Facilities Manager – Guest-Facing Distillery & Ops

Irish Distillers International Ltd; Dublin; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit share

Health & Wellbeing THRIVE programme

People Development

Family leave

Parental Support

Charity Days

Charity days

Job summary

Irish Distillers International Ltd, Bow Street Jameson Distillery, is seeking a Facilities Manager to own facilities, maintenance, asset care and compliance ensuring a safe, high-standard environment for employees, contractors, visitors and guests.

The role leads preventative maintenance, contractor management and governance while supporting operational resilience with Duty Manager duties when required.

Qualifications

• Experience in facilities management on high-footfall, customer-facing sites.
• Strong knowledge of planned preventative maintenance and asset lifecycle.
• Practical understanding of health and safety requirements, RAMS and permit-to-work processes.
• Manage external contractors and service providers.
• Support budgeting, cost control, and minor capital works.
• Lead with clear communication to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Plan preventative maintenance: Own and manage the planned preventative maintenance programme, ensuring maintenance activities are scheduled, completed, recorded and reviewed to protect asset reliability and reduce reactive failures.
• Building fabric and asset management: Maintain strong oversight of the building fabric, infrastructure, equipment and facilities assets, ensuring issues are identified early, prioritised appropriately and resolved to a high standard.
• Housekeeping and site standards: Govern housekeeping, presentation and back-of-house site standards, working with internal teams and service providers to maintain a safe, clean and guest-ready environment.
• Contractor and supplier management: Manage facilities contractors and suppliers, including contractor selection, onboarding, induction, performance review, permit-to-work requirements, RAMS review and contractor safety compliance.
• Statutory compliance and inspections: Coordinate statutory inspections, servicing, testing and certification across relevant facilities systems, ensuring records are maintained and actions are closed within agreed timelines.
• Health, safety and risk management: Track facilities-related health and safety actions, support audits and inspections, contribute to corrective action closure and help maintain strong safety standards for employees, contractors and visitors.
• Site infrastructure risk management: Identify infrastructure risks, elevate material concerns and develop practical mitigation plans to reduce operational disruption and protect the guest experience.
• Minor capital projects: Scope, coordinate and deliver minor capital and improvement projects, ensuring works are planned safely, delivered within budget and aligned with operational requirements.
• Budgeting and planning: Support annual facilities budgeting, forecasting and cost control, including maintenance spend, contractor costs, service agreements and small project expenditure.
• Training coordination and records: Coordinate facilities-related training requirements and maintain appropriate records for contractors, service providers and internal colleagues where relevant.
• Operational resilience: Undertake Duty Manager responsibilities during periods of leave, absence or peak trading demand once fully trained, supporting business continuity and leadership coverage.

Skills

Facilities management

Planned maintenance

Safety compliance

Contractor management

Budgeting

Leadership

Budget & projects

Stakeholder comms

Problem solving

Leadership & resilience

Job description

Irish Distillers International Ltd, Bow Street Jameson Distillery, is seeking a Facilities Manager to own facilities, maintenance, asset care and compliance ensuring a safe, high-standard environment for employees, contractors, visitors and guests.

The role leads preventative maintenance, contractor management and governance while supporting operational resilience with Duty Manager duties when required.