Facilities Manager

ABM is currently recruiting for a Facilities Manager to join our team for an immediate start. The role is based in Dublin and involves travel to multiple sites across Ireland. Applications are welcome from candidates living anywhere in Ireland who are willing and able to travel.

This is an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated, organised, and energetic professional with a strong mechanical and electrical (M&E) background to further develop their career within a fast-growing organisation. The successful candidate will be responsible for the effective delivery of technical facilities services across a large multi-site estate for one of Irelands most prestigious brands, ensuring high standards of service delivery, compliance, client satisfaction, and team performance.

Key Responsibilities

Service Provision

• Liaise with local client stakeholders, building relationships and maintaining effective lines of communication
• Support a team to deliver best-in-class service delivery
• Effectively manage services to ensure that exemplary service delivery
• Ensuring that SLAs and KPIs are consistently achieved across Reactive and Planned Maintenance activities
• Manage and resolve client and end user escalations promptly and efficiently.
• Support Development and improvement of systems and processes for efficient service delivery across the estate
• Ensuring Planned Maintenance services are scheduled and completed on time with follow on works raised
• Managing client/end user escalations and queries
• Monitoring infrastructure and plant/equipment and arranging maintenance/preventative maintenance as appropriate
• Monitor infrastructure, plant, and equipment and arrange maintenance as required
• Make informed recommendations regarding service improvements and contractor performance
• Provide management support outside normal working hours as part of the escalation and on-call process
• Support recruitment activities in line with operational budgets and company recruitment policies.
• Ensure QHSE documentation is maintained, accurate, and readily available.

Skills and Experience

Essential Criteria:

• Fluent English speaker with full permission to work in Ireland
• Relevant national qualification in Facilities Management, Engineering, or building services trade.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience managing multi-site facilities management services
• Strong mechanical and electrical background.
• Proven experience managing PPM and reactive maintenance programmes.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and customer service skills.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and make decisions independently.

Desired Qualifications:

• Safety Management Cert.

Desired Experience:

• Proven track record in Bid writing and tendering.
• Up to date understanding of legislation relevant to the role.
• Understanding of statutory legislation e.g. L*, IS3217 etc.
• Small works project management
• Experience in mobilising large multi-site FM contracts

Desired Skills:

• Strong negotiation skills.
• Excellent communicator, able to convey information in a clear, simple and warm manner.
• Proven track record in sales and/or FM operations particularly at a senior level.
• Accomplished problem solver, ability to support proposal of contract reengineering.
• Able to adhere to strict deadlines.
• Strong commercial awareness.
• Strong MS office and PowerPoint skills, use of CAFM, Power BI.

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 centres, 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.

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.