Facilities Manager

Parker Stewart Ltd.; Kilkenny; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

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Job summary

Parker Stewart Ltd. in Kilkenny is seeking a senior Facilities Manager to own all facilities operations, utilities and infrastructure for a GMP manufacturing site.

You will lead a team of 40+ staff and contractors and oversee a major site extension project while keeping the live operation compliant and efficient. The role requires an engineering degree, proven facilities leadership in pharma/medical devices, and hands-on management of critical utilities, budgets and capital plans, with strong

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Building Services, Facilities Management or related discipline
• Significant facilities leadership experience in medical device or pharmaceutical manufacturing
• Experience overseeing a site extension, expansion or greenfield project in GMP environments
• Hands-on management of critical utilities
• Experience leading large teams and managing contractors and service providers
• Budget, capital planning and investment programme experience
• Strong working knowledge of GMP, quality and EHS

Responsibilities

• Lead facilities operations, utilities, infrastructure and engineering support services across the site
• Oversee the site extension and wider capital programme – planning, delivery and handover into a live GMP operation
• Keep critical systems reliable and compliant – HVAC, water, compressed air, boilers, chillers and energy infrastructure
• Manage facilities budgets, asset plans, capital planning and outsourced service providers
• Lead and develop a facilities team of 40+ employees and contractors
• Drive improvements on reliability, sustainability and cost
• Uphold GMP, EHS, regulatory and corporate standards
• Partner with Operations, Quality, Engineering, EHS, Supply Chain and Finance – shaping site decisions

Skills

Facilities leadership

Team leadership

Budget management

GMP knowledge

Utilities management

Project management

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Facilities Manager - GMP Manufacturing / Site Expansion - Kilkenny - Permanent

We're hiring on behalf of a global healthcare and medical device manufacturer with a modern, high-volume manufacturing site in Kilkenny that is growing fast.

The role: You'll own facilities, utilities and infrastructure for the whole site and lead a team of 40+ employees and contractors. The site is about to be extended, and you'll be the person who keeps a regulated manufacturing operation running at full tilt while that extension is built around it. Operations, Quality, Engineering and EHS will look to you for answers on anything to do with the building and its systems.

What you’ll actually be doing:

• Leading all facilities operations, utilities, infrastructure and engineering support services across the site
• Overseeing the site extension and wider capital programme - planning, delivery and handover into a live GMP operation
• Keeping critical systems reliable and compliant - HVAC, water, compressed air, boilers, chillers and energy infrastructure
• Managing facilities budgets, asset plans, capital planning and outsourced service providers
• Leading and developing a facilities team of 40+ employees and contractors
• Driving improvement on reliability, sustainability and cost
• Holding the line on GMP, EHS, regulatory and corporate standards
• Partnering with Operations, Quality, Engineering, EHS, Supply Chain and Finance - and shaping site decisions, not just responding to them

What we need:

• Degree in Engineering, Building Services, Facilities Management or a related discipline
• Significant facilities leadership experience in medical device or pharmaceutical manufacturing
• Proven experience overseeing a site extension, expansion or greenfield project in a GMP-regulated environment
• Hands‑on management of critical utilities
• Experience leading large teams and managing contractors and service providers
• Budget, capital planning and investment programme experience
• Strong working knowledge of GMP, quality and EHS

Nice to have:

• Direct responsibility for capital projects of €5M+
• Delivering construction or expansion work in Ireland while manufacturing kept running
• FDA-regulated experience
• PMP, PRINCE2, Lean Six Sigma or equivalent

The reality of the role: This is a senior, site-level job with a building project attached. You'll carry day-to-day responsibility for keeping a live GMP plant running and, at the same time, own the facilities side of an extension the business is counting on. The authority is real and so is the scrutiny - if the utilities go down or the extension slips, it lands on your desk. If you have done an extension before in pharma or med device and want to do it again at a site that is still growing, this is a very good seat.

Kilkenny - on-site, with one day a week from home. Permanent. Excellent salary, bonus and benefits package.

Any offer is conditional on a pre-employment medical, including drug and alcohol screening.

You must be based in Ireland with valid working rights in Ireland to be considered.