Reliability & Facilities Engineer

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

At Apleona Ireland, we believe a strong culture and fulfilled team is the foundation of our success - built on collaboration, innovation, and empowerment.

We are looking for a Reliability & Facilities Engineer to join our team in a pharma setting in Kilkenny , Ireland

Working pattern: Monday to Friday from 08:00-16:30

Main duties & responsibilities:

• Act as the primary owner of the CMMS for the account.
• Identify and mitigate equipment reliability risks to prevent facility downtime.
• Investigate equipment failures and use tools like FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) to eliminate recurring issues.
• Oversee building utilities, HVAC, power, water, and related systems to maintain safe and compliant working environments.
• Support daily and weekly maintenance planning by identifying risk, repeat work, overdue actions, access requirements, specialist support and critical materials.
• Coach technicians in systematic troubleshooting, accurate fault coding, work-order closeout, evidence capture and reliability-centerd thinking.
• Escalate unresolved technical or compliance concerns through the appropriate engineering and client channels.
• Improve CMMS data quality by standardising asset hierarchy, failure codes, work types, priorities, completion notes and closure requirements.
• Ensure new and modified assets are accurately registered in the CMMS with appropriate criticality, maintenance plans, documentation, bills of materials and ownership.
• Work with equipment owners, manufacturing engineering and operations to ensure interventions on production assets are coordinated and aligned with quality and production requirements
• Regular onsite attendance and active engagement in plant areas are essential requirements of the role.
• Produce training materials for technicians and supervisors on CMMS use, maintenance standards, and reliability practices.
• Support onboarding of new Ops Managers with asset and maintenance insights.
• Flexibility may be required to support critical failures, planned shutdowns, investigations or project activities outside normal working hours.
• Work closely with Maintenance Supervisors, Ops Managers, Engineering, and Compliance teams to ensure maintenance activities align with contract priorities.
• Provide weekly updates on asset performance, risks, and improvement actions.
• Support site mobilisation, shutdown planning, and major maintenance events.

Qualifications And Experience

• Degree, higher diploma or recognized trade qualification with relevant engineering experience in mechanical, electrical, manufacturing, maintenance, building services or a related discipline.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret maintenance data and turn it into actionable improvements.
• Excellent communication skills - able to work with technicians, supervisors, Ops Managers, and clients.
• Experience with CMMS/ CAFM platforms and Microsoft Excel; experience with Power BI or similar reporting tools is desirable.
• Knowledge of preventive, predictive, and reactive maintenance methodologies
• Strong working knowledge of reliability principles, failure analysis, RCA, FMEA or FMECA, asset criticality and preventive or predictive maintenance strategies.
• Proven ability to extract, validate and interpret CMMS data and convert analysis into practical maintenance and asset improvements.