Pharma Reliability & Facilities Engineer | CMMS Lead

Apleona Ireland; Kilkenny; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Apleona Ireland is seeking a Reliability & Facilities Engineer to join our pharma site in Kilkenny, Ireland. You will own the CMMS, drive reliability initiatives, manage maintenance planning, and coach technicians in systematic problem solving.

The role requires strong analytical skills, good communication, and the ability to work with engineering, operations, and compliance teams. Regular site attendance and occasional after-hours support are expected.

Qualifications

• Degree, higher diploma or recognized trade qualification in engineering or related discipline.
• Strong analytical skills to interpret maintenance data and drive improvements.
• Excellent communication with technicians, supervisors, Ops Managers and clients.
• Experience with CMMS/CAFM platforms; Excel; Power BI desirable.
• Knowledge of preventive, predictive and reactive maintenance methodologies.
• Reliability principles, failure analysis (RCA/FMEA) and asset criticality knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Own the CMMS for the account and ensure data quality.
• Identify and mitigate equipment reliability risks to prevent downtime.
• Investigate failures and use RCA/FMEA to eliminate recurring issues.
• Oversee building utilities, HVAC, power, water and related systems for safety and compliance.
• Support maintenance planning by identifying risk, repeat work and critical materials.
• Coach technicians in fault coding, work-order closeout and reliability thinking.
• Escalate unresolved issues through engineering and client channels.
• Improve CMMS data quality and asset hierarchy, codes and work types.
• Register new/modified assets with correct criticality and maintenance plans.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Reliability engineering

Troubleshooting

Education

Engineering degree / diploma

Tools

CMMS/CAFM platforms

Microsoft Excel

Power BI

Job description

Apleona Ireland is seeking a Reliability & Facilities Engineer to join our pharma site in Kilkenny, Ireland. You will own the CMMS, drive reliability initiatives, manage maintenance planning, and coach technicians in systematic problem solving.

The role requires strong analytical skills, good communication, and the ability to work with engineering, operations, and compliance teams. Regular site attendance and occasional after-hours support are expected.