining Altitude in 2016 Natalie obtained her BA (Hons) in Design and Technology at Manchester Met, and spent four years in the Utilities sector. Natalie works out of our Hapton office, and is responsible for producing ICP Job Packs, desktop surveys, ‘Live working regime’ paperwork and whereabouts.
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