Facilities Technician - Mechanical

Apleona UK; Ireland; Remote; EUR 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Apleona UK in Kilkenny, Ireland is recruiting a Facilities Technician to join our team. The role covers daily maintenance of mechanical equipment on-site, coordinating with Electrical/Multiskilled Technicians, and ensuring safety and documentation are kept up to date.

You will respond to service calls, supervise subcontractors under permit-to-work, and drive energy efficiency initiatives while maintaining high service standards.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as qualified tradesman.
• Experience in air handling units, fan coil units, water circulating pumps, BMS, sprinkler systems.
• Experience in a professional team-based office environment.
• Strong knowledge of mechanical systems.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with Clients/Customers.
• Flexibility and availability to work overtime.

Responsibilities

• Conduct daily maintenance of mechanical equipment on-site.
• Report issues to Facilities Engineer.
• Coordinate with Electrical/Multiskilled Technicians to manage equipment.
• Maintain facilities-related documentation.
• Respond to service calls and ensure timely resolutions.
• Oversee subcontractors and ensure permit-to-work compliance.
• Support energy reduction initiatives and site sustainability.

Skills

Mechanical knowledge

Administrative skills

Team player

Overtime availability

Tools

Salesforce

BMS

Spreadsheets

Job description

The details for the selected vacancy are shown below.

• Advert Text

  We are currently recruiting for a Facilities Technician to join our team based in Kilkenny.

  Shift Pattern: Monday to Sunday, various shifts, 42 hours weekly.

  Main duties and responsibilities

  • Effective daily maintenance of all Mechanical equipment on-site.
  • Reporting of existing or potential problems with equipment to Facilities Engineer.
  • Working with Electrical/Multiskilled Technicians to effectively manage / maintain multi-disciplinary equipment.
  • Effective maintenance of non-Mechanical equipment (where possible)
  • Reporting of existing or potential problems with non-mechanical equipment to Facilities Engineer
  • Ensure all facilities–related maintenance documentation is completed properly, filed and accessible as required.
  • Provide information about facilities as required/authorised.
  • Respond to service calls logged with the facilities help desk and seek a speedy resolution.
  • Professional greeting to clients and staff to generate a professional and welcoming atmosphere.
  • Ensure all subcontractors on-site are working within the agreed permit-to-work system, understand reported problems and fully conduct service visit or callout works and apply all safety precautions.
  • Reporting subcontractors present to Facilities Engineer and report outcome of service visits / callouts.
  • Effective management of daily helpdesk requests from receipt of request to completion and sign-off of task
  • Ensure work requests are carried out on time and to a satisfactory level
  • Working effectively with other Operations functions to fully complete client requests
  • Use of email and spreadsheets/logbooks to receive, understand and sign-off works orders and record information as agreed with the Facilities Engineer.
  • To conduct daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, six-monthly and annual inspections of equipment and record in local maintenance folders.
  • To report faults, errors, miss-readings etc found for further testing.
  • Adopt culture and awareness of Salesforce site sustainability and energy efficiency targets/goals
  • Perform site tasks to ensure plant is ran in its most efficient manner
  • Oversee sub-contractors ensuring best practice is performed
  • Provide energy reduction recommendations on plant operations relevant to role
  • Enforce a zero tolerance to unsafe working practices to target a goal zero accident rate.

  Qualifications and experience

  • 5+ years as qualified Tradesmen
  • Experienced working in similar working environment
  • Air Handling Units, Fan Coil Units, Water Circulating Pumps,BMS,Sprinkler Systems
  • Experience of working in a professional team-based office environment
  • Experience of communicating with Clients/Customers and providing excellent customer service
  • Strong knowledge of Mechanical systems
  • Strong administrative, coordination and attention to detail skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and proven team player
  • Flexibility and availability to work overtime

  Ref. 17793