ABM are currently recruiting for a skilled Contract Manager to join our facilities/production maintenance team. The Contract Manager will lead a multifunctional team in overseeing all maintenance, repairs, and upkeep of the facilities and production equipment.
Purpose
ABM is one of the world’s largest providers of integrated facility services. A driving force for a cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable world, ABM provides essential services across a wide range of industries – from commercial office buildings to airports, hospitals, data centres, manufacturing plants and distribution centres, and more.
ABM’s Purpose: To take care of people, spaces and places that are important to you. ABM’s Vision: To be the clear choice in the industries we serve through engaged people. ABM’s Mission: To make a difference, every person, every day.
It is a role requirement that the job holder must fully comply with, promote and live ABM’s values:
Who we are?
We at ABM, are a global team of 100,000+ dedicated professionals committed to providing safe and healthy spaces where people live, work, and travel. For over a century, we've been serving communities around the world, delivering exceptional facility solutions to businesses of all sizes.
From schools and commercial buildings to hospitals, data centers, manufacturing plants, and airports, we help keep every space open and operating smoothly. But more than that, we believe in putting people first. We know that safe and clean environments are crucial for everyone's well-being, and we take that responsibility seriously. That's why people everywhere count on ABM to deliver the services they need to thrive.
A driving force for a cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable world, ABM provides essential facility services and forward-looking performance solutions across a wide range of industries – from commercial real estate, healthcare, education, technology and data, manufacturing, pharmaceutical and life sciences and more.
With regional operations based in Dublin, Belfast, and Cork, ABM is home to more than 2,300 team members across the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Founded in 1909, ABM serves over 20,000 clients throughout the United States, United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, and other international locations.
Key Responsibilities:

• Manage daily operations of the Maintenance team, prioritise projects, and schedule tasks to minimize production disruption.
• Monitor and control maintenance costs, ensuring adherence to budgetary requirements
• Drive efficiencies across all areas with particular focus on problem maintenance issues, as identified through our computerised maintenance system
• Design and implement maintenance strategies, procedures, and methods
• Collaborate with the production team to achieve site schedules and provide engineering solutions to recurring reactive maintenance issues
• Manage and update the Computerised Maintenance Management System
• Diagnose breakdown problems and develop preventative maintenance programs for electrical and mechanical systems
• Ensure constant supply of production related electrical & mechanical services for the site
• Be actively involved in any lean initiatives to improve efficiency
• Manage the development and up-skilling of the site maintenance team to achieve a high-performance team and liaise with the client on additional resourcing needs
• Install & commission new equipment such as production machinery and building services
• Be responsible for setting and achieving agreed maintenance budget and targets
• Manage Maintenance PO system to include creation, approval and matching of PO’s to delivery dockets
• Monitor and report on electricity, gas, refrigeration, water, usage
• Develop and manage good relations with critical contractors & suppliers
• Purchase, manage and control critical and routine spare parts, supplies and equipment
• Ensure service contracts are in place for mission critical services and machinery, and schedule their completion
• Manage external contractors by ensuring that contractor management procedures are adhered to and that method statements have been received and by checking insurance information
• Be responsible for meeting predefined KPI targets with respect to maintenance downtime, maintenance performance and overall equipment effectiveness and report on same as required
• Ensure that statutory maintenance testing is carried out
• Ensure site documentation is accurate, timely and relevant
• Ensure timely calibration of plant equipment and instrumentation
• Manage the plant to maintain safety, environmental, quality and hygiene standards, and present to auditors as required
• Manage & review a site wide Permit to Work System
• Collate and prepare daily/weekly/monthly operations reports

Other:

• Take a results-orientated approach to the role, ensure results are analysed/trended and understood; and that remedial actions are delivered.
• Support any ABM initiatives which could lead to longer term benefits to both the customer and ABM. (e.g. Innovation Team membership)
• Any other ad-hoc duties as reasonably requested by a member of the management team.
• Team Board data
• Participation in relevant workshops

Skills and Experience
Essential Criteria:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience leading a team in a similar role/environment
• CMMS/CAFM Management Capability
• Ability to apply engineering principles in practical application
• Project Management experience
• Proven track record in team development and management essential
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Enthusiastic, energetic, optimistic, can-do attitude
• Is strategic and continuously looking for ways to improve how things are done, use of Lean tools/Methodology
• Customer and results focused and be highly committed to providing excellent standard of service
• Understanding of delivering maintenance services within governance, compliance & health & safety guidelines

Desired Criteria:

• Controls, PLC, software, automated equipment experience
• Food Production Experience
• NEBOSH/IOSH or relevant Health & Safety Qualifications

Attitude/Motivation:

• Confident decision maker under pressure.
• Flexible, reliable, responsible, calm in a crisis.
• Positive and supporting of organisational change.
• Positive attitude to private outsourcing.
• Motivated by a desire to grow the business using effective systems.
• A willing team player.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Willing to continue professional development and to develop the role.

· ABM is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and experiences.
The above description is intended to give candidates an appreciation of the role envisaged for this position and the range of duties. It does not outline all detail or every activity, and should be utilised as a general guide only, detailing the minimum requirements and responsibilities of the position. Specific tasks and objectives will be agreed at offer stage and thereafter during the company`s appraisal process.
ABM are committed to employment practices that promote diversity and inclusion in employment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief. ABM welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of our recruitment process and should call 01 679 2288 to request same.
ABM is an equal opportunities employer.
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Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: €70,000.00 per year
Benefits:

• Company events
• Health & wellbeing programme

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Language:

• English (required)

Work authorisation:

• Ireland (required)

Work Location: In person