Your new company

Hays has been retained to recruit a Site Lead for a well-known facilities company, who are currently providing mechanical and electrical services to a pharmaceutical site based in Co. Waterford.

Your new role

This role is to lead the integrated facilities management (IFM) for one of our client's pharmaceutical sites in Waterford. This includes the delivery, monitoring, and control of all services in scope. The successful candidate will be responsible for the management of the business through actively engaging with the customer. A technical engineering background with pharmaceutical cGMP experience is a requirement for this role. Responsibilities include:

• Providing leadership, management and development of assigned contracts ensuring financial and operational commitments are met and exceeded.
• Own the operational budgets, fully accountable for monthly expenditure with responsibility for the invoicing process, meeting margins and the client’s expectations.
• Own the financial cost reduction glide path.
• Management of employees. This will include their personal development, performance management and goal achievement in a safe working environment.
• Ensuring customer focus within all operational activities and ensuring effective relationships are maintained with key client contacts.
• Quality, Environmental & Health and Safety Compliance of operations under your control.
• Adherence to company policies and procedures and people management processes.
• Manage any in-scope calibration program.
• Delivering continuous improvement by employing best practice and innovative solutions.
• Building positive relationships with clients and customers. Ensuring the outsourced IFM relationship operates within contractual KPI's and SLA's.
• Leading a team of operational employees. Working closely with them to foster team excellence and support them in their development.
• Support the continuous review of supplier services to ensure best practice and value for money is achieved.
• Develop Facility Management KPI’s and maintain tracking tools to monitor department commitments and assignments related to compliance and quality systems report Facility maintenance performance to management.
• Develop detailed shutdown schedules with all stakeholders and track and report on progress during shutdown execution.
• Partner with the Site Maintenance technicians to ensure upkeep of all black and clean utility systems and no business interruption.
• Analyse data from the computerised maintenance management system and team performance and highlight opportunities for further improvement.
• Maintain cGMP records, both paper based and electronic.
• Develop and implement the standard operating procedures for facilities.
• Follow escalation policy for all critical issues.
• Maintain monthly reports and KPIs.
• Host Quarterly Business Reviews with key managed service providers.

What you'll need to succeed

• Minimum 5 years' experience in a similar role.
• Mechanical or Electrical Qualification.
• Previous pharmaceutical experience highly desirable.

What you'll get in return

Excellent salary and package on offer with Great Place to Work certified company.

What you need to do now

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