Senior Farm Maintenance Manager – Dairy Operations

FRS Recruitment; Leinster; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

FRS Recruitment is seeking a Farm Maintenance Manager (Machinery) for a large dairy operation in Ireland. The role involves planning and organizing maintenance across multiple sites, training staff, and driving safe, preventive maintenance practices to minimise downtime.

The candidate will lead a hands-on team, read electrical and hydraulic drawings, and implement improvements to reduce costs while ensuring accurate service records are kept.

Qualifications

• 5 years year’s + experience in a workshop or service centre environment.
• Experience in managing a large-scale maintenance.
• Experience with maintenance of large scale agricultural and industrial equipment, and petrol and diesel engine vehicles.
• Fully operational in the use of structured maintenance systems with a particular emphasis on a planned approach to preventive maintenance and recording and analysing data.

Responsibilities

• To ensure that all maintenance staff are organised, trained and carry out all maintenance in accordance with all company Maintenance and Safety procedures for all farm agricultural, industrial and feeding machinery and equipment.
• To ensure that all maintenance tasks are carried out in a safe manner and in accordance with company policy and standards.
• To ensure all workshop buildings and surrounding areas, tools, lifting equipment and electrical equipment are in a clean and safe working condition.
• To minimise the level of unplanned stoppages of machinery and reduce production losses due to machinery or equipment downtime.
• To oversee routine and preventative maintenance of all agricultural, industrial and feeding machinery and equipment within the Division.
• To monitor and assess the performance of all maintenance staff in conjunction with the Farming and Maintenance Manager and recommend training as required.
• Liaise with suppliers to arrange warranty repairs.
• Report issues that affect the reliability and running costs of equipment.
• Arrange OEM training and access to required manuals for workshop staff.
• Update company manuals that are used for maintaining and servicing machinery. Ensure that workshop staff are always following company manuals for servicing.
• Identify parts that should be kept in the workshop central store that are necessary to keep equipment running. Ensure that the workshop store does not carry obsolete stock.
• Arrange quotations from suppliers for the repair of equipment.

Job description

FRS Recruitment is seeking a Farm Maintenance Manager (Machinery) for a large dairy operation in Ireland. The role involves planning and organizing maintenance across multiple sites, training staff, and driving safe, preventive maintenance practices to minimise downtime.

The candidate will lead a hands-on team, read electrical and hydraulic drawings, and implement improvements to reduce costs while ensuring accurate service records are kept.