Senior Hard Services Lead - Pharma Facility Maintenance

Apleona GmbH; Ireland; Remote; EUR 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Apleona Ireland is seeking a Hard Services Lead to join our pharmaceutical site in Kilkenny. You will oversee maintenance, EHS-compliant operations, and drive continuous improvement of the PPM programme.

Working pattern is Monday to Friday 07:00-15:30; you’ll lead technicians and coordinate external contractors, report KPIs, and support change controls and validation activities as required.

Qualifications

• 5 years' experience in a similar role.
• Certificate / Diploma or Senior Trades in Electrical / Mechanical / Automation.
• Highly organized and methodical in approach to work.
• Manager with a track record of achieving and exceeding targets.
• Confident communicator with ability to present to clients.
• Excellent communications and people management skills.
• Dynamic approach to achieving continuous improvement.
• Customer-focused management style.
• Self-motivated and able to motivate, coach and mentor teams.
• Flexibility required for the emergency callouts.

Responsibilities

• Ensure maintenance, repair, and engineering activities meet strict FDA, SOPs and environmental, health, and safety regulations.
• Own the Planned Preventive Maintenance (PPM) programme, targeting 100% on-time completion.
• Manage backlog within PPM schedules outlined by the client and ensure critical utilities operate optimally.
• Supervise internal maintenance technicians and oversee external contractors, ensuring quality, safety, and performance standards are met.
• Develop, implement, and optimize maintenance strategies using risk-based methodologies to improve system reliability.
• Manage change controls for equipment modifications and support Validation teams during facility, utility, or equipment changes.
• Analyse and report on KPIs (e.g, uptime, PPM compliance) to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
• Fault finding and repairs to broken down equipment, coordinate service engineers where external assistance is required.
• Be IT literate in Microsoft suite and any facilities related applications.
• Attend site Tier meetings and represent Apleona and be prepared to take a proactive approach to technical escalations as required by the business.
• Any ad-hoc duties as deemed necessary.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

People management

IT literacy

Problem solving

Education

Electrical/Mechanical/Automation cert

Tools

Microsoft Office

Facilities management software

Job description

Apleona Ireland is seeking a Hard Services Lead to join our pharmaceutical site in Kilkenny. You will oversee maintenance, EHS-compliant operations, and drive continuous improvement of the PPM programme.

Working pattern is Monday to Friday 07:00-15:30; you’ll lead technicians and coordinate external contractors, report KPIs, and support change controls and validation activities as required.