Facilities Manager Pharma Medical Device Kilkenny

Facilities Manager GMP Manufacturing / Site Expansion Kilkenny Permanent

Were hiring on behalf of a global healthcare and medical device manufacturer with a modern high-volume manufacturing site in Kilkenny that is growing fast.

The role: Youll own facilities utilities and infrastructure for the whole site and lead a team of 40 employees and contractors. The site is about to be extended and youll be the person who keeps a regulated manufacturing operation running at full tilt while that extension is built around it. Operations Quality Engineering and EHS will look to you for answers on anything to do with the building and its systems.

What youll actually be doing:

Leading all facilities operations utilities infrastructure and engineering support services across the site
Overseeing the site extension and wider capital programme planning delivery and handover into a live GMP operation
Keeping critical systems reliable and compliant HVAC water compressed air boilers chillers and energy infrastructure
Managing facilities budgets asset plans capital planning and outsourced service providers
Leading and developing a facilities team of 40 employees and contractors
Driving improvement on reliability sustainability and cost
Holding the line on GMP EHS regulatory and corporate standards
Partnering with Operations Quality Engineering EHS Supply Chain and Finance and shaping site decisions not just responding to them

What we need:

Degree in Engineering Building Services Facilities Management or a related discipline
Significant facilities leadership experience in medical device or pharmaceutical manufacturing
Proven experience overseeing a site extension expansion or greenfield project in a GMP-regulated environment
Hands-on management of critical utilities
Experience leading large teams and managing contractors and service providers
Budget capital planning and investment programme experience
Strong working knowledge of GMP quality and EHS

Nice to have:

Direct responsibility for capital projects of 5M
Delivering construction or expansion work in Ireland while manufacturing kept running
FDA-regulated experience
PMP PRINCE2 Lean Six Sigma or equivalent

The reality of the role: This is a senior site-level job with a building project attached. Youll carry day-to-day responsibility for keeping a live GMP plant running and at the same time own the facilities side of an extension the business is counting on. The authority is real and so is the scrutiny if the utilities go down or the extension slips it lands on your desk. If you have done an extension before in pharma or med device and want to do it again at a site that is still growing this is a very good seat.

Kilkenny on-site with one day a week from home. Permanent. Excellent salary bonus and benefits package.

Any offer is conditional on a pre-employment medical including drug and alcohol screening.

You must be based in Ireland with valid working rights in Ireland to be considered.

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