Hard Services Lead

Apleona Ireland is currently recruiting a Hard Services Lead to join our team in a pharmaceutical site in Kilkenny

Working Pattern: Monday to Friday 07:00-15:30

Main duties and responsibilities

• Ensure all maintenance, repair, and engineering activities meet strict FDA, adhering to SOPs and strict 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 all 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.
• Carry out fault finding and repairs to broken down equipment, contacting and coordinating 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

Requirements

• 5 Years' experience working in a similar role.
• Certificate / Diploma or Senior Trade in Electrical / Mechanical / Automation.
• Must be highly organised and methodical in approach to work.
• Manager with a record of achieving and exceeding targets.
• Confident communicator with ability to present to clients in a formal and informal setting.
• Display excellent communication and people management skills.
• Must possess a dynamic approach to achieving continuous improvement.
• Must be self motivated and able to motivate, coach and mentor teams.
• Flexibility required for emergency callouts.