Senior Facilities Manager

Spencer Marshall; Dublin; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Spencer Marshall is recruiting a Senior Facilities Manager to lead day-to-day hard and soft services across a portfolio of sites in Dublin. This role offers strategic operational leadership, stakeholder engagement, and a focus on reliable FM delivery.

The successful candidate will manage budgets, drive continuous improvement, and collaborate with landlords and internal teams to ensure service excellence. Emphasis on risk management and compliant operations.

Qualifications

• Technical FM experience required or preferred.
• Broad knowledge of critical building infrastructure.
• Experience managing Hard & Soft Services across a large portfolio.
• Proven ability to develop strong client, stakeholder and customer relationships.
• Excellent financial acumen; experience managing OPEX/CAPEX budgets.
• Strong leadership and influencing capabilities at all levels.
• Proven problem solving and project management experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day management of hard and soft services across a multi-site portfolio.
• Provide operational leadership to internal teams and external service providers.
• Demonstrate leadership by fostering collaboration and communicating strategies and objectives.
• Offer cross-regional operational support for FM across locations as needed.
• Manage and maintain the Computerised Maintenance Management System.

Skills

Technical FM experience

Critical infrastructure

Hard & Soft Services

Client/stakeholder relations

Financial acumen (OPEX/CAPEX)

Leadership & influence

Project management

Job description

Senior Facilities Manager Dublin opportunity to work with a Global business !

We are working alongside a global leader who partner some of the world's largest organisations, delivering first class, integrated Facilities Management and Workplace Management solutions. Our client supports organisations around the world to develop, implement and manage their Integrated Facilities and Workplace Management strategies.

Our client can provide you with a genuine opportunity to work with a progressive and innovative employer. They are a business pushing to the front of the Integrated Workplace and FM services world. You will make enduring professional relationships; you will work alongside some of the best professionals in the business. If you are focused on aspiration, they will embrace that. More than anything else, they are a people business, their business is their people.

This role is an opportunity to really show what you can do and genuinely add value to a role, make it yours!

As a Senior Facilities Manager , some of the key responsibilities are as follows :

• Accountable for the day-to-day management of all hard and soft services across a multi site client portfolio.
• Provide operational leadership and oversight of both internal teams and external service providers, ensuring effective service delivery.
• Demonstrate visible leadership by fostering collaboration, supporting team members, and clearly articulating operational strategies and objectives.
• Provide cross-regional operational support and coverage for Facilities Management across additional locations as required.
• Manage and maintain the Computerised Maintenance Management System
• Manage financial administration and reporting
• Ensure effective management of Critical Business Infrastructure , with a focus on minimising downtime, identifying risks, and implementing mitigation strategies.
• For leased properties, liaise with landlords and maintain a strong understanding of lease obligations to ensure landlord responsibilities are fulfilled at no cost to the client.
• Ensure team compliance with client change management processes, including maintenance activities, MOPs and SOPs.
• Lead incident investigations, including accidents, incidents, and near-misses, establishing root causes and implementing corrective and preventative actions.
• Support audit and compliance activities by attending inspections, addressing non-conformances, and managing corrective action plans arising from maintenance, inspections, surveys, and reports.
• Maintain and regularly update both client and internal operational risk registers.
• Responsible for the management and oversight of conferencing and event operations across client site(s) and associated locations.

Person Specification

• Ideally Technical FM experience ,
• Broad knowledge and experience managing critical building infrastructure.
• Experience managing a variety of Hard & Soft Services across a sizeable portfolio
• Experience in developing strong client, stakeholder & customer relationships.
• Excellent financial acumen & must have experience managing large client OPEX / CAPEX budgets.
• Strong leadership and influencing capabilities at all levels.
• Proven problem solving and project management experience.

My client is an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age. D E & I is engrained in their DNA.

If you need any reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process – including the online application and/or overall selection process – please contact us on [e-mail] for assistance